Dr. Albert Goerig Loves What He Does
Even after 40 years of practicing endodontics, Dr. Albert Goerig finds the field exciting and fun, getting easier each day. He realizes more and more the value of creating personal connections with others.
Dr. Goerig earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Utah State University and received his DDS from Case Western Reserve School of Dentistry in Cleveland, OH. He was selected for the United States Army General Practice Residency at Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco.
Dr. Goerig practiced general dentistry for five years prior to entering specialty training in endodontics at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, and Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta, GA. He earned his master’s degree in 1978.
Dr. Goerig was an endodontic mentor for the Army’s General Dentistry residency program at Fort Knox, KY and Fort Ord, CA. After serving in the Army Dental Corps for 20 years, Dr. Goerig retired as a colonel in 1991. That’s when he began his private dental practice, specializing in endodontics.
In 1996, Dr. Goerig co-founded Endodontic Practice Mastery to coach endodontists on improving clinical techniques and understanding the systems of dentistry. Since then, he has personally coached over 18 percent of all endodontists and their teams in the United States and Canada. A nationally known educator and authority on endodontics, he has been asked to speak at every major national dental meeting in the country.
He is a member of numerous dental organizations: the American Dental Association, Washington State Dental Association, Thurston Mason County Dental Society (Past President), American Association of Endodontists, and Washington State Association of Endodontists. He has been a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontists since 1983.
A native of Washington, his great-grandparents came to Washington on the Oregon Trail in the 1850s. His grandfather and namesake was one of the contractors that built the state capitol building in 1923.
Dr. Goerig has been married to his wife Nancy since 1969. They live in Olympia and have five children and 11 grandchildren. He enjoys camping, fishing, snow skiing, scuba diving and good friends. He is blessed with a great family, fantastic team, wonderful patients, and incredible referring doctors.