Overview
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Education
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Research Experiences
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Erich Lutz

Virginia Beach

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Lead Dentist

Graham Dental
Chesapeake
11.2023 - Current
  • Stepped down from previous ownership role and moved to Virginia Beach to be closer to my wife’s family
  • Directed administrative and clinic operations during the owner’s year-long leave from clinical practice, maintaining high service standards
  • Facilitated and managed merger of neighboring dental practice (approximately 1000 new patients merged into practice)

Owner Dentist

Lutz Family Dentistry
Tazewell
07.2016 - 11.2023
  • Stepped into leadership and ownership role after father was unable to practice due to his health
  • Responsible for running and managing both the clinical and administrative aspects of the practice
  • Within 1 year become in-house referral for 90 percent of all endodontic treatment in practice
  • Conducted performance reviews for employees on a regular basis.
  • Developed and implemented strategies to increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.
  • Managed daily operations of business, including hiring and training staff.
  • Managed a staff of 26 employees, led morning huddles and briefs, and guided my office manager daily with HR, payroll, insurance, and compliance.

Associate Dentist

Lutz Family Dentistry
Tazewell
07.2016 - 04.2017
  • High volume of emergency triage patients, routinely treated patients in severe pain, w/ facial swelling
  • 6 provider (6 dentist, 7 dental hygienists) rural practice, exposed to many areas of general dentistry, pediatric dentistry
  • Heavy exposure to treating emergency patients, exodontia, and endodontics
  • Streamlined new endodontic protocols and systems for other 5 dentists to allow for maximum patient outcome and efficiency
  • Introduced new and up to date endodontic products (MTA, biodentine, Brasseler endosequence files and rotary files)
  • exodontia (approximately 30 percent of my practice), fixed and removable prosthodontics (RPDs cast and acrylic, complete dentures, immediate dentures) and implant restorations. Primarily used Straumann and Neodent (also proficient with Nobel, Biohorizons, Zimmer, Keystone)

Education

Doctor of Dental Surgery -

Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
05-2016

Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences - Honors in Discpline

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
05-2010

Professional Conferences

AAE Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts 2025

VCU Annual Endodontics Legacy Day, Richmond, Virginia 2024

American Academy of Fixed Prosthodontics, Chicago, Illinois 2017-2020

LMT LAB DAY Chicago, Illinois 2017-2020

Hinman Dental Conference, Atlanta, Georgia 2015-2018

Simplifying Complex Restorative seminar, Tampa, Florida 2017

Research Experiences

Department of Pharmacology, Quillen College of Medicine, Johnson City, TN

Aug. 2008 - May. 2010 

  • 600+ hours experience in laboratory, writing grants, presentations, collaborated with both PhD candidates for Biomedical Sciences and clinical faculty
  • Undergraduate thesis - B.S. Honors, " Regulation of bone morphogenetic protein 7 (BMP7) gene expression in human glioblastoma cells", Erich Lutz, ETSU, 2010

Abstracts and Presentations

  • Lutz E., Chandley M.)., Crawford J, Szebeni K., Ordway G.A., Regulation of bone morphogenetic protein-7 (BMP7) gene expression in human glioblastoma cells. Appalachian Student Forum, ETSU, Johnson City, TN, 2010.
  • Lutz E. Low gene expression of bone morphogenetic protein-7 in depression. Tennessee Collegiate Honors Council Conference, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 2010
  • Ordway G.A., Szebeni A., Chandley M.J., Stockmeier C.A., Szebeni K., Lutz. E. Low gene expression of excitatory amino acid transporters in astrocytes of the locus coeruleus from subjects with major depressive disorder. Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, Illinois, 2009.

Accomplishments

VCU School of Dentistry General Scholarship Fund recipient - 2014/2015 academic year

1st Place - Appalachian Student Research Forum, Biomedical Sciences, May 2010

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, ETSU, May 2010

Undergraduate Research Fellowship Grant recipient, The Honors College, ETSU, Summer 2009

Deans's LIst, East Tennessee State University, Fall 2006, Fall 2009, Spring 2010

Undergraduate Research Fellowship Grant recipient, The Honors College, ETSU, Fall 2008

Honors-in-Discipline Biological Science Scholarship (Covered 70% of tuition), ETSU, Fall 2006

Websites

Timeline

Lead Dentist

Graham Dental
11.2023 - Current

Owner Dentist

Lutz Family Dentistry
07.2016 - 11.2023

Associate Dentist

Lutz Family Dentistry
07.2016 - 04.2017

Doctor of Dental Surgery -

Virginia Commonwealth University

Bachelor of Science - Biological Sciences - Honors in Discpline

East Tennessee State University

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