ABOUT DR. GHIZ
"Patients ask me why I made orthodontics my career choice. I've always been good with my hands and enjoyed working with the public, so becoming a dentist seemed like the perfect career for me. While in dental school, I always knew that I wanted to specialize because I didn't enjoy 'routine' dentistry, but I wasn't certain in just what area of dentistry I wanted to specialize. The head of the orthodontics department at the West Virginia University School of Dentistry took me aside one day and told me that I should be an orthodontist, based on my accomplishments in his classes. Well, as you can tell, I took his advice and haven't been sorry since. I love being an orthodontist and I can't imagine being anything else."
BA: West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, 1961
DDS: West Virginia University School of Dentistry, Morgantown, WV, 1964
MS: Craniofacial Growth & Development, 24-month orthodontics certification program, University of Manitoba School of Dentistry, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 1969
Certified: Invisalign®
Member: American Association of Orthodontists, Rocky Mountain Society of Orthodontists, Utah Orthodontic Association
Chief Dental Officer: Utah Air National Guard, Salt Lake City, UT, 1995-1999
Instructor: Primary Children’s Medical Center Pediatric Dental Residency, 1976-1983
Instructor: University of Utah Dental Internship, 1985-1990
Author: "Cephalometric Study of Trisomy 21 Syndrome," International Association of Dental Research Abstracts, 1967
Accomplishment: International Who’s Who of Professionals, 2002
Volunteer Dentist: For Navaho Indian children in Montezuma Creek, Utah
In his spare time, Dr. Ghiz enjoys playing golf, running marathons, conducting genealogic research for his family and spending time with his wife, Annette, their seven children and respective spouses and their many, many grandchildren.