Frank Harmon, DDS
Clinical Assistant Professor
Frank W. Harmon, DDS, a native of Monroe, Louisiana is a graduate of Northeast Louisiana University. He enlisted in the United States Airforce after graduation in 1971 as a computer programmer and systems analyst where he was instrumental in computerizing the assignments for aircraft in the late Viet Nam war. In 1974 Dr. Harmon enrolled in dental school at Baylor College of dentistry, followed by a General Practice Residency at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. After serving 3 years as the Aid Station Commander at Hessisch Oldendorf, Germany, he was selected for the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. As chief resident in 1984, Dr. Harmon was selected as the Merck, Sharp, & Dome National Resident of the year for his research in Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Osteo Radio Necrosis. He was then chief of Oral Surgery at Barksdale AFB in Shreveport from 1984 to 1987 at which time he left the Air Force with the rank of Lt. Colonel and went into private practice in Shreveport, Louisiana. After 34 years in private practice where he served on the staff of Willis Knighton Medical Center, he retired in December of 2021.
Dr. Harmon and his wife moved to Slidell Louisiana in January, 2022, and he has recently joined the staff at LSU School of Dentistry, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. He is a retired member of the Louisiana Dental Association, the American Dental Association, and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is Board Certified by the American Association of Oral Surgeons.