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LSUSD
Bids Farewell to the
Masons
On July 13,
faculty, staff, and
students bid an emotional
farewell to Dr. John
(Sandy) and Carrie Mason,
as they began their
retirement from the LSU
School of Dentistry. With
a combined 50 years at
LSUSD, the Masons leave
behind many friends and a
legacy of excellence in
teaching, patient care,
and service.
A 1981
graduate of the LSUSD
periodontics advanced
education program, Sandy
Mason, DDS,
associate professor of
clinical periodontics,
returned to the school as
a faculty member in 1994.
He received his DDS from
Virginia Commonwealth
University-Medical College
of Virginia School of
Dentistry in 1974,
followed by 20 years of
active duty in the U.S.
Navy. During this time he
completed both a general
dentistry residency at the
Philadelphia Naval
Hospital and the LSUSD
periodontics residency,
achieving American Board
of Periodontology
certification in 1993.
Dr. Mason
directed the periodontics
predoctoral program at
LSUSD for ten years. In
2014, he received the
American Academy of
Periodontology Educator's
Award. With Dr. Ray Yukna,
he co-authored a chapter
in all four editions of
the textbook Comprehensive
Periodontics for the
Dental Hygienist.
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Carrie and Sandy
Mason with Dean
Gremillion |
Caroline
Flintom Mason, RDH, MEd,
professor of comprehensive
dentistry and
biomaterials, program in
dental hygiene, had
directed the program since
1996. She received her
bachelor of science in
dental hygiene from the
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill in
1970. She earned her
masters in education in
1975 at Loyola University
in New Orleans while a
member of the dental
hygiene faculty there. In
1977 she joined the LSUSD
Department of Community
and Preventive Dentistry,
directing the program in
dental hygiene from
1979-1981.
The Masons
were married in 1981.
While Dr. Mason was on
active duty in the Navy,
Ms. Mason taught at the
University of Hawaii and
worked in private practice
in Honolulu, Guam, and San
Diego.
After their
return to LSUSD in 1994,
Ms. Mason taught for two
years as a member of the
dental hygiene faculty
before assuming
directorship of the
program. In addition to
serving as director of
dental and dental hygiene
courses, she steered the
program through four
highly successful
Commission on Dental
Accreditation site visits.
We wish the
Masons much happiness in
their retirement!
Robert
Barsley, LDA President
In April
Robert E. Barsley, Jr.,
DDS, JD, was installed as
president of the Louisiana
Dental Association for
2016-2017. A professor in
the LSUSD Department of
Diagnostic Sciences and
director of Oral Health
Resources and Community
and Hospital Dentistry,
Dr. Barsley is a 1977
graduate of LSUSD. In 1987
he earned a law degree
from Loyola University in
New Orleans and was
admitted to the Louisiana
bar that same year.
A past
speaker of the LDA House
of Delegates and LDA
Secretary/Treasurer, Dr.
Barsley is also a former
general chairman of the
New Orleans Dental
Conference and former
member of the NODA Board
of Governors. In 2012 he
served as president of the
American Academy of
Forensic Sciences. In 2015
he was named LSUSD Alumnus
of the Year and he
recently received the NODA
Honor Dentist Award.
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LDA President
Robert E.
Barsley, Jr.,
DDS, JD
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Dr. Barsley
has served as a consultant
to numerous coroners'
offices in southern
Louisiana and is on staff
at the coroner's office in
both Orleans and Jefferson
parishes.
Among his
goals as LDA president is
to continue the
cooperative
relationship between the
LDA and LSUSD.
Congratulations
to Dr. Barsley for his
attainment of this
distinguished
position and for his years
of generous service to the
Louisiana dental
community.
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