Dr. Richard D. Meekins Jr.

 

 
 

RICHARD D. Meekins   B.S., D.D.S.

 E-mail: meekinsjr@yahoo.com

 

   
 
EDUCATION: MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. / CHARLES R. DREW MEDICAL CENTER Los Angeles, California Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery 1997 - 2001 Chief Resident 2001
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER ,SHREVEPORT, LA
Oral surgery Externship, summer 1996
HOWARD UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, D.C.
Doctorate of Dental Surgery, 1997
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, MEMPHIS, TN.
B.S. Degree, Vertebrae Zoology
WHITEHAVEN HIGH SCHOOL Memphis, TN.
Graduated Diploma 1987 , Class Rank 21/407
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EXAMINATIONS & CERTIFICATIONS: Certified, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2006
Southern Regional Board Exam, 2000
National Dental Board Examination Part1: 1996, Part2: 1997
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Certified
Advanced Trauma Life Support Certified
State of Tennessee Engineer-in-Training Exam, 1982
Basic Life Support certified
 
 
 
 
 
 
STATE LICENSES: State of Tennessee Dental License Number DS7916
OFFICE LOCATIONS:  Center for Oral Facial Surgery, of Memphis PLLC
1251 Wesley Drive Suite 101
Memphis, Tennessee 38116
Office telephone number: (901) 398-0793
2900 Kirby Parkway, Suite 10
Memphis, Tennessee 38119
Office telephone number: (901) 398-0793
 
 
 
PRESENTATIONS  Southern California Oral Pathology Society 2001 Clinical Pathologic Conference Topic "Herpetiform Aphthous Ulcer"
Southern California Society of Oral Surgery 2000 OMFS Residents Topic "The Christensen TMJ Prosthesis"
Regulation of Cell Adhesion in TGF-B1 Knockout Mice Scientific Presentation at: - Washington, D.C. Dental Convention 1995 - First place, National Division - Greater New York Dental Convention 1995 - First Place: ADA / FDI Convention 1996 - Philadelphia, PA|. Dental Conference 1996
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ORGANIZATIONS: Southern California Oral Pathology Society 2001 - Present
Fellow, American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
                                 Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Resident Member 1997 - 2001
National Dental Association 2001 - Present
 
 
 
WORK EXPERIENCE:             

2001-present

CENTER FOR ORAL AND FACIAL SURGERY, of Memphis PLLC
Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon
1997-2001 Los Angeles County
Oral Surgery Resident
2004-present  UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, MEMPHIS     COLLEGE  OF DENTISTRY           Assistant Professor Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Summer 1995 National Institutes of Health
Summer 1991 Methodist Hospital of Memphis
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS: Methodist Hospitals                              Baptist Hospitals                                 St. Francis Hospital                              LeBonheur Childrens Hospital
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS:   Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Honorary Dental Society 1997 John A. Turner Oral Surgery Award, Howard University 1997 Dr. Coleman R. Tuckson Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology Award 1997 Who's Who Among American Colleges and Universities 1996 ADA's Student Conference on Research, Representative for Howard University 1996 National Dental Association Dental Scholarship 1994 - 1996
  Chief Resident, oral and maxillofacial surgery service
RESEARCH:   The Initiation of Cavity Formation by Streptococcus Mutans University of Memphis, Dept of Microbiology 1993 Charles Stevens, Mentor
 
Christi Boyd
Montez Bugg
Kalina Cleaves
Gwendolyn Edwards
Jessica Fortner
May Green
Stephanie Moore
Danielle Naylor
Angela Richards
Jessica Rivera
Lori Roberts
Shannon Rogers
 
 
Dr. Ronald C. Staples
Dr. Micheal  A. Williams
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