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The University of Tennessee

The Graduate School of Medicine




Faculty

Eric R. Carlson, DMD, MD, FACS

Professor and Chairman
Residency Program Director
Diplomate, American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Education/Training

BA, Connecticut College, 1981
DMD, University of Pennsylvania, 1985
Resident in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery- Allegheny General Hospital,Pittsburgh, PA, 1989

Fellow in Tumor and Reconstructive Surgery-Jackson Memorial Hospital/University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, 1990

MD, University of Miami, 2000

Resident in General Surgery-University of Tennessee,  Knoxville, 2003

Experience

2002-present:  Professor and Chairman, Director of Residency Program, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine, Knoxville, TN

2002-present:  Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital and University of Tennessee Cancer Institute

1993-2002:  Associate Professor of Surgery; Director-Tumor and Reconstructive Surgery Service; Director-Oral and Maxillofacial Residency Program, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL

1996-2000:  Chief, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Miami, FL

Special Interests

Clinical: Benign and malignant tumors of the oral cavity, head, and neck, salivary gland surgery, and reconstructive Surgery

Research: Tumor doubling times

The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

The Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
1930 Alcoa Highway, Suite 335
Knoxville TN 37920
Telephone:  (865) 305-9123
FAX: (865) 305-9026