Jim Janakievski, DDS, MSD received his DDS from the University of Toronto, 1995, and completed a general-practiceresidency, at St. Clare’s Hospital, Schnectady, New York, in 1996. He completed his postgraduate training at the University of Washington, where he received a certificate in periodontology with an MSD degree and a fellowship in prosthodontics. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology, serves as an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Periodontology at the University of Washington, and maintains a private practice in Tacoma, Washington.