Team

The Oral Surgery Team

We have an extensive team consisting of consultants, specialists, speciality doctors, registrars, core trainees and nurses.

 

 

Mr David Pearson

BDS MFDS M Oral Surg FDS

 

Current post:

Clinical Director

Consultant in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:  

• Qualified from University of Birmingham in 2000.
• Worked in multiple units in the West Midlands.
• Head of the Managed Clinical Network for Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country.

 

Other positions held:

• SAAD board member

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Sedation and medically compromised patients

Mrs Harriet Anstey

BSc (Hons) BDS MSc MFDS MSurg Dent

 

Current post:

Head of Service for Oral Surgery

Consultant in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Bristol in 1997.
• Appointed as one of the first registrars in surgical dentistry in 2001.
• Appointed as consultant at the Birmingham Dental Hospital in 2012.

 

Other positions held:

• Training Programme Director for Oral Surgery-Midlands and East of England.
• Examiner for the Tri-Collegiate Membership in Oral Surgery.
• External Examiner for Post Graduate Oral Surgery -Plymouth University.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests: 

• Sedation and the management of anxious and phobic patients.
• Medication Related Necrosis of the Jaws.
• Paediatric orthodontic surgery.

 

Prof. Thomas Dietrich

Dr.med Dr.med dent MPH FDSRCS

 

Current post:

Professor of Oral Surgery

Honorary Consultant in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from Charite, Humboldt University in Berlin in both medicine and dentistry.
• In 2002, graduated from Harvard School of Public Health with a Master’s in Public Health.
• In 2003, joined the Dept. of Periodontology at Boston University.
• Appointed as Professor of Oral Surgery at the University of Birmingham in 2007.

 

Other positions held:

• Supervisor for doctoral research students.
• Clinical researcher/epidemiologist in Dental Medicine.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Clinical epidimiology

Mr Mike Murphy

BDS MSc FDS(OS)

 

Current post:

Consultant in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified in Dentistry from London in 1988 with Honours and Distinction.
• Associate specialist in Oral Surgey at Royal Gwent Hospital in Wales
• Appointed as Consultant in Oral Surgery at Birmingham Dental Hospital

 

Other positions held:

• Royal College of Surgeons examiner for MOralSurg
• Previous chairman of Birmingham Oral Surgery Managed Clinical Network
• Chairman of Welsh Staff and Associate Specialist Committee from 2001 to 2005

 
Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Paediatric Oral Surgery
• Orthodontic surgery

Mr Daniel Saund

FDS (OS) MSurg Dent MJDF RCS MFGDP (UK) MFDS BDS

 

Current post:

Consultant in Oral Surgery

Clinical lead for Oral Surgery at Sandwell General Hospital

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Bristol in 2002
• Worked as Senior House Officer at Birmingham Dental Hospital
• Trained in several maxillofacial departments in the West Midlands

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Extraction of complex wisdom teeth
• Management of complex odontogenic cysts

Mr Rajesh Handa

BDS MSc MFDS RCS(Eng)

 

 

Current post:
Associate Specialist in oral surgery

Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery, University of Birmingham

Short resume of career to date:
• Qualified from Mysore, India in 1991
• Developed special interest in implants

• Awarded fellowship in implant dentistry

 

Other positions held:

• Examiner for Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Member of International Congress of Oral Implantologists

 

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:
• Treating anxious patients under sedation

Mr Simon White

BDS FDS

 

Current post:
Associate specialist in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Bristol in 1993
• Completed FDS with Royal College of Surgeon of Edinburgh
• Appointed as associate specialist at Birmingham Dental Hospital

 

Other positions held:

• Departmental audit lead

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• General oral surgery, IV sedation and TMJ dysfunction

 

Mr Mohamed Abdelwahab

 

BDS MClinDent Oral Surgery MSc Implantology Pg Dip Sedation MFDS PG Cert Med Ed

 

Current post:
Speciality Doctor in Oral SurgeryShort resume of career to date:

• Qualified from Cairo, Egypt in 2003
• Completed dental core training jobs
• Worked as speciality doctor since 2010 in Maxillofacial surgery before joining Birmingham Dental Hospital

 

Other positions held:

• Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham
• Fellow of Higher Education Academy

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Dental implants and oral cancer

 

 

Mr Sukhvinder Singh Atthi

 BDS MSc in Oral Surgery MFDS RCS Dip.Con.Sed MSc Orthodontics MSc in Oral Surgery PG Cert Med Ed

 

Current post:

Speciality Doctor in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Birmingham in 1998.
• Worked in Maxillofacial units.
• Worked in community dental services.
• Practice principal in Birmingham.

 

Other positions held:

• Clinical dental tutor, University of Birmingham.
• Board member of West Midlands division of FGDP.
• Member of managed Clinical Networks for Dental Groups in Birmingham and North Midlands.
• Lecturer for Health Education England within the West Midlands Postgraduate Deanery.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Intravenous and inhalational sedation

Mr Gareth Elias

BSC BDS MFDS PGCert Dental Education

 

Current post:

Speciality Doctor in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Newcastle in 2010.
• Worked in practice as an associate dentist.
• Worked as a dental core trainee in Maxillofacial surgery.
• Returned to Birmingham Dental Hospital as a speciality doctor.

 

 

Mrs Sarah Martin

BChD RCPS MFDS

 

Current post:

Speciality Doctor in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Leeds in 2001
• Worked as senior house officer in Maxillofacial Surgery
• Worked as a speciality doctor in a DGH before joining Birmingham Dental Hospital
• Obtained sedation qualification

 

 

Mr Nilesh Pancholi

 

BDS MJDF PGCE

Current post:

Speciality Doctor in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Birmingham in 2008.
• Completed dental core training in Maxillofacial surgery.
• Returned to Birmingham Dental Hospital as a core trainee.
• Subsequently appointed as Speciality Doctor.

 

Other positions held:

 

Mr Kaushik Paul

BDS MFDS (RCSEdin) MJDF(RCSEng) MDTFEd DipConSed(NCL) CertMOS (FGDP(UK) MSc Oral
Surgery(UCLAN) PG Cert (Dental Practice Appraisal) FGDP PG Cert (Leadership and Management ) PG
Cert (Academic Practice) FHEA

Current post:
Speciality Doctor in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from Pune, India in 2002.
• Passed IQE in 2005.
• Joined the University of Birmingham as a clinical. lecturer in 2008.

 

Other positions held:

• Clinical dental tutor, University of Birmingham.
• Divisional diploma tutor for FGDP.
• General dental practitioner and clinical lead.
• Foundation Trainer for Dental Vocational Trainees.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Sedation and teaching of undergraduates.

Miss Farya Domah

BA BDentSc MFDS RCS Oral Surgery MSc

Current post:
Speciality Registrar in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Dublin, Trinity College in 2010.
• Completed dental foundation training in Weymouth.
• Has worked in multiple Oral & maxillofacial departments across the country.
• Completed a Master of Science in Oral Surgery with distinction in 2018.
• Joined Birmingham dental hospital as an SpR in 2018.

 

Other positions held:

• Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
• Regional representative for British Association of Oral Surgeons.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests

• Dental implants and bone augmentation.
• Trauma.

 

 

Mr Neil Donaldson

BDS, MFDS RCS (Edin) PgDip MOralSurg

 

Current post:

Locum Consultant in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:
• Qualified from Queen’s University, Belfast in 2010
• Completed dental core training in Ireland & Scotland
• Joined the team in Birmingham as an SpR in 2015
• Achieved CCST in 2018
• Completing an MSc in leadership in healthcare

 

Other positions held:

• SAAD faculty member

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Management of anxious patients with conscious sedation
• Leadership in healthcare

Miss Katarzyna Gurzawaska-Comis

DDS, PhD Medical Science, PhD Medical Engineering

 

Current post:
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Oral Surgery

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Lodz, Poland in 2006.
• Completed dental foundation training in Lodz, Poland & Malmo, Sweden in 2007.
• Defended a PhD on ‘Nanocoating of titanium implants surfaces’, University of Copenhagen.
• Post-doc at The University of Copenhagen & University of Gothenburg.
• In 2013, received Marie-Curie Post-doctoral fellowship.
• Completed a 2nd PhD in Biomedical engineering in 2015.
• Joined as an Academic Clinical Lecturer in 2015.

 

Other positions held: 

 

Miss Katy Martin

BDS MFDS RCS (Edin), PgDip DentEd

 

Current post:
Speciality registrar in Oral SurgeryShort resume of career to date:

• Qualified from University of Sheffield in 2014
• Completed dental core training in Bedfordshire & Yorkshire
• Commenced specialty training in 2018

 

Other positions held:

• Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham
• Regional representative for British Association of Oral Surgeons

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Dental & medical education
• Management of anxious patients with use of conscious sedation
• Chronic bone pathology

Mrs Arathi Papineni-McIntosh

BDS MFDS PgDip (Clinical Education) MOralSurg

 

Current post:
Speciality registrar in Oral SurgeryShort resume of career to date:

• Graduated from Kings College London in 2008.
• Completed dental core training.
• Joined the team in Birmingham as an SpR in 2015.
• Achieved CCST in 2018.

 

Other positions held:

• Honorary clinical lecturer, University of Birmingham.

 

 Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Management of anxious patients with the use of sedation.
• Paediatric Oral Surgery.
• Oral Surgery - Orthodontic interface.

Ms Charleen Rhone

NEBDN Dental Nursing NEDBN Conscious Sedation NEDBN Dental Radiography

 

Current post:
Senior Dental Nurse in Oral SurgeryShort resume of career to date:

• Qualified in 2008 from Birmingham Dental Hospital.
• Worked as theatre dental nurse for 10 years.
• Appointed as senior dental nurse since 2018.

 

 Other positions held:

• Cross infection control link nurse.
• Patient safety ambassador.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Provision of treatment under general anaesthesia.
• Service quality improvements.

Ms Laura Thomas-Hollyoak

NEBDN Dental Nursing 

 

Current post:
Deputy Senior Dental Nurse

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified in dental nursing
• Worked in general dental practice
• Started working at the Birmingham Dental Hospital

 

 Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Anxiety management

Ms Pauline Purkiss

NEBDN Dental Nursing NEDBN Dental Sedation NEDBN Dental Radiography NEDBN Special Care

Dentistry, Certificate CBT, Award 3 Education & Training

 

Current post: 
Deputy Senior Dental Nurse 

Short resume of career to date:

• Obtained dental nursing qualification in 1983
• Has worked in NHS practice and private practice
• Joined Birmingham Dental Hospital as dental nurse

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Oral Surgery, Special Care Dentistry and Anxious patients

Ms Kate Brown

NEBDN Dental Nursing NEDBN Dental Sedation NEDBN Dental Radiography

 

Current post: 
Dental nurse in Oral Surgery 

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified in dental nursing.
• Worked in general dental practice.
• Started working at the Birmingham Dental Hospital in 2019.

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

Ms Katrina Worrall

Diploma in Dental Nursing

Current post: 
Dental nurse in Oral Surgery 

Short resume of career to date:

• Qualified from dental practice in 2017
• Worked as dental nurse in general practice
• Started working at the Birmingham Dental Hospital in 2019

 

Main clinical/ research and development interests:

• Sedation