Meet the Team
We hope you're as excited to meet us as we are to meet you! Our team is passionate about providing exceptional care and creating a welcoming, supportive environment for every patient who walks through our doors. We believe in building strong relationships founded on trust, compassion, and open communication. Whether you're visiting for the first time or have been with us for years, we're committed to making your experience comfortable, personalized, and positive from start to finish.
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Dr. Aaron Stoker is a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon. He was born in Las Vegas, Nevada and grew up in the mid-west and southeast United States. He attended Brigham Young University for undergraduate studies where he graduated Cum Laude with a BS in Business Management. He went on to earn his DMD from University of Nevada Las Vegas where he was a member of the Omicron Kappa Upsilon National Dental Honor Society. He completed his oral surgery residency at Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg (now Fort Liberty), North Carolina. He is currently on staff at Bayne Jones Army Community Hospital in Fort Johnson, Louisiana and San Antonio Military Medical Center in Fort Sam Houston, Texas.
Dr. Stoker loves his wife and three children and is very active in his church. He likes to sing, play sports, and do anything his wife or children are doing. He is learning the guitar and often entertains his family with another blues lick. He is thinking about running and swimming but could use some more convincing.
Dr. Stoker is thrilled about his job and loves to be able to help his patients. He is excited to serve the people of Louisiana.
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Lt Col Benjamin A Shirley leads the oral surgery department providing specialty care for 5,000 service members at Barksdale Air Force Base in support of 2nd Bomb Wing, Global Strike Command, and HQ 8th Air Force. He performs diagnostic, routine, urgent, and emergent treatment for comprehensive oral surgery needs including dental, reconstructive, and facial trauma. Dr Shirley is an assistant professor for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences staff member for teaching the AEGD residents.
Colonel Shirley commissioned as a 2nd Lt in the Air Force in 2006 through the Health Professions Scholarship Program while midway through dental school. After graduation he attended commissioned officer training at Maxwell Air Force Base prior to moving to his first assignment at Travis AFB for 1 year of additional training. He then completed an oral maxillofacial surgery residency program at the University of Chapel Hill in 2014. He has since been an instructor at Keesler Medical Center for the 2-year general dentistry program and also served as the chief of oral maxillofacial surgery at Royal Air Force Base Lakenheath and Yokota AFB.