OCHOCO DENTAL - Key Persons

Dr. Mark Eilers was born and raised in Portland, Oregon. After graduating from West Linn High School, he moved to Bend, Oregon to play in the mountains and attend school at Central Oregon Community College. After spending two years in Bend, Mark moved to Bozeman, Montana to finish his degree in premedical sciences and continue playing outdoors. After college, Mark decided to continue his family legacy and apply to dental school. He received his dental school education from the renowned Oregon Health Sciences University School of Dentistry and graduated in 2005. He is the 7th dentist in five generations of his family. Dr. Eilers is dedicated to providing the best quality cosmetic and general dentistry in a comfortable and caring environment. He takes pride in building long-term, trusting relationships with patients and community. While in school at OHSU, Mark met his wife Laurissa Champion. Laurissa continued on at OHSU as a specialist in Periodontics. They have an almost five-year-old daughter Harper, two and half year old fraternal twins Harlan and Ada, a German Shepherd (Greta) and an English Shepherd (Marley). During his free time, he spends as much time as possible outdoors with family and friends. Dr. Eilers has been involved in athletics his entire life. His love of sports got him involved in sports dentistry right after dental school. He became involved with the American Academy of Sports Dentistry in 2006 and has been a team dentist for the Portland Winterhawks and many local High Schools ever since. In 2012 Dr. Eilers was accepted to a two year Fellowship in Forensic Odontology at the University of Texas San Antonio. He spends a great deal of time helping with local law enforcement as well as Doernbecher and Randall Childrens Hospital doing bitemark analysis, age estimation and identification. He does this work free of charge as a way to help the community he knows and loves.

Originally from North Bend/Coos Bay, Dr. Ramos has lived in Oregon nearly his entire life. While attending North Bend High School, he lettered in three sports, was elected Student Body President, and was salutatorian of his graduating class. He earned his Bachelor's Degree of Science at Oregon State University, and was elected Memorial Union President 2000-2001. After being accepted to OHSU School of Dentistry, he dedicated the next four years to his craft, and found a passion for health care. In 2005, Dr. Ramos graduated from OHSU with high clinical honors and began his career at Ochoco Dental. Like his predecessor and long-time friend Dr. Gary Thomas, he places a high value on education and spends significant time researching new ideas and techniques. "If we want to be the best, we must learn from the best." Dr. Ramos belongs to Spear Study Club, Seattle Study Club, The Healthy Start, and CerecDoctors. He also regularly attends the Kois Education Center, widely regarded as the standard of continuing dental education, being the only education center in the country conducting and publishing independent research. For fun, Dr. Ramos enjoys time with his family, snowboarding, mountain biking, and art.