Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
Dr. Casey Shepherd was born and raised in Ogden, Utah. He attended Weber State University for his undergraduate education where he studied chemistry, mathematics, and physics. He was married to his wife Britney in 2006 and moved shortly thereafter to Las Vegas, Nevada for his four-year dental school training at UNLV School of Dental Medicine. In 2010, Dr. Shepherd graduated Valedictorian Summa Cum Laude as a Doctor of Dental Medicine (DMD) and was, amongst other honors, inducted into the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society.
Following his dental studies, he entered a six-year residency program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee. During his residency, he attended Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and was awarded his medical degree, Doctor of Medicine (MD), in 2013. He then completed a one-year internship in General Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in 2014 and served as Chief Resident of the oral surgery department for one year prior to completion of his residency in 2016. He has been in private practice in Kalispell, MT since completion of his training in 2016, and is the current co-owner of Kalispell Oral Surgery.
Dr. Shepherd is a board-certified (American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery), dual-degree (MD, DMD) oral surgeon trained in full scope Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. In addition to surgery, Dr. Shepherd is also licensed to provide IV deep sedation and general anesthesia in the office-based setting. He maintains current certifications with the American Heart Association as a provider in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and Pediatric Advanced Life Support. He also maintains hospital privileges/credentialing in the Logan Health hospital system.
Outside of the office and hospital, Dr. Shepherd is employed by the MT Board of Dentistry as an IV anesthesia inspector for dental providers in the Flathead Valley. He has also authored an oral surgery textbook chapter on office-based anesthesia which was published in 2017. Additionally, he has been (and continues to be) engaged in local and global philanthropic endeavors, including surgical mission trips to Mali, Dominican Republic, and Colombia.
In his spare time, Dr. Shepherd enjoys fly-fishing, cooking, stargazing, studying Korean, and playing the piano for his wife Britney and his two daughters, Gabbi and Mia. He is proud to be a part of the Kalispell Oral Surgery team, and equally proud to have settled in the great state of Montana – the last best place.
Memberships:
- American Dental Association
- Montana Dental Association
- American Medical Association
- Montana Medical Association
- American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
- Montana OMS State Society
“There are cases where you really change someone’s life…and that’s something that I really take pride in and something that I really enjoy about my job.”
