Randy F. Huffines

For over 35 years, Dr. Randy Huffines has treated older and medically complex adults in a traditional private practice, nursing homes, and hospitals. For 27 years he was Director of Geriatric Dentistry at the Quillen Medical Center in Johnson City, TN. Randy is recognized as one of the country’s leading experts on aging, medically complex patients and oral health. He is a frequent speaker at national conferences such as the Hinman, Chicago Midwinter, Yankee, and The Texas Meeting, to name a few. He has given 20 presentations to the American Dental Association’s Annual Meeting.

In 1988, Dr. Huffines left practice for two years to become one of only a handful of practicing clinicians in the United States who has completed a two-year postdoctoral Fellowship in Geriatric Dentistry. He is a Past President and a Fellow of the American Society for Geriatric Dentistry, Fellow of the American Association of Hospital Dentists, Diplomate of the American Board Special Care Dentistry and Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, Scotland. He served as the first chair of the group developing the computerized oral health record that became the ADA Standards Committee on Dental Informatics. In 2004 he was appointed to the American Dental Association’s Elder Care Task Force. He has served on the Editorial Board of two major dental drug references. He is the 2021 recipient of the Excellence in Geriatric Dentistry from the Special Care Dentistry Association. Randy has held faculty appointments in colleges of dentistry, medicine, nursing, and allied health sciences. Despite these responsibilities, Dr. Huffines has spent most of his workweek as a clinician personally providing comprehensive dental care to older and medically complex patients. This extensive practical experience is evident throughout his courses as he illustrates concepts with the thousands of patients he has personally treated.