Biography

Dr. Daphne C. Ferguson-Young is a General Dentist and Academician.

She is a Professor in the Division of Surgical Sciences, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee where she has been a faculty member for 15 years. Currently she is the Director of the General Practice Residency program. She participates on several college committees and has served in numerous leadership capacities.

Prior to her academic appointment, Dr. Ferguson-Young maintained a private practice in Murfreesboro, TN and practiced as a staff dentist at Matthew Walker Community Health Center.

She received her BS degree from N.C. A&T State University and her DDS and MSPH degrees from Meharry Medical College.

Dr. Ferguson-Young is very active in the community, having served ten years on the Governing Board of Matthew Walker Community Health Center.
In 2010, she was appointed by Dr. Riley, President of Meharry Medical College as liaison to visit Hawler Medical College, School of Dentistry, Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq to assist with their curriculum committee.

Dr. Ferguson-Young completed the ADEA Leadership Institute as a scholarship Fellow in 2011. She was inducted into the American College of Dentists, fall 2013 in New Orleans. This is an invitation only organization.

For the past three years she has accompanied the D3 dental students on the Jamaican dental mission trip, sponsored by the Jamaican Awareness Group based in California. Each year, the students have provided dental services to over 250 patients in one week.

Her past time activities include traveling, collecting and supporting art of young African American artists and reading.