Dr. Michael T. Shannon is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts) and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (Boston, Massachusetts), with honors. Dr. Shannon completed both his internship and residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Barnes and Affiliated Hospitals, Washington University Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri in 1988. Following this, Dr. Shannon was selected for an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery fellowship at St. Louis Childrens Hospital, with a focus in pediatric facial trauma and pain management. He is also the author of several published papers in his specialty.
Dr. Shannon is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and the American College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is a member of the Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Society of Anesthesia, American Dental Association, Massachusetts Dental Society and Merrimack Valley Dental Society. He has been certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Trauma Life Support and Advanced Pediatric Life Support. He is a Senior staff surgeon at Lawrence General Hospital (Lawrence, Massachusetts).
His community involvement has included membership on the Board of Directors for the Lawrence Boys and Girls Club and Board of Overseers at Lawrence General Hospital. Dr. Shannon and his family reside in the Merrimack Valley area.
Dr. Hunter is the former Director of the Pain and Anxiety Control Program at Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine. He has participated in several volunteer trips to perform cleft lip and palate surgery in South America. In addition, he has lectured at numerous national and international meetings, composed book chapters and published several scientific journal articles.
Dr. Hunter is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He is a member of the Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, American Dental Society of Anesthesia, American Dental Association, Massachusetts Dental Society and Merrimack Valley Dental Society. Dr. Hunter has been certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support.
He is a Senior Staff surgeon at Lawrence General Hospital (Lawrence, Massachusetts), former President of the Massachusetts Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and is one of three Massachusetts delegates to the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Hunter currently serves on the Committee of Governmental Affairs for both the Massachusetts Dental Society and the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Dr. Hunter and his family reside in the Merrimack Valley area. His community involvement includes volunteering with the Boy Scouts of America and as a youth basketball coach.