Spotlight on King Chronos LXIV Dr. Steven John Marcello
DR. STEVEN MARCELLO IS A NATIVE OF THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA AND GRADUATED FROM THIBODAUX HIGH SCHOOL. HE OBTAINED A BACHELOR OF ARTS IN HISTORY FROM TULANE UNIVERSITY AND A BACHELOR IN SCIENCE IN CHEMISTRY FROM NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY. HE COMPLETED HIS DENTAL TRAINING FROM LSU SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY IN NEW ORLEANS AND THEN CONTINUED HIS POST-DOCTORAL TRAINING IN BOSTON WHERE HE COMPLETED HIS RESIDENCY IN PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY AND ORTHODONTICS FROM BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE DENTISTRY. HE RETURNED TO THIBODAUX WHERE HE OPENED HIS OFFICE IN 1986.
HE LIVES IN THIBODAUX ON A FARM WITH HIS WIFE, LIE ANN. HE HAS TWO DAUGHTERS, CHRISTY WHO HAS COMPLETED HER PEDIATRIC RESIDENCY FROM LSU DENTAL SCHOOL AND IS NOW IN HER FIRST YEAR OF HER ORTHODONTIC RESIDENCY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA. SHE ANTICIPATES COMPLETING HER TRAINING IN JANUARY 2020 WHERE SHE WILL RETURN TO THIBODAUX. CHRISTY IS MARRIED TO WILLIAM CHAMBERS, A GENERAL DENTIST, WHERE HE ALSO PLANS TO OPEN A DENTAL PRACTICE. CARLI, HIS YOUNGEST ATTENDED LOYOLA UNIVERSITY AND RECEIVED HER BACHELOR OF ACCOUNTING. CARLI IS NOW IN HER FIRST YEAR OF LAW SCHOOL IN NEW ORLEANS AT TULANE UNIVERSITY WHERE SHE PLANS TO PRACTICE AS AN ESTATE AND TAX ATTORNEY. HER ANTICIPATED GRADUATION WILL BE MAY 2020.
DR. STEVE IS AN AVID SKIER, HE RAISES QUARTER HORSES ON HIS FARM AND COMPETES SHOWING HORSES AT MULTIPLE CUTTING HORSE EVENTS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES. HE ALSO ENJOYS HUNTING, FISHING AND ALMOST ALL OTHER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.
DR. STEVE HAS A STRONG PASSION FOR HIS WORK. HE PROVIDES CARE TO ALL CHILDREN AND HIS LOVE FOR HIS PROFESSION IS APPARENT WHEN SOMEONE SEES HIM IN HIS OFFICE.
HE IS A MEMBER OF THIBODAUX ROTARY CLUB, THE SOUTHWEST PEDIATRIC DENTAL SOCIETY, AND THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ORTHODONTIC ASSOCIATION FOR ALMOST THIRTY YEARS. HE WAS ALSO ON THE FIRST BAYOU CHILDREN’S MUSEUM BOARD.
EACH YEAR DR STEVE DONATES TO CHARITIES, FOUNDATIONS, AND SCHOOLS INCLUDING... HEALTHY SMILES, ST JUDE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MD ANDERSON, ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE RESEARCH, YOUNG LIFE, THIBODAUX FIRE DEPARTMENT, NYCHA, BOSTON UNIVERSITY PEDIATRIC DENTAL & ORTHODONTIC DEPARTMENT, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, AND LSU SCHOOL OF PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY.
HE ANTICIPATES RETIREMENT IN 2020 WHEN CHRISTY RETURNS TO THIBODAUX.