Background
Patton, Lauren Leslie was born on January 31, 1958 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Willard Thomas and Elizabeth Wynelle (Melson) Patton.
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Patton, Lauren Leslie was born on January 31, 1958 in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Daughter of Willard Thomas and Elizabeth Wynelle (Melson) Patton.
AB, Dartmouth College, 1980. Doctor of Dental Surgery, University North Carolina, 1986.
Senior research technician, Duke U. Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, 1980-1982; resident in general practice dentistry, U. North Carolina-North Carolina Memorial Hospital, Chapel Hill, 1986-1988; clinical dental staff fellow, National Institute Dental Research, Bethesda, Maryland., 1988-1990; chief division oral medicine, U. North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, since 1990; chair department dentistry, U. North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill, since 1992; assistant professor dentistry, U. North Carolina School Dentistry, Chapel Hill, since 1990; director hospital dentistry, U. North Carolina School Dentistry, Chapel Hill, since 1992. Dental consultant Chief Medical Examiner of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, since 1990. Private faculty practice hospital dentistry U. North Carolina, since 1990, associate director Cancer Education program, since 1991.
Fellow American Association Hospital Dentists. Member American Dental Association, Academy Oral Medicine, American Association Dental Research, North Carolina Dental Society, International Society Oral Oncology, Federation of Special Care Organizations.