Meet Your Doctors at Cornerstone Family Dentistry
Dr. Mindy
Dr. Mindy Hochgesang grew up in a rural area just south of Milan, IL. She graduated as the Valedictorian of Rockridge High School where she excelled as a high school cross country and track runner. After graduation, she attended Indiana University at Bloomington, where she earned All-American honors in cross country, and also received her bachelor’s degree in biology with a minor in chemistry. She received a certificate from the Liberal Arts and Management Program in the Kelly School of Business at Indiana University. In her second year of college, Dr. Mindy developed an interest in dentistry and decided to apply to dental school. She went on to earn her Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the Southern Illinois School of Dental Medicine in Alton, IL in 2009.
During her time at Indiana University, Dr. Mindy met her husband, David who also majored in biology. He went on to become a high school biology teacher and has served the Quad Cities community in this role since graduation. Dr. Mindy married David in 2007 and together they have built a beautiful family with their children; Hannah who was born in 2011, Natalie, born in 2013 and Grant, who completed their family in 2017.
Core Value
- She incorporates the Golden Rule into her leadership and treatment of patients. She believes that the way we treat others is put into action every day in all our relationships, and is the way we can make the most positive impact for others!
Core Value
- Dr. Peterson’s favorite core value is the Golden Rule which is to treat others the way you would want to be treated because it can completely shift how you interact with or treat patients and other co-workers.
Dr. Peterson
Dr. Craig Peterson grew up in Milan, IL just outside of the Quad Cities. Beginning in high school, he excelled in science and went on to major in Biology at Augustana College. Craig graduated Salutatorian from Rockridge High School in 2005 and Suma Cum Laude from Augustana College in 2009. He then attended Southern Illinois University School of Dental Medicine. It was during this time that he met his wife, Lauren. They were married in July of 2011.
After graduating dental school in 2012, the Petersons moved to Racine, WI where Craig worked as a dentist at a community health center. There he had an incredible opportunity to serve patients from all walks of life and provide a wide variety of dental procedures. Lauren has a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology, a Master’s Degree in Social Work and is a licensed therapist in the state of Illinois. She enjoys country living, travel hacking and serving in the children’s ministry.
Dr. Jackie
Dr. Jackie grew up in Palatine, IL, and in Cedar Rapids, IA. At a young age, she became an avid runner and swimmer. In high school, she enjoyed the health sciences and felt a calling to the medical field. It didn’t take her long to narrow it down to two potential career choices: veterinarian or dentist.
After extensive deliberation, Dr. Jackie decided dentistry would be the route for her. She found after shadowing numerous dental offices in high school that this allowed her to not only relieve people of pain, give back to her community, and work with her hands, but also form those connections with patients that she values and cannot wait to continue to form more connections.
Following high school graduation in 2013, Dr. Jackie went to Luther College to study pre-dental as well as to swim for the team. After a successful career in swimming, a Biology and Liberal Arts degree with a Chemistry minor, she graduated from Luther in 2017 and moved to Iowa City to follow her dreams of becoming a dentist.
Core Value
- One of the things Dr. Jackie most enjoys about Cornerstone is the family environment and Cornerstone’s core values. Her favorite is the Golden Rule and her ability to care for patients as if they were an extension of her own family.