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GREGORY BIRCH, DDS
Caring For Port Angeles Smiles!
Grew up in Kennewick, WA. While earning my undergraduate degree at Eastern Washington University, I met what would become my future wife Lorraine, “Rainy.” Her hometown was Port Angeles, WA, and on many subsequent trips to visit I quickly fell in love with the area.
Both my wife and I have degrees in biology, and we were both employed as environmental scientists after undergraduate school. After graduating from college, our son Michael was born, and then six years later our daughter Genna came along. Both our children have been raised in Port Angeles.
"Do what you can with what you have with where you are."
Why He Chose Dentistry
My mentors Steven Matheson and David Roberts both helped steer me toward a dental career. Steven Matheson was my dentist growing up, and he mentored me into the profession. While J. Martin Anderson, the restorative chair at the University of Washington, inspired me to focus on restorative skills and to be relentless in the pursuit of excellence from diagnosis to delivery to follow up.
I have always liked to build, with Lego fascinating me and as a child, I built endlessly with those bricks – dentistry seemed to be a good fit. Didn’t know that part of dentistry would be so rewarding. Doing dentistry everyday, there’s a spectrum of life most people don’t get to see from the very old to very young and everything in between.
Outside of the Office
I race with team Silver Sleeves in the 24 hours of LeMans endurance races and like fixing old mini coopers. I also produce the Cooper Stripes blog and am still involved with Scouting (ex-scout master).
Your Hero
Aristotle. He developed critical thinking, taxonomy, and espoused temperance as a virtue.
Best Day of Your Life
My wedding day. We are planning my daughter’s wedding next year and looking back at how well our wedding went and how easy it seemed brought forth wonderful memories.
Ice Cream Flavor
I really like caramel cone – if you haven’t had it, you need to try it. It’s ice cream art just like the best parts are mixed together at our office.