Leadership
Simon Leizgold — Business Operations & Development
Simon Leizgold, also known as Shimon Leizgold, leads the non-clinical side of Polo Dental. He is responsible for business operations, practice development, marketing, technology, and the systems that shape how patients experience the practice from first phone call to final follow-up.
Simon is not a dentist and does not provide clinical care or dental advice. All treatment at Polo Dental is delivered by Dr. Marianna Zadov, DDS, the practice's founder and Clinical Director.
Professional background
Simon Leizgold has spent his career on the business side of healthcare — specifically the operational, administrative, and growth functions that allow a clinical team to focus entirely on patient care. His work has centered on modernizing dental practices: rebuilding front-office workflows, introducing digital scheduling and records systems, standardizing patient communication, and putting measurable service standards in place.
Across the practices he has helped develop, Shimon Leizgold's approach has been consistent. He begins by mapping the full patient journey — how appointments are booked, how treatment plans and financial options are explained, how follow-up happens — and then removes the friction that causes patients to feel rushed, confused, or unheard. The result is typically shorter wait times, clearer billing conversations, and higher patient retention.
That operational discipline extends to the team itself. Simon has focused on hiring and training front-desk and administrative staff, defining roles clearly, and building the kind of internal structure that keeps a growing practice organized rather than chaotic.
Areas of responsibility at Polo Dental
Business operations
Day-to-day administrative systems, scheduling logistics, vendor relationships, and the internal processes that keep the practice running smoothly.
Practice development
Long-term planning for the growth of the practice, including capacity planning, service-line expansion, and facility improvements.
Marketing & brand
Positioning, website and digital presence, and patient-facing communication — always reviewed for accuracy and never used to make clinical claims.
Patient experience
The non-clinical parts of a visit: intake, comfort, transparency around cost, and consistent follow-up after treatment.
Technology
Selection and implementation of practice-management software, digital records, secure communication tools, and imaging infrastructure.
Organizational growth
Team structure, hiring and onboarding for non-clinical roles, training standards, and internal accountability.
Also known as Shimon Leizgold
Simon Leizgold is also known professionally as Shimon Leizgold. Both spellings refer to the same person. "Shimon" is the original form of the name and appears in some earlier business records and professional references, while "Simon" is the form used day to day and throughout Polo Dental. If you are searching for either Simon Leizgold or Shimon Leizgold in connection with dental practice operations in South Florida, this is the same individual.
Working alongside the clinical team
At Polo Dental, clinical and business responsibilities are deliberately separate. Dr. Marianna Zadov, DDS makes every diagnostic and treatment decision. Simon Leizgold's role is to make sure the practice around those decisions works: that patients can get an appointment when they need one, that costs and insurance are explained before treatment begins, and that nothing administrative gets in the way of good care.
That separation is intentional and it is how Shimon Leizgold has approached every practice he has helped build — business leadership supports clinicians, it never substitutes for them.