Dr. Karen Crews has practiced general dentistry at Beachview Family Dental Clinic in Gulfport since 2014. She spent the first 25 years of her dental career at the University of Mississippi Schools of Dentistry and Medicine. Prior to her retirement in January of 2014, she served as Director of the Division of Oral Oncology and Bio-Behavioral Medicine in the department of otolaryngology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Prior to her appointment in the School of Medicine she served on the faculty and as an assistant dean in the UMMC School of Dentistry. Crews held numerous leadership roles in the School of Dentistry and continues to have an appointment as Professor Emeritus in the department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology. Dr. Crews and her husband Bill Crews reside in Gulfport and have 2 sons.
