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Ritchie
Named Director of
Admissions
John R. Ritchie, DDS,
M.Ed., has been chosen
Director of Admissions. He
succeeds Dr. Jim Weir, who
retired in December.
He has been a member of
the LSUSD faculty since
1981 and was promoted to
Associate Professor in
1986. From 1989 to 1995,
he was director of the
General Dentistry
Residency program. From
1995 to 2006, he was
chairman of the Department
of General Dentistry.
Since 2006, Dr. Ritchie
has been Director of
Diversity and Minority
Affairs.
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| John
R. Ritchie, DDS,
M.Ed. |
Dr. Ritchie is a native
of Iowa and received his
DDS from the University of
Iowa College of Dentistry
in 1979. He then came to
LSUSD for the 2-year
General Dentistry
Residency program based at
Charity Hospital. He was
awarded a certificate in
General Dentistry in 1981.
Two years later, he was
awarded a master’s in
education from the
University of New Orleans
with an emphasis in
curriculum and
instruction. He is a
fellow in the American
College of Dentists and
the Academy of General
Dentistry.
In the aftermath of
Hurricane Katrina, he
played a vital role in
developing a network of
community dentists to
provide clinical training
for fourth-year students.
For the last 26 years, he
has had a private practice
in the LSUHSC School of
Dentistry Faculty Dental
Practice. He and his wife,
Pat, have been married for
36 years. They have two
grown daughters, Jill and
Rachel.
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