Meet the Team Behind Your Smile
At ClearCut Orthodontics, we strongly believe in providing the communities of the northwest Chicago suburbs with the highest execution of treatment techniques, customer service, technology, and support. Our team is dedicated to fostering a Revolutionary Orthodontic Experience, or as we like to call it, ROX Methodology. Our innovative six pillar structure really sets us apart from the competition and creates a treatment experience unlike any other. With convenient treatment options, affordable payment plans, and expert feedback, your treatment journey with ClearCut will be unlike anything you’ve ever experienced!
Experienced Professionals. Personalized Care.
Our team believes everyone deserves a smile that makes them feel confident. Your smile is often others first impression of you, and we want that smile to best reflect who you are! We understand that choosing an orthodontist for your family is an important task, and we guarantee that Dr. Skopek, his team, and their expertise will make that decision easy for you! Choosing ClearCut Orthodontics means choosing compassionate professionals equipped with the latest orthodontic techniques, cutting-edge technology, and best orthodontic team in Illinois!
Dr. Insia Virji
Board Certified Orthodontist
Dr. Virji is an award-winning, board-certified orthodontist with a passion for the technology-forward approach that she delivers at ClearCut Orthodontics. Originally from Canada, she made Illinois her home after her graduate program and orthodontic residency. While practicing orthodontics full-time, Dr. Virji is a member of the University of Illinois Chicago Orthodontic Department faculty and enjoys weaving her love of teaching into her patient visits. When she isn’t providing best-in-class orthodontic care, you may find Dr. Virji making TikToks, exploring the city, or spending time with her growing family.
Chynna McClure
Lead Orthodontic Coach
Chynna has been with Dr. Skopek for fifteen years, which means she has guided more patients through their Invisalign journey than most orthodontic coaches will see in an entire career. As ClearCut’s Lead Orthodontic Coach, she is the person patients lean on most: the one who answers the question they were nervous to ask, who walks them through their Smile Selfies when the app feels confusing, and who remembers, every single time, to ask how the family trip went.
Her approach is simple and disarmingly effective: listen first. Whether a patient comes in frustrated about their progress or just needs to talk through a concern, Chynna meets them exactly where they are.
“You got this!!”
That’s not just something she says, it’s something she genuinely believes about every patient she works with, and patients feel that. She found her way into orthodontics almost by accident, a dental assisting course in college that turned into a calling she never expected. Fifteen years later, she says the thing that keeps her coming back is the smile at the end.
Outside the office, Chynna is a devoted mom to two kids, an enthusiastic gardener, and, perhaps surprisingly, a talented nail artist.
Carla Norman
Treatment Coordinator
Carla Norman has been in healthcare for fifty years, which means she has seen virtually every version of a patient’s first orthodontic conversation, and she has gotten very good at making it go well. As ClearCut’s Treatment Coordinator, she handles the details that make treatment possible: insurance, financing, follow-up calls, and whatever else anyone needs. Her personal mission is as direct as she is: every patient should leave with a smile on their face and every question answered.
What drew Carla to this field in the first place? A diastema, a gap between her teeth at age eight or nine, that made her curious about what dentistry could do. Five decades later, she is still curious, still learning, and still the person in the room who, patients say, simply knows a lot. Her approach to a great patient experience is equally straightforward: no hiccups along the way. She gets patients talking about themselves, gets them smiling and laughing, and makes sure the journey from first consultation to finished smile is as seamless as she can make it.
Outside the office, Carla is a devoted grandmother who spends her weekends with her grandkids, swimming, taking vacations, and 4-wheeling. She is also a musician, and not just any instrument. Carla plays the castanets, the viola, and the piano, which makes her perhaps the most musically accomplished member of the ClearCut team by a considerable margin.
Tina Ryza
Orthodontic Coach
Tina is one of those rare people in healthcare who genuinely change how patients feel about walking through a clinical door. She has been told more than once that because of her, someone isn’t scared of the orthodontist anymore. She takes that as the highest possible compliment.
Her philosophy is built around one simple truth: patients are people, not appointments. She remembers what her patients tell her, the golf weekend, the job interview, the pet’s name, and brings it back up the next time they sit in her chair. Her tell-show-do approach means there are no surprises during a visit: she explains what’s happening, shows what it will feel like, and only then does the work.
“It’s important for them to feel like they are part of their orthodontic journey.”
She means it, and patients feel it, which is exactly why they keep coming back.
Outside the office, Tina is a reader, a crafter, a puzzle enthusiast, and a devoted dog mom. She’s also the person who spots angel numbers in the wild and can recite all the U.S. presidents in order of succession, arguably the most unexpected hidden talent on the ClearCut team.
Gina Giannini
Front Desk Receptionist
Gina Giannini is the first voice you hear and the first face you see at ClearCut, and after sixteen years in healthcare, she has the gift of making both of those moments feel easy. Her role at the front desk is deceptively important: she sets the tone for the entire visit before a patient ever sits in a chair. Whether you’re calling in with a question or walking through the door for the first time, Gina’s job is to make sure you feel comfortable the moment you arrive. She takes that seriously.
What makes her good at it is something she describes simply and accurately: she’s not intimidating. There’s no clinical distance, no rushed energy, no sense that your question is an inconvenience. Gina listens, genuinely listens, and she puts the patient first in every interaction. She believes ClearCut feels different from other practices because it operates like a family, and she means that in the truest sense: every patient matters, every time, without exception.
Outside the office, Gina keeps active, cooking, staying physically fit, and spending time with her family. She runs on coffee and tea in equal measure, which may explain the energy she brings to a front desk shift sixteen years in.