I decided to be a dentist in the 5th grade. 30 years later, I’m still happy I made the decision I did when I was a kid. Dentistry has been a better profession than I ever dreamed of.

Born in Oregon, I moved around a lot as a child, from small town to small town in Oregon, Washington, South Dakota, and Idaho. I graduated from high school in Idaho, and made my way back out to Oregon for college, graduating with a Bachelor of Science from Oregon State University. After completing my 3rd year in college, I was accepted into the OHSU dental school (no backpacking trip to Europe for me), allowing my to concurrently complete my 4th year of college and first year of dental school. I graduated from Oregon Health Science University School of Dentistry in Portland in 1992. Immediately following graduation I did a year long private practice fellowship. It was then I knew exactly what I was looking for in a practice. I wanted to create a practice that brought together the latest techniques and technologies that I learned at OHSU, with that sense of community and caring I grew up with in those small Pacific Northwest towns.