Dr. Hatcher received his D.D.S. degree from the University of Washington in 1973.

Dr. Hatcher graduated in the Radiology Program from the Toronto University and received a scholarship for the Program of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 1982 and a M.Sc. in 1983. The subject of his thesis approached the radiology of mandible disorders.

Currently Dr. Hatcher dedicates himself to his private practice in DDI in California. He also gives classes at the University of San Francisco in California just like in the Dental School of the University of Pacific.

He has published several articles and given many conferences for Medical and Dental Societies in the United States and Canada.