Kathleen Fan is the 63rd President of the British Association of Oral Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS). She is a Consultant at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London. In 2021, she was appointed as a Professor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at King's College London.

Kathy Fan pursued her studies in dentistry and medicine at University of London. She earned a PhD from University College London in 1998, focusing on photodynamic therapy (PDT) in head and neck cancer. She leads the PDT service at King’s and teaches its application in managing skin cancer nationwide. She is also a council member of the British Medical Laser Association.

Her clinical expertise encompasses orthognathic surgery, skin cancer, minimally invasive salivary gland disorders, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) issues, and facial trauma. Her research interests include the psychological impact of maxillofacial disorders, tissue engineering, and education. Kathy is the Co-Editor in Chief of the journal Cranio-Maxillofacial Trauma.

As a dedicated educator in medicine and dentistry, she has authored numerous books and serves as an examiner for the Joint Intercollegiate Exit Examinations (JCIE) in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, as well as exams for BDS, MBBS, MSc and PhD degrees. She is also a national and international faculty member for teaching facial trauma and orthognathic surgery.

Kathy has received numerous awards for her contributions to teaching, training, and supporting early researchers, including the BAOMS Surgery Prize in 2016. She is committed to the recruitment, mentoring, and support of clinicians pursuing a second clinical degree and a career in maxillofacial surgery. Elected to the BAOMS council in 2016, she later served as the Deputy Lead for the Consultant and Specialist Group in 2019. She is looking forward to serving as president of BAOMS.

Daljit Kaur Dhariwal is the 62nd President of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS). She is a Consultant at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and a Tutor in Surgery at the Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Oxford, directing surgical teaching for undergraduates and graduate entry students.

She studied dentistry and medicine in Cardiff, Wales and completed a Craniofacial fellowship in Birmingham, UK before moving to Oxford to take up her Consultant post in 2006.

Her clinical interests are in orthognathic surgery, minimal access salivary gland procedures and paediatric and adult complex trauma.

She has numerous awards for teaching, training and innovation in surgery and is a previous recipient of the BAOMS Presidents prize 2008, the BAOMS Surgery prize 2010, RCS Lady Estelle Wolfson Fellowship 2016 and BAOMS Trainers Trainer of the year 2019. She served as BAOMS trainee representative and was later elected to BAOMS Council (2009-2012) and served 5 years as an elected member of the specialty advisory committee (SAC) and very active in her liaison member role supporting trainees. She was joint National clinical lead for e-Face, developing the curriculum for an online NHS education platform. Subsequently she was the BAOMS representative on the JCIE OMFS Exam board.

In 2022 she completed a 5 year term as regional training programme director for Health Education Thames Valley for OMFS receiving plaudits for a trainee centred approach and exemplary practice in educational governance. She has been an examiner for the Joint Intercollegiate exit examinations (JCIE) in OMFS for 10 years and currently examines for Oxford University Medical School. She has been invited to join the JCIE as an assessor for quality assurance. She is well known nationally and internationally in AO as CMF faculty and has numerous publications to her name including an orthognathic book chapter in the Oxford handbook.

She is a proud single mum to 9 year old twins and has promised to serve as President of BAOMS with a strong emphasis on an inclusive, accountable and patient centred approach for her term in office.

Iain is a Consultant and Clinical Lead at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, specialising in the treatment of head and neck cancer and skull base surgery. 

Professor Peter Brennan is a NHS Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in Portsmouth, specialising in head and neck oncology with a personal chair for his research and education achievements with over 600 publications to date. He is a committed trainer and educator, collaborating across specialties and disciplines. Peter has been Honorary BJOMS Editor (2009-14), BAOMS President in 2016, Chairman of the English College Court of Examiners (2012-14)  and Intercollegiate Committee Chair for MRCS and DOHNS (2014-17) for the four Surgical Colleges. He has recently led a major revision of the MRCS examination. He currently supervises important MRCS predictive validity and differential attainment research for the Colleges and has published widely on the MRCS examination.

He has edited 5 specialty textbooks including the 2 volume Maxillofacial Surgery (3rd Edition), Operative OMFS, and the Oxford Handbook. He is Lead Editor of the new Gray’s Surgical Anatomy textbook which has received widespread acclaim around the world. The title has been so popular that it required reprinting within 2 months of publication – unprecedented for a medical textbook.

Peter is interested in human factors (HF) and patient safety, establishing unique collaborations with airline pilots, National Air Traffic Services (NATS) and the Royal Air Force Aerobatic Team (Red Arrows). His work improves practice across surgical and medical specialties and includes reducing hierarchy, enhancing team working and raising awareness of many personal factors to reduce medical error. In 2019, he was awarded a PhD entitled ‘Applying HF to Improve Patient Safety.’

He promotes equality, women in surgery, trainees and SAS grades at every opportunity and was elected in April 2020 to the Royal College of Surgeons of England Council by the general voting route. He is looking forward to serving BAOMS again, supporting the Presidents and facilitating direction and strategy for the specialty over the next few years

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

Honorary Treasurer and Trustee (from January 2019-2021).

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

Recently appointed as Associate Medical Director – Clinical Effectiveness , October 2019 for South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Trust.

Previously Surgical Tutor, 2007-12; Training Programme Director, 2008 – 15; Clinical Governance Lead, 2005-11; Clinical Director, 2012 to 2018.

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

Panayiotis Kyzas: Editor from 1 January 2024 for 5 years

Rabin Singh: Deputy Editor from 1 January 2024

Nabeela has recently been appointed as a consultant at Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham which is also a regional major trauma centre. Her appointment was to a deformity post and she has a strong interest in the acute management of facial trauma and secondary correction.

She undertook her dental training at Guys, and medical training preclinical at Royal London/Barts and then clinical in Sheffield. Her higher surgical training started in London (Guy’s, Kings and St Georges) and then Trent (Nottingham and Derby). She was less than full time for her final two years of training which was because of childcare responsibilities.

She has just spent two years in Australia and New Zealand over the duration of the pandemic and was appointed to her consultant post whilst on fellowship. She holds a MMedSci in Medical Education and is a member of the Faculty of Surgical Trainers of RCS Edinburgh. She is an Associate Editor of BJOMS and Secretary to the Society of Women in Maxillofacial Surgery (SWiMS).

She has recently been appointed to the Royal College of Surgeons England Emerging Leaders Programme 2022 and has a strong interest in behaviours that impact on our everyday surgical practice including bullying and incivility. She is committed to help increase diversity in surgery.

As your council member she is happy to raise any issues you feel are appropriate and can be contacted via email 

Twitter handle: nabeela_surgeon

Harpreet Ark qualified as a Dentist from the University of Birmingham in 2008. On completion of vocational training she pursued her interest in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery. During this time, she gained her Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons with the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2012. Harpreet works on a part time basis as a Speciality Doctor within the Oral and Maxillofacial department at the Queens Medical Centre in Nottingham. Additionally, she is an accredited Tier 2 minor oral surgery performer in primary care. For the remainder of the week she works as a General Dental Practitioner in Leicestershire. Harpreet has been an approved Educational Supervisor for Foundation Dentists since 2018. With a passion for teaching and a keen interest in education, she completed her Master’s degree in Medical Education from the University of Nottingham in 2020. Harpreet additionally sits as a Fitness to Practice panellist for the General Dental Council. 

I am a consultant in Liverpool and also TPD for the North West OMFS trainees in both the Manchester and Mersey rotations. I am also Associate Dean for Dental Core Trainees in HEENW (having previously been TPD for DF2 in Mersey Deanery) and involved in training for all of my consultant career.

I have been given the Dental Core Training (DCT) portfolio within BAOMS, a role which I will relish. To this end, I will need contributions and help from all levels and grades of members of BAOMS.

For those aiming for or currently in DCT, I would like your help to assemble a key resource on the BAOMS website to help you and those who follow you.

For those involved in the clinical and/or the educational supervision of DCTs I want to build a resource for training and help improve the experience DCTs within OMFS units have, in the knowledge that our DCTs are the consultant colleagues of the future.

Montey Garg is a consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a specialist interest in head and neck oncology and reconstruction. He is a consultant at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS foundation Trust.

He qualified from the university of Birmingham in 2012. He undertook higher surgical training in oral and maxillofacial surgery in the Kent, Surrey and Sussex deanery. He worked at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead and the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford.

He ranked first at the UK national Training Interface Group (TIG) Head and Neck Oncology fellowship interview for trainees in OMFS, Plastics and ENT and subsequently, undertook the fellowship at the Queen Victoria Hospital in East Grinstead.

Montey has an interest in training and education. He held several trainee representative roles in the past including the SAC trainee representative, FRCS exam board trainee representative and the webmaster for FiT.

He is currently the online educational co-lead for BAOMS and has been instrumental in delivering the FlexFacs educational programme and creating a repository of recorded lectures on the BAOMS website. He has recently been appointed as the national online training programme director (NOTPD) for OMFS by HEE. He has also been appointed as the lead for e-learning for health for OMFS.

He was awarded the prestigious Paul Toller Research Prize by BAOMS in 2018 for his research presentation at the annual scientific meeting. He has authored several publications in peer reviewed journals.

Liz studied Medicine at University College London, intercalating in Neuroscience. She discovered a fervour for OMFS during core surgical training in Plymouth and went on to undertake Dentistry (DPMG) at Kings College London and higher specialist training in Birmingham and the West Midlands. She was appointed as an OMFS Consultant in 2017 working at Barnet and Chase Farm Hospitals and then Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow. She moved to University Hospitals of Northamptonshire in 2021, with specialist interests in facial deformity, TMJ and skin surgery. Liz is Deputy Lead of the Skin Surgery SSIG of BAOMS.

Liz was both BAOMS JTG Chair and Fellows in Training Representative as a junior and is passionate about education and supporting trainees, as the future of our specialty. She is currently Training Programme Director for Dental Core Training in the East of England and Educational Supervisor supporting trainees on the BAOMS Mentoring and Support Programme (MSP).

In her free time, Liz enjoys world travel and philately.

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Deputy Fellow in Training rep:  Mr Amit Dattani 

Carrie has been an Oral and Maxillofacial Consultant at Guildford since 2003 and specialises in skin cancer surgery. She represents the speciality in skin cancer research at the National Cancer Research Institute and has co-authored multiple national skin cancer guidelines including the UK Head and Neck Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer Guidelines and the British Association of Dermatologists Guidelines for Cutaneous Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinomas.

Carrie is the current Regional Specialist Skin Cancer Network Chair for the St Luke’s Cancer Alliance, which looks after patients from Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire.

She is a committed teacher and was honoured to be voted the BAOMS Trainers Trainer of the Year in 2020.

Carrie is the Chair of the Joint Colleges Intercollegiate Examination Board for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons (FRCS) for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the UK and Ireland.  This body is tasked by the GMC with giving an independent assessment of whether surgeons in training have reached a required standard to become a Consultant Surgeon.                                        

I have worked as a Specialty Doctor in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for the past seven years, and will shortly be commencing a Specialist Grade post. During this time I have been involved in countless audits and quality improvement projects and have been appointed as an Educational Supervisor to Dental Core Trainees. I have been involved in the organisation of local and national teaching courses relating to Oral Surgery and have a keen interest in advancing education for trainees and non-training grades.

I am currently a member of the Essex Managed Clinical Network for Oral Surgery and have been elected to the Essex Local Dental Committee. In these roles, I have gained understanding of the commissioning of services and challenges faced in both primary and secondary care for clinicians. Alongside this I have come to appreciate the non clinical aspects of our roles as medical professionals, and I now wish to contribute to this on a national scale with the application to BAOMS Council as an Associate Fellow.

I am a substantive Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial since Jan 2008. I currently work at the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust as the Lead Deformity and Trauma Consultant. I am the Clinical Director for Head & Neck Services at Walsall hospitals NHS Trust.

In my current clinical and managerial role, I am actively involved in the Senior Consultant Committee meetings with the Trust Board and LNC. Over the past 3 years been actively involved in the interface collaborative working between the Trusts in the Black Country Alliance.

I am a keen trainer, educational supervisor and member of the Intercollegiate Board of Examiners. I have been member of the appointments committee for Consultant jobs and have been involved in the job planning process on an annual basis.

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Deputy JTG Rep (B.A., B.Dent.Sc (hons), DipPCD, MFD): Mairéad Kelly

Details to follow in due course.