Brett King, DDS
Clinical Associate Professor
Board Certification: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; National Dental Board of Anesthesiology
Clinical Interest: Pediatric Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery | Dentoalveolar Surgery | Orthognathic Surgery
Dr. Brett King joined the LSU Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery faculty in
September, 2014. Dr. King attended Tulane University in New Orleans for his undergraduate
education where he studied History and Architecture. Following university, Dr. King
spent a year in Japan teaching English. Upon returning to the U.S., Dr. King attended
Northwestern University Dental School in Chicago, Illinois, where he earned his DDS.
After his doctoral training, Dr. King completed residency training in Dental Anesthesiology
at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York City. Dr. King next completed four years of
residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Loma Linda University Medical
Center and its affiliated hospitals in Southern California. The emphasis of his training
included corrective craniomaxillofacial surgery and orthognathic surgery, complex
maxillofacial trauma and reconstruction, placement of dental implants, dental extractions,
temporomandibular joint (TMJ) surgery, maxillofacial pathology, bone grafting and
pre-prosthetic surgery.
Upon completion of residency training, Dr. King returned to New York City where he
established a private practice in Tribeca in lower Manhattan and simultaneously held
an academic appointment at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx. In 2009, Dr. King was
appointed as Chief of the Division of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at St. Barnabas
Hospital, an active Level 1 trauma center with a large dental department and over
45 residents in various dental specialities. Dr. King has also been an active staff
member at Beth Israel Medical Center and the Mt. Sinai Hospital, both in New York
City.
Dr. King is certified by the American Board of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology and his current interests include anesthesiology, reconstructive maxillofacial surgery including bone grafting and dental implants, maxillofacial trauma and orthognathic surgery.