Meet the Atkinson Dental Team
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Jacob Atkinson DMD
DENTIST
After growing up in the Treasure Valley and serving a church mission in Santa Cruz, Bolivia for two years, Dr. Atkinson graduated from BYU and then graduated from the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Dental Medicine. In November of 2008 he moved to Vale and started his dental practice.
He is fluent in Spanish, plays in the TV Symphony and loves living the Vale life with his beautiful wife and six children.
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Hillary Morales
OFFICE MANAGER
Hillary is a graduate of Vale High School and TVCC, is married with five children and began as Office Manager in 2012.
She is an avid hunter and loves being outdoors, camping, watching her children play sports, enjoys playing softball, and coaching volleyball.
She loves her job and is very passionate about her patients at Atkinson Dental and even loves the challenge insurance brings!
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Christi Phillips
HYGIENIST
Christi moved to Vale from Louisville, Kentucky in 2008 with husband and four children ranging from high school to college aged.
Christi has been working with Dr. Atkinson for over 25 years and loves calling Vale her home. She loves reading, taking walks, hiking, flower gardening and is also a part of the Vale City Council and Vale Coalition.
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Lori Church
HYGIENIST
Lori has been a dental Hygienist for 20 years and joined Atkinson Dental in 2019. She graduated from Vale High School and the American Institute of Health Technology Dental Hygiene Program. Lori and her husband, have two young boys and are very happy to live in Vale. They spend their time watching/playing sports, camping, biking and kayaking. Lori also coaches cheer and dance at Vale High School.
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Ana Paz
DENTAL ASSISTANT
Ana joined the Atkinson Family in January 2019. She graduated from Vale High School in 2015 where she did cheerleading for one year. In July 2017 she married her husband and they have one daughter and one son. She loves spending time with her family, camping in the summer and taking walks.
Ana is bilingual and teaches us new things everyday.
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Ricardo Leyva
DENTAL ASSISTANT
Ricky joined our office in October of 2020 and has kept us on our toes ever since! Dr. Atkinson truly appreciates not being the only male in the office.
Ricky graduated from Vale High School in 2019 and later graduated from Assist to Succeed in 2019. He is the baby of his family and has one brother. He enjoys playing soccer, tennis, skateboarding and loves everything marvel and superhero.
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Rachelle Phillips
OFFICE RECEPTION
Joining us in March 2022, Rachelle is the newest member of our office! She grew up in Richland, Washington and graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Elementary Ed.
She has been married for 30 years and has four grown daughters. She enjoys singing, laughing, baking, spending time with family and vows never to go to rehab for her reading and chocolate addictions.