Dr. James Kohner is originally from Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated from The Ohio State University, and Case Western Reserve University Dental School, and obtained his certification in Periodontics from the Boston University School of Graduate Dentistry. He currently lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Dr. Kohner is an experienced teacher who has presented courses on Soft Tissue Grafting and Crown Lengthening to a wide range of audiences, including many state associations all over the US and in 8 foreign countries, and has presented at the American Academy of Periodontology meetings for many years. He has been teaching for the Perio Institute since 2003.

He is a Fellow of both the American Society of Osseointegration and International Congress of Oral Implantology, as well as an active member of the American Academy of Periodontology.