Meet the Dentist

Raised in the City of St. Louis just north of Forest Park, Dr. McCarthy graduated from St. Louis University High School in 1973. He then graduated with honors from University of Missouri at St. Louis with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology in 1976. He received his Doctorate in Dental Medicine from Washington University School of Dental Medicine in St. Louis in 1979. He was president of Delta Sigma Delta fraternity. He then served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy Dental Corps from 1979 to 1982 stationed at the U.S. Naval Construction Center in Port Hueneme, California with deployments to Agana, Guam, and Rota, Spain.

After leaving the military, Dr. McCarthy became an Associate with Dr. Peter Hummel at Sunset Hills Dental Group. In 1987 Dr. McCarthy established his own solo practice on Manchester in Warson Woods. In 1993 he relocated his office to his present location in the Woodbine Center on South Kirkwood Road in Kirkwood.

Dr. McCarthy has completed continuing education continuums with Bob Gollaher in straight wire orthodontics, Peter Dawson in occlusion, Michael Schuster in practice management, and Carl Misch in implant surgery and advanced bone grafting. He is a founding member of the St. Louis Schuster/Dawson Study Club. He is also a member of the American Dental Society, the Missouri Dental Association, the Dental Society of Greater St. Louis, the American Equilibration Society, the International Congress of Oral Implantologists and, Delta Sigma Delta Dental Fraternity.

While at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Dr. McCarthy met the former Kay Schlafly and the two were married in 1977. They are the extremely proud parents of Sarah who is an attorney and CPA working in downtown Philadelphia, a son Kevin who is a first year resident in an orthopedic surgery residency at KU Medical Center in Kansas City and younger son Matthew who is a financial analyst for Edward Jones in St. Louis. Kay, and Mark live in Glendale where they have lived for the past twenty-five years. They enjoy biking, hiking, and sports of all kinds. Dr. McCarthy has completed a couple of half marathons but has no intention to do full marathons. They also enjoy their backyard water gardens and their German Shepherd Bob. Kay and Mark are members of Mary Queen of Peace Church in Webster Groves where Mark has served as Athletic Director and President of the Men’s Club as well as coach for many teams. He also serves on the Alumni Advisory Board at St. Louis University High School. For past volunteer efforts he has received the Educated Heart Award from the Judevine Center for Autism and the Heart of Hope Award from Boys Hope/Girls Hope.  He just finished his first year as head track coach at Loyola Academy in St. Louis. 

Recently Kay and Mark became certified scuba divers.  They went to the island of Bonaire in the southern Caribbean with their good friends Tom and Diane O'Connor.  They did 17 dives in 5 days.  It was truly amazing.  They can't wait to see where Tom and Di take them next.