Dr. Mark Allan Piper was raised on a farm in rural Ohio where he graduated as Valedictorian of Ashtabula Edgewood Senior High School. He was admitted as a Harvard National Scholar to Harvard College, and he majored in chemistry. He received his Bachelor of Arts cum laude, in 1974. He continued his studies as a Harvard Graduate National Scholar, and in 1978, he earned his DMD magna cum laude, from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine. He was the Harvard Gold Medal Award recipient of his graduating dental school class and was inducted into the Harvard Chapter of Omicron Kappa Upsilon. Dr. Piper then enrolled in Vanderbilt Medical School and completed his MD degree in 1980. While at Vanderbilt University Medical Center he was awarded certificates for completing a one year Internship in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, a two year Basic Residency in General Surgery, and a one year Chief Residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He was an emergency room physician in Tennessee before moving to Florida to establish his private practice as an oral and maxillofacial surgeon. He is licensed and boarded in both dentistry and medicine, and he is Board Certified by the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. Click here for complete bio