Ian C Martin MBBS(Hons) BDS LLM FDSRCS FRCS.

Executive Medical Director and GMC Responsible Officer.

Consultant and Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery City Hospitals Sunderland NHSFT.

Trustee National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death (NCEPOD).

President Designate British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2018).

Ian has been a consultant in Sunderland since 1993, where his sub-specialty interest has been oral oncology and reconstruction.  He has been a past Chairman of the SAC, past President of BAHNO, FSSA, Medico-Legal Society (North) and EACMFS. He has also been an elected member and Chairman of BAOMS Council. Ian is currently a member of council of RCS England. He worked for NCEPOD as  coordinator and ultimately Lead Clinician, and was a co-author on several NCEPOD reports, including recent reports on cosmetic surgery and tracheostomy. Ian is also Civilian Consultant Advisor to the RAF, and has a commercial pilots licence and instructor rating. He has been awarded both the BAOMS Surgery and Down Surgical Prizes.

Stephen Dover is a Consultant OMF surgeon in Birmingham.

His areas of clinical interest are craniofacial surgery and the management of congenital and acquired facial deformity in adults and children.

He is the immediate past President of both the European Society of Craniofacial Surgery and the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.

He is a fellow of the ITI (implantology) and AO.

He sits on a number of expert working groups and advisory bodies.

Consultant OMFS Sheffield and Barnsley Hospitals – 13 yrs.

Chair, Lead Clinician, Head & Neck Cancer, N Trent Ca Network – 7 yrs.

Training Programme Director, OMFS – Trent rotation.

Hon Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Sheffield.

Trained in 30+ NHS Hospitals across S Wales, Leeds, Gt Manchester and London areas.

Clinical Interests - H&N Oncology, Reconstructive surgery, Laser applications, 14 yrs + teaching Trauma Skills following acute involvement with major incidents – Docklands Bomb 1996.

Specialty Interests - Teaching & Training in OMFS. Security for and recruitment of next generation surgeons. New areas of surgical activity for OMFS.

 Outside interests – farming / forestry, DIY, photography, shooting.

Ian Holland qualified BDS in 1985 in Newcastle and worked in OMFS at Sunderland and Manchester before returning to Newcastle to study medicine, qualifying in 1993.  House jobs and basic surgical training followed by speciality training were in the North East training rotation, completing training in Aug 2000.  After CCT he was appointed to a consultant OMFS post between Forth Valley and Glasgow. In 2006 he moved to the regional maxillofacial unit at the then southern General Hospital (now Queen Elizabeth University Hospital) Glasgow to oversee the provision of trauma and urgent non oncology referral service.

In addition to the workload undertaken for the regional maxillofacial unit Ian has served as programme training Director for 8 years, Vice Dean of the Dental faculty of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeon of Glasgow and BAOMS representative on the OMFS SAC.

Ian is currently lead for recruitment for OMFS specialty training and Honorary Treasure and Trustee of BAOMS.
 

David Mitchell MBBS BDS FDSRCPS FDSRCS (Eng) FRCS (Ed) FRCS (Eng) FRCS (OMFS) Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Mid-Yorkshire Hospitals & honorary consultant and senior lecturer Leeds Teaching Hospitals.

Current Editor of BJOMS, David Mitchell is primarily a subspecialist in maxillofacial oncological and reconstructive surgery and lead for head and neck cancer services in his hospital having started as a well travelled (and worn) DGH consultant in February 1998.

The first Raven Department of Education specialist tutor in OMFS for the RCS England 2001-2006, after years as an ATLS and TtT instructor, he now combines education and flaps as co-director of flap raising and microvascular courses in Aachen, Berlin, Bochum and Munich.

A former elected council member of BAOMS he currently represents the association and the FDSRCS on the RCS cancer services committee. He remains honorary tutor to the FDSRCS England. His research interests centre on oncology survivorship, reconstruction and specific QoL issues in cancer survivors.

An author of 6 editions of 1 textbook, 2 of another, 3 course manuals, parts of the ISCP OMFS curriculum 2007 and 2009, too many FRCS MCQs, in addition to 175 journal publications, he’s got a bit tired with writing and as Editor of BJOMS wants to encourage others to face the blank sheet.

Patrick Magennis is a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon based in the regional unit in Liverpool, having completed training there in 2001.

His job involves helping manage the huge facial trauma workload in Liverpool, but he has been working for and with BAOMS since he was the secretary then chair of the Medical Students' Group (now Junior Trainees' Group) in 1989.

His area of enthusiasm is training and trainees in OMFS, writing a handbook for trainees in 1990, designing the Association's first website, and starting the annual National Training and Careers Days in 2007.

He is BAOMS representative on the OMFS SAC and on the Oral Surgery SAC. He runs the 'Register your interest in OMFS' link from the BAOMS website, sending useful information to anyone who thinks they want to know more about our specialty.

He is happy to be contacted by trainees or those interested in training through this link.

Kathy was appointed as Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at King’s College Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at King’s College London University of London 2008. Her sub specialty interest is orthognathic surgery, skin cancer, TMD, salivary and trauma. Kathy completed her PhD in Photodynamic therapy in Head and Neck Cancer at University College London 1998. She is one of the experts on the  Department of Health working party for PDT.

Kathy is the academic lead at King’s College Hospital and is co-supervisor to 2 PhD students in tissue engineering. Over the past 8 years she has mentored 100+  junior OMFS trainees and recruits trainees to their second clinical degree, medicine and dentistry. She is the educational supervisor for up to 24 junior trainees. She is hughly active in undergraduate teaching. Kathy is involved in the BAOMS facial laceration and co-lead in wisdom teeth guidelines. She is a member of the NHS pathways  Dental Sub Group Committee and is the past President of Metropolitan Branch of British Dental Association. Kathy is the BAOMS lead in Media and Public Relations.

David J W Keith, Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Sunderland Royal Infirmary, from 2004 to Present.

Council Member, with responsibilities on the Clinical Effectiveness Committee, and Endowments Committee.

Presently, an Associate Editor of BJOMS, MRCS examiner, and ATLS Instructor.

In the last year as Clinical Director, Head & Neck Directorate at Sunderland, having been in post since 2012.

Previously Surgical Tutor, 2007-12; Training Programme Director 2008-15; Clinical Governance Lead 2005-11.

Clinical practice focuses on Orthognathic surgery, Post Traumatic Deformity, Sialendoscopy and TMJ.

Vinita Shekar – BDS, MFDSRCS, LLM – Legal Aspects of Medical Practice

Specialty Doctor – OMFS, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee

Past Appointments: Clinical Audit Lead, Investigating Officer for Doctors in Difficulty, Whistle Blowing Advocate

Current Appointments: Clinical Governance Lead OMFS, SAS Educational Advisor NHS Tayside, SAS LNC Rep, Clinical Supervisor for Junior Trainees

Other Interests – Cooking Blog, Photography, Yoga

Alistair Smyth BDS(Hons), MBBS(Hons), FDSRCS, FRCS(Ed)

Consultant Cleft, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon/Lead Clinician, Northern and Yorkshire Cleft Lip and Palate Service, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Alistair is a full-time cleft surgeon and has provided all aspects of primary and secondary cleft surgery for the centre based in Leeds since 2002 following CSAG centralisation of services. Before 2002 Alistair was a consultant in Middlesbrough providing all aspects of the specialty and developed the cleft service to Teesside. He has led the cleft service in Leeds as lead clinician since 2006. He is a previous winner of the prestigious BAOMS Surgery Prize medal. Previous appointments include specialty representation on SAC, Training Interface Group (Cleft), Cleft Development Group, Clinical Reference Group (Cleft), Intercollegiate Board senior examiner and Clinical Advisor to the RCS on Cleft Surgeon appointments. He is a past-President of the Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland. Following his successful election to Council in 2017 he has taken on the role of specialty lead for Recruitment and Retention.

Consultants and Specialists' Representative: 

Consultants and Specialists' Deputy Representative.

Bhavin Visavadia is Deputy Chair of the Consultants and Specialists Group. He is a full member of BAOMS Council and also sits on the Endowments Sub-Committee. Bhavin is a busy Clinical Director for Head and Neck Services and Breast Surgery at London North West Healthcare NHS Trust and Clinical Lead for Head and Neck Cancer in West Herts Hospitals.

He is an industrious and caring senior surgeon and has a special interest in consultant and specialist development and support.

Bhavin also serves as Immediate Past President of the Section of OMFS at the Royal Society of Medicine.

As a Regional Speciality Professional Advisor to BAOMS and RCS England he was an active member of the Professional Affairs Board in London and has supported colleagues and trainees in the region. 

Bhavin co-organised the New Consultants and RSPA Study Day held by BAOMS in October 2016.

In 2016 Bhavin was awarded the BAOMS Surgery Prize in recognition of his contribution to the Speciality in the wider sense.

Fellows in Training Representative.

Deputy Fellows in Training Representative

Alex is a specialist trainee in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery based in Kent, Surrey and Sussex.  He has gained his MBBS from Imperial College and trained in London before undertaking his BDS at King’s College and taking up his number in KSS.

As a student representative on the Royal Society of Medicine council OMFS section for 3 years he has keenly been engaged in promoting the specialty and the quality of training through national conferences and events. Currently sitting as trainee representative for the section he helps develop the shape of training days in accordance with the wider curriculum for London and South East (LASE) to ensure trainee benefits are optimized.

For the last 2 years he has represented trainees as the KSS deanery trainee representative, acting as a keen advocate for fair and accessible learning in a supportive environment.

As a Fellow in Training representative to BAOMS Council he is aiming to build on these roles to maximize individual trainee potential, experience and overall satisfaction of the training process, so our training program continues to produce surgeons of international repute and provide a healthy thriving OMFS community.

Shadi is a junior clinical fellow in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery based in Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge. He has gained his BDS from the University of Bristol and trained at Aintree University Hospitals, Liverpool, before commencing his medical degree at the University of Cambridge. He is due to commence his foundation training in August.

He has been involved with the junior trainee group (JTG) of BAOMS since 2013, initially as a regional representative for the North West, followed by an undergraduate representative for Cambridge. Through these posts he has been actively engaged in promoting the speciality at all levels. As the JTG chair, he hosted the annual conference at Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, with an aim to engage more junior trainees in research and innovation.

As the Junior Trainees and Members’ representative to BAOMS Council he is aiming to work on ways to overcome challenges faced by junior trainees.

Honorary Web Editor.

Emma Woolley is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and Director of Medical and Dental Education in North Wales having completed her specialty training in Liverpool.  

She has held numerous roles in medical education having been Training Programme Director for the Mersey/North Wales programme and Head of the Mersey School of Surgery.  She has been a member of the SAC for a number of years as TPD Lead for OMFS, RCS Representative, Liaison Member and Curriculum Lead.

Chair of the OMFS Specialty Advisory Committee of the Joint Committee on Surgical Training (JCST).