Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics
Dr. Hershey is a graduate of Michigan State University and the University of Detroit School of Dentistry (1974). He was a resident in the Department of Pediatrics at Wyler’s Children’s Hospital in Chicago and received a master’s degree in Facial Growth and Development from the University of Chicago (1976). He completed his orthodontic training at the University of Michigan (M.S.) and has been in specialty practice since 1978.
He has held teaching appointments at the University of Chicago, the University of Detroit and the University of Michigan, has published numerous professional articles in both orthodontics and anthropology and has lectured throughout the United States and Europe.
Since 1992, Dr. Hershey has served as an editorial consultant to the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. He is also on the Board of Directors of the American Association of Orthodontists Foundation. He is a member of several organizations, including the American Dental Association, the Michigan Dental Association, the American Association of Orthodontists, the Great Lakes Association of Orthodontists, the American Association of Physical Anthropologists and the American Association of Forensic Odontology. He is diplomat of the American Board of Orthodontics.
In addition, he is the director of Tiago: Orthodontic Educational Resources, which has presented and sponsored accredited continuing education programs in orthodontics for dentists and their staff since 1984.
Dr. Hershey, his wife, Patti, and their six children are lifelong area residents. They are very active in their community and sponsor numerous activities involving not only their children, but their patients as well. In his free time, Dr. Hershey enjoys playing jazz trumpet and has ridden and restored motorcycles since he was 16 years old.
Dr. Mark A. Bieszki, our associate orthodontist, received his bachelor’s degree with distinction in Biology in 1998 and earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 2002 from the University of Michigan. After practicing general dentistry for a year, he was accepted into the orthodontic program at the University of Detroit Mercy, where he received a Master of Science degree in Orthodontics. Dr. Bieszki is a fully licensed and board certified orthodontist in the state of Michigan. He is also an active member of the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Dental Association and the Michigan Dental Association.
Dr. Bieszki grew up in Clinton Township and graduated Salutatorian of De La Salle High School in Warren. For playing baseball and hockey, he was recruited by college and professional teams. He also enjoys fishing, working out and traveling with his wife, Nolka.
He is trained in the most recent advances in orthodontics and adds to our practice’s ability to deliver leading-edge treatment.
