A native of Atlanta, Dr. Stevens attended Lakeside High School. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia, received his Doctorate at the University of Alabama Birmingham, and has over forty years of dental experience in general dentistry practice. Thirty years of that time was in Duluth, Georgia in a practice he established in 1983. He has advanced studies with the Pankey Institute and is an active member of the American Dental Association and the Georgia Dental Association. Dr. Stevens was an active member of the Hinman Dental Society for over thirty years. He has participated with the Georgia Mission of Mercy (GMOM) and had a long relationship with special needs patients from Annandale Village in Suwanee white practicing in Duluth. Dr. Stevens was a member of the Duluth Rotary Club for over thirty years, as well as a member of the Duluth Fall Festival committee and the Duluth United Methodist Church. Dr. Stevens is also a member of the 2000 Leadership Gwinnett Class.

    Dr. Stevens moved to the Cumming area in 2005 to continue his desire to practice dentistry with a deep desire to care for patients as family and build long-term relationships similar to those he had in Duluth where he had several generations of family members. He had a solo practice in Hickory Flat for several years before deciding he was ready to enjoy dentistry without owning the business.

    He and his wife, Susan, have three children Eliza, Adam, and Layne.  Eliza followed in her father’s footsteps becoming a dentist.  She and her husband, also a dentist, live in Augusta with their two children. Adam and his wife live in Greensboro with their two daughters. He has his own business as a farrier. Layne and her husband live in Cumming with their two children. Layne is a small animal veterinarian in Sugar Hill.

     Jim and Susan enjoy spending time with their family and six grandchildren, trail riding their horses, UGA football, and loving on all their pets. Jim also enjoys woodworking.