About

Dr. John Murray

Dr. John Murray completed both his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree and his two year post graduate Certificate in Orthodontics from Columbia University’s College of Dental Medicine. He is a member of the American Association of Orthodontics, a member and past Director of the Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontics (PCSO), and a member of the Alaska State Society of Orthodontists. He is also a member of the Schulman Study Club, an elite group of orthodontists from around the country who meet, study and share ideas to improve their clinical skills and business acumen.
Dr. Murray is also a graduate of the Roth/Williams Institute and studied under the esteemed and visionary clinician Dr. Ronald Roth. This two year program focused on the intimate relationship between the temporomandibular joint (jaw joint) and the teeth. Dr. Roth believed “that the quality of orthodontic results could be improved with the inclusion of functional as well as aesthetic treatment goals.”

Dr. Murray and his wife Vivienne met in New York City, he while taking his dental boards and she while on vacation from her native Wales, United Kingdom. They traveled extensively and settled in Anchorage, Alaska, to pursue the outdoor lifestyle they both love and cherish.
Both Dr. Murray and Vivienne are avid skiers of the backcountry, Nordic and alpine. When they are too bushed to skin and ski they do not mind burning a few hydrocarbons snow machining.
Spring brings, hunting, fishing, rafting, flying (as a passenger), and hiking.

Vivienne and John have two wonderful children, Katherine and Alex, who are eleven and nine respectively. They share their parents’ love of the outdoors and have added basketball, baseball, football, dance, swimming and lying around watching movies and reading to the list of activities they love to do.

All the Murray’s travel extensively for education, visiting family on the east coast and in Europe, and for pleasure. Learning about other cultures and placing oneself in new and interesting situations is all part of living to one’s full potential in the Murray household. “What are we doing today!” is always the first thing out of the children’s mouths every morning.