Meet the Doctors
Kenley Michaud, DDS
Dr. Kenley Michaud was raised and went to college in Arizona. Growing up he enjoyed hiking, kayaking, and skiing. Skiing in Arizona’s heat was a little difficult, so he is excited to be in Alaska. After meeting his beautiful wife and graduating from Arizona State University, Dr. Michaud went to San Francisco for dental school. Dr. Michaud received his doctoral degree from The Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry in San Francisco where he graduated with high honors and was inducted into multiple scholastic societies.
Dr. Michaud completed his two year post doctorate residency in dental anesthesia at Loma Linda University. During this time Dr. Michaud received extensive training in sedation and anesthesia services in both an operating room setting as well as in a dental clinic. Over the course of his residency, Dr. Michaud treated patients with a variety of needs. These included very young children, people with disabilities, as well as dental phobic patients. Because of Dr. Michaud’s distinctive interdisciplinary training, he is uniquely trained to provide the highest quality of anesthesia in a manner which is safe and convenient for both the dentist and the patient in an outpatient setting.
Furthering his training, Dr. Michaud is currently board certified by both the American Society of Dentists Anesthesiologists and the American Dental Society of Anesthesia. As a diplomate in both societies, Dr. Michaud furthers the education of others and strives to increase the quality of sedation and anesthesia in the dental field. He looks forward to working with you as he helps to make your or your child’s dental experience top notch.
John Leach, DMD
Dr. John Leach was born and raised in the small town of Page, Arizona. He is from a large family, being the seventh of ten children. During his childhood he grew to love the outdoors and spent hours hiking, riding dirtbikes, four-wheelers and horses with his friends and family. Dr. Leach also grew to love fishing while catching bass on Lake Powell and rainbow trout on the Colorado River.
After high school Dr. Leach spent two years in Mexico doing missionary work. After returning to the U.S. he completed his undergraduate education at Southern Utah University. While living in Utah, Dr. Leach furthered his love for the outdoors by rock climbing, snow boarding and canyoneering.
Dr. Leach attended dental school at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. At graduation he was awarded the Joel F. Glover General Dentistry Award, given to the top performing clinician in each class. During dental school Dr. Leach met his lovely wife, a fellow dental student.
During his first year of practice, Dr. Leach was able to work with a Dentist Anesthesiologist and loved the service he was able to provide for phobic children and patients with special needs and decided to pursue a career in Dental Anesthesia. Dr. Leach completed his post-doctoral anesthesia training at New York University Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. During training Dr. Leach was able to provide anesthesia to many medically complex patients. He was also able to provide anesthesia for a variety of surgeries including orthopedics, brain, spinal, vascular, bariatrics, and plastic surgery. Dr. Leach also treated hundreds of children in the dental office setting..
Dr. Leach and his family are excited to make Alaska their home and serve the people from this great state. Dr. Leach will strive to make every patient’s dental anesthesia experience the best it can possibly be.
Peter Park, DMD
Dr. Peter Park attended undergraduate school at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee. He then moved to Southern California where he attended dental school at Loma Linda University. He was drawn to the field of anesthesia during his second year as he took a special interest in pharmacology. After several years of observing dental anesthesia, he decided to pursue a career in it. Upon graduating in 2013 he was the recipient of the Horace Wells Award for his work in the field of anesthesia.
In 2015 Dr. Park completed his residency in dental anesthesia. Upon graduation he was recruited to stay on as an associate professor for the Dental Anesthesia Program at Loma Linda University. In 2016 he continued his career in San Antonio where he accrued valuable experience while working on clinically challenging cases through the Texas Department of Aging and Disability. After four years of service within the Texas state schools, Dr. Park and his family took the calling to join the Northern Lights Dental Anesthesia group.
Dr. Park takes pride in his meticulous preparation before each case to ensure providing the safest anesthesia possible. Dental anesthesia is more than work for Dr. Park. Serving his patients by providing compassionate anesthesia to help patients undergo difficult dental procedures is a true passion of his.
Peter met his wife, Christine, while living in Loma Linda, California. Peter and his family love hiking and the outdoors and are very excited to continue a career and life in Alaska.
