James Kraus

James Kraus is a board certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon at the practice and holds a D.M.D. His work covers much of the specialty, with special interests in orthognathics, dental implants, bone grafting, and facial trauma and reconstruction. He also performs facial cosmetic surgery and procedures using IPL and CO2 lasers. His dental training began at Tufts School of Dental Medicine in 2002, where he earned his D.M.D. cum laude in 2006. Prior to that, he completed a B.S. in biology cum laude at Saint Michael's College in Vermont. He finished an oral and maxillofacial surgery residency at Tufts Medical Center in Boston in 2010, then a cranio-maxillofacial surgery fellowship at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, in 2011. He teaches in the maxillofacial surgery residency at Tufts Medical Center and covers facial trauma call at Tufts and the Floating Hospital for Children in Boston. He also holds hospital appointments at North Shore Medical Center in Salem, Anna Jaques Hospital in Newburyport, the Floating Hospital for Children and Tufts Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and a diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and he holds Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Pediatric Advanced Life Support and Basic Life Support certifications.