Dr. Thomas J Veryser, DDS

Thomas J. Veryser, D.D.S., M.H.S.A.
C.E.O., Michigan Community Dental Clinics, Boyne City
Gregory P. Heintschel, D.D.S., M.B.A.
Chief Dental Officer, Michigan Community Dental Clinics, Boyne City
MCDC Administrative Staff
Introducing your Administrative Staff:
Chief Executive Officer
Thomas J. Veryser, D.D.S., M.H.S.A.
Thomas J. Veryser, D.D.S., M.H.S.A.
After graduating from the University of Detroit School of Dentistry in 1970, Dr. Veryser was engaged in private general practice for over twenty years in rural Michigan.  In 1992, he completed the master of health services administration (MHSA) program at The University of Michigan, School of Public Health’s department of Health Services Management and Policy.
Since that time, Dr. Veryser has been involved in dental and medical healthcare consulting, working on projects to empower groups of physicians and dentists to deal effectively with the changing healthcare marketplace, and developing dental benefit plans.
From 1997 until …2004, before joining Dental Clinics North, Dr. Veryser was a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and served as the Assistant Dean for Community and Outreach and the Director of the Center for Practice Administration.
In 2004, Dr. Veryser joined Dental Clinics North, a division of the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, serving as its Dental Director.
As director of Community and Outreach Programs, Tom helped develop the University of Michigan’s state-wide program that provides dental students, dental hygiene students, and dental residents clinical experience in community health clinics, where they have the opportunity to provide services to meet the oral healthcare needs of the underserved.
In addition, Dr. Veryser developed and presented the six-course Continuing Education Continuum on practice administration topics – Pathways to Productivity – administered by Michigan and sponsored by the Michigan Dental Association (MDA), and has co-authored an extensive workbook that accompanies that program.
From 2005-2008, Dr. Veryser served on the Board of Directors of the Michigan Oral Health Coalition, and currently serves as a consultant to the MDA’s Access to Care Committee.
Dr. Veryser is a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, the International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, and was Chief of Dentistry on the Medical Staff as well as a member, including Chairman, of the Board of Trustees of Huron Memorial Hospital for eighteen years.
Chief Dental Officer
Gregory Heintschel D.D.S., M.B.A.