Dr. Brad is a lifelong Hillsboro resident. Born the sixth child to Dr. Ronald C. Rabe and Valerie B. Rabe, he is a 1976 graduate of Hillsboro High School. After obtaining his Bachelors degree from Portland State University in 1980, Dr. Brad attended Oregon Health & Sciences University’s School of Dentistry in Portland. Following his graduation from OHSU in 1984, he began practicing dentistry with both his father, Ronald, and his brother, Dr. Randall C. Rabe.
Dr. Brad took up residence in Hillsboro, purchasing a home in town that he actually helped his sister and brother-in-law frame while he was in college. He became involved in local civic organizations, as well as the Washington County Dental Society, the Oregon Dental Association, and the American Dental Association. He played in local Parks and Recreation sports leagues and had the very good fortune to meet Miss Trisha Warren while playing co-ed volleyball.
Brad and Trish fell in love, were married in 1995, and had their first child, Ronald, in 1996. Approximately 19 months later, they were blessed with a daughter, Tyler Marissa, in 1998. With their growing
family, Brad and Trish purchased and remodeled his parents’ family home south of Hillsboro, where they continue to live today. Only minutes from his office, it is the perfect “country getaway” from the day to day stresses of owning and operating a small business.
Over the last 35 years, Dr. Brad has treated thousands of patients, performed tens of thousands of procedures, and has built a reputation for being a kind, gentle, communicative, and caring practitioner of exceptional quality dentistry. He has taken over a thousand hours of continuing education and has kept abreast on current materials, products, and procedures in his profession.
Dr. Brad and Trisha’s son, Ron, is now a first-year dental student at OHSU, where he is excelling. He is slated to graduate and join Rabe Family Dentistry in 2022. Their daughter, Tyler, is completing her undergraduate degree at Oregon State University, and is pursuing a career in nursing.
Dr. Brad continues to enjoy the “nuts and bolts” of dental treatment and (as he has for decades) recognizes that the patients… the people… are THE best thing about practicing dentistry. Forming relationships, watching children grow to adulthood (and perhaps bringing in THEIR children as patients!), are, to him, the most rewarding aspect of a continually rewarding career.
