For over 30 years, Dr. Lynn Pierri has fulfilled numerous academic and clinical appointments, co-authored six publications, maintained memberships in several professional societies, and attended nearly two dozen continuing education courses on topics ranging from medical risk assessment to surgical orthodontics to osseointegrated implants. Dr. Pierri also has received honors and awards from a number of organizations for her academic strides and her service to the community.

Dr. Pierri completed her medical degree at University Health Sciences of Antigua in the West Indies and received her DDS from the State University of New York (SUNY) at Stony Brook. Prior to her graduate studies, she received an MS in Microbiology from C.W. Post University in New York as well as training as a General Dental Laboratory Technician at the New York School of Mechanical Dentistry. Dr. Pierri’s post-graduate work included a fellowship in oral and maxillofacial surgery at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh in Scotland followed by a residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at Bellevue Hospital Center, New York University.

Dr. Pierri maintains a number of licensures and certifications:

• Diplomate of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• Northeast Regional Board of Dental Examiners
• Joint Commission of National Dental Examiners
• Suffolk Ambulatory Surgery Facility, Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care
• Anesthesia Certification, New York State Department of Education
• Advanced Cardiac Life Support

Academic and Clinical Appointments:

• St. Catherine’s Hospital, New York – Attending Surgeon with Courtesy Privileges - present
• Montefiore Hospital, New York - Attending Surgeon with Courtesy Privileges – 1998-present
• SUNY Stony Brook – Attending Surgeon with Full Privileges – 1987-2002
• St. John’s Episcopal/ St. Catherine’s Hospital, New York - Attending Surgeon with Full Privileges – 1987-2002
• John T. Mather Hospital, New York - Attending Surgeon with Full Privileges – 1987-2000
• St. Charles Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, New York - Attending Surgeon with Full Privileges – 1987-2000
• North Shore Surgical Center, New York - Attending Surgeon with Full Privileges – 1988-1998
• Community Hospital of Western Suffolk - Attending Surgeon with Full Privileges – 1986-1998
• SUNY Stony Brook, School of Medicine – Clinical Assistant Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - 1987-2002
• Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh, Scotland – Lecturer and Senior Registrar, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - 1985
• University College of Dentistry, New York – Clinical Instructor – 1982-1985
• State University of New York at Stony Brook – Technical Specialist, Medical Technology Program - 1974-1975
• Brookhaven Memorial Hospital, New York – Medical Technologist
• Smithtown General Hospital, New York - Medical Technologist
• Long Island Jewish-Hillside Medical Center, New York - Medical Technologist

Publications:

• Bass, B.D., Andors, L., Pierri, L. Pollack, J.J. "Quantitation of Hepatitis B. Viral Markers in Dental School Population." Journal of the American Dental Association, 1982.
• Chaudhry, A.P., Yamane, G.M., Salman, L., Saxon, M., Pierri, L.K. Necrotizing Sialometaplasia of Palatal Minor Salvary Glands: A Report on Two Cases. Journal of Oral Medicine, 1985.
• Pierri, L.K. Schneider, K.L. Super, S. Glickman, R., Salman, L., Yamane, G. Chaudhry, A.P. An Introsseous High-Grade Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma. The Journal of Oral Medicine, 1985.
• Super, S. Pierri, L.K. Microsurgical Repair of Lingual Nerve with Sural Nerve Graft Following Excision of Neuroma. Submitted to Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Journal of American Dental Association, 1985.
• Vuolo, S.J., Berg, H., Pierri, L.K., Jandinski, J., Yamane, G.M., Chaudhry, A.P. A Giant Ossifying Fibroma of the Maxillary Sinus. The Journal of Oral Medicine, 1989.
• Chaudhry, A.P., Cutler Jr., J.A., Yamane, G.M., Pierri, L.K., and Sunderra, M. Development of the Hamster Submandibular Gland. II the Ductal System.

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• American Dental Association
• Dental Society of the State of New York
• Suffolk County Dental Society
• Northeastern Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American Academy of Implant Dentistry
• Academy of Osseointegration
• New York State Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American Academy of Oral Medicine
• New York Institute of Clinical Oral Pathology
• American Dental Society of Anesthesiology
• American Association of Women Dentists
• Stony Brook Dental Alumni Association (Secretary, Vice President)
• Long Island Women’s Network
• MDNY Board of Directors of MDNY, LIPH, IDPA
• American Heart Association
• American Trauma Society
• International Congress of Oral Implantology
• Long Island Society for Osseointegration
• University Health Sciences of Antigua School of Dental Medicine (Class President, Alumni Liaison)
• Suffolk Ambulatory Surgery Facility (President and Founder)
• Dental Implants of Long Island, Inc. (President and Founder)

Honors and Awards:

• Continuing Education Award, Suffolk County Dental Society
• TWA Flight 800 Community Service Award
• American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• American Dental Society of Anesthesiology Award
• New York Board of Oral Surgery Award
• U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Public Service Award
• National Dean’s List, SUNY Stony Brook, School of Dental Medicine
• American Association of Women Dental Students, SUNY Stony Brook, President and Founder