Our Doctors
Dr. Lisa Kochis
Dr. Lisa Kochis is a unique kind of orthodontist. Her warm, fun personality and focus on clinical excellence will help both children and adults truly enjoy their orthodontic experience. Dr. Kochis feels that it is her professional obligation to stay at the forefront in her specialty of orthodontics both with clinical and technological advancements.
Dr. Kochis earned her doctorate at the University of Oklahoma and completed her residency specializing in orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics at the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. Her continuing participation in advanced post-doctoral education ensures that every patient’s orthodontic treatment is held to the most exacting standards of modern care. Dr. Kochis even assists with education of the future pediatric dentistry residents at the University of Kentucky.
Yet, despite her clinical expertise, Dr. Kochis’ most compelling feature is something all too rare in today’s rushed world: she takes the time to relate to every single patient. Children and adults all find that Dr. Kochis is able to make their individual care a top priority.
Dr. Kochis is a member of the American Dental Association, Kentucky Dental Association, Bluegrass Dental Society, American Association of Orthodontists, Southern Association of Orthodontists and the Kentucky Association of Orthodontists.
Dr. Kochis and her husband, Chris, have been married since 1993 and have one child.
Dr. Victoria Sheets
Dr. Victoria Sheets grew up in Westerville, Ohio, a busy suburb about 20 minutes north of
downtown Columbus. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biology from The Ohio State
University in 2013. She then went on to earn a Doctorate of Dental Surgery (DDS) from The
Ohio State University College of Dentistry in 2017. After that, she finished her specialty degree
in Orthodontics in 2020, also from OSU, and has been practicing in central Kentucky ever since.
She was married to her high school sweetheart, Evan, in 2017 and they moved to Lexington for
his fellowship at UK. Dr. Sheets now resides in Hamburg, Kentucky. When away from the office,
she enjoys spending time with her husband and friends, cooking, traveling, trying new
restaurants, and watching sports. She has two Bengal cats, loves Harry Potter and pizza, and
during her wedding at the Columbus zoo, a penguin “had an accident” on her wedding dress
