Lecturer Details: An Update on Oral Medicine

Lecturer nameDr Richard Cook
Lecturer profileQualifications:
BDS Hons FDSRCSEng MBChB MRCSEd FDS(OM)RCSEd PhD FHEA

Current post:
Reader in Diagnostic Technology / Hon Consultant Oral Medicine & Clinical Lead

Short resume of career to date:
Richard graduated from Guy’s Dental School in 1989 and went on to work in junior house surgeon and SHO posts locally and at West Middlesex University Hospital. After completing FDS and a period as a restorative Dentistry Lecturer, he returned to studentship as a Medical undergraduate in Birmingham. This was followed by two years of general surgery training and an MRCS. He was awarded a clinical training fellowship after an MRC Clinician scientist award which facilitated a PhD and a subsequent StR training in Oral Medicine. Richard was appointed NHS Hon Consultant in Oral Medicine in 2009 and in 2016 became reader in Diagnostic technologies for KCL.

Experience relevant to the topic:
Richard has been a front line NHS Oral Medicine consultant for 7 years, in Europe’s largest Dental Institute, developing the specialty and super-specialist joint clinics between Dermatology, Paediatrics, Rheumatology and gastroenterology, during his tenure as clinical lead.

Feedback from other courses given:
“Excellent lectures- clearly thought out and a new perspective on material.
A new way of looking at oral Medicine conditions”
“Very easy to ask questions and gain understanding”
“Took a complex issue and made it comprehensible”

Usual feedback 4-5/5 for presentation / content and explanations

Lecturer nameDr Caroline Pankhurst BSc PhD BDS MSC MRCPath (Specialist in Oral Microb
Lecturer profileDr Caroline Pankhurst is a dentist and Specialist in Oral Microbiology and has published extensively in the fields of oral medicine, oral microbiology, and dental unit waterlines including two books on infection control namely “Control of Infection Guidelines for General Dental Practice” & “Basic Guide to Prevention and Infection Control in Dentistry” the second edition to be published in the Summer of 2016. She is actively involved in postgraduate dental education and was a finalist in the e- Learning Awards 2012. She served two terms on the SAC in Medical Microbiology, Royal College of Pathologists. Caroline was on the Editorial Boards of “Primary Dental Care” & BMC Oral Health, and was President of BDA Metropolitan Branch in 2006. She is currently an elected member on the BDA Central Committee for Dental Academic Staff & Council member of the BDA Metropolitan Branch; and a Trustee of the medical charity the Fungal Infection Trust.