Our Team

Dr. James is from Las Vegas, Nevada and has enjoyed working in health care since 1998.  He completed his undergraduate degree in Nuclear Medicine at the University of Nevada Las Vegas in 2001. He enjoyed providing diagnostic care in Hospitals and Clinics for 6 years when he was accepted to the UNLV School of Dental Medicine. 

Upon completing his Degree in Dental Medicine in 2009, he was then commissioned as an Officer in the US Navy Dental Corps.  His duty stations included Camp Pendleton, California where he completed an additional year of training in an Advanced Education in General Dentistry.  He served in Sigonella, Italy where he deployed with the USNS Comfort providing humanitarian dental care to 11 nations in the Carribean, Central, and South America. 

Finally, in 2016 his family emphatically chose Naval Air Station Oak Harbor as their final assignment. Dr. Ward purchased Anacortes Dental Care in October 2019, and is thrilled to provide care to the wonderful people of Anacortes and surrounding communities. He desires all who visit the clinic to have excellent oral health, form, and function.   

has been a Registered Dental Hygienist going on 30 years.  She joined Anacortes Dental Care in December 2019.  Kris has both a Washington and Alaska Dental Hygiene License.  In previous summers, she has worked in an office up in Ketchikan, Alaska.  It has made her career exciting to perform her duties as a Hygienist in different settings.  What she enjoys the most about her career as a Dental Hygienist is all the wonderful patients she gets to meet, and providing quality preventative dental care and instruction to each of them. Some of Kris’s favorite hobbies include: gardening, hiking, kayaking, and boating out in the San Juan Islands.  She also loves to decorate and do interior decorating.