Faculty and Staff


Mission of Mercy
  • Karen Crews, DMD

    Crews, KarenProfessor
    Director
    Phone: (601) 984-5160
    E-mail: kcrews1@umc.edu 

    Graduate school

    • DMD, University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, Jackson, MS, 1986

    Clinical interests

    • Tobacco use, including dependence, cessation, treatment
    • Impact of tobacco use on oral health and cancer

    Professional memberships and activities

    • American Dental Association; District IV Dental Society
    • Mississippi Dental Association
    • American Association of Women Dentists
    • American Association of Dental Research
    • International Association of Dental Research
    • American Dental Education Association
    • American College of Dentists - Gies Fellow
    • Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
    • Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence
    • Pierre Fauchard Academy
    • Academy of Oral Medicine

    Publications and presentations

    Dr. Crews has more than 80 published articles, book chapters and abstracts. She is a frequent guest lecturer on tobacco dependence and cessation locally and statewide. Dr. Crews is also active in community service and volunteers her time to participate in health and oral screening fairs.