Lecturer Details: Managing the medically compromised patient

Lecturer nameProfessor St John Crean BDS MBBS FDSRCS FFGDP(UK) FRCS FRCS(OMFS)PhD FHEA
Lecturer profileStJohn was appointed as Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry at University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) after holding previous posts of Director of Dental Research and Knowledge Transfer from October 2009, Dean of the School of Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education in Jan 2010. As well as both Undergraduate and Postgraduate Dentistry StJohn is also responsible for the MB BS Programme which has been recruiting for commencement in September 2015. Alongside his role in UCLan, StJohn is currently the Robert Bradlaw advisor in the Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons of England and is currently Editor in Chief of the Faculty Dental Journal (FDJ). He is also the past President of the Northwest Branch of the British Dental Association but remains Chairman of the Fylde Section

StJohn holds numerous examiner-ships at home and abroad advising on the establishment of many dental undergraduate and postgraduate courses and has research interests in the role of oral bacteria in systemic disease and the biology of stem cells derived from dental pulp.