Dr. Shawn Higashi was born and raised in Southern British Columbia. He received his BSc & DDS (with distinction) degrees from the University of Alberta. He then completed a Hospital Dentistry Residency program at the University of British Columbia Health Sciences Centre in Vancouver. Dr. Higashi went on to complete his residency program and specialty training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Oklahoma. He is a Board Certified Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon and a Fellow of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. After completing his surgical specialty training, Dr. Higashi spent several years providing Head & Neck reconstruction and trauma surgery in Thunder Bay Ontario.