Education & Professional Qualifications
Lancaster University
2018
University of Dundee
PCME (Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education)
2023-2025
MA in Creative Writing (awarded with Merit)
2023
Higher Education Academy
FHEA (Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy)
2017
Royal College of Pathologists
FRCPath (Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists
- Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology)
2009-2012
University of Southampton
PhD Cancer Sciences
2010
Royal College of Surgeons of
Edinburgh
MOMed RCS (Membership in Oral Medicine)

2005-2007
King's College London
MSc Experimental Oral Medicine (awarded with Distinction)
2006
Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland
MFD RCS (Membership of the Faculty of Dentistry)
1997-2002
University of Jordan
BDS Dentistry (awarded with Merit)
Professional Memberships
GDC Full registration (August 2007); no. 116198
Specialist Register - Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
(October 2017)
MDDUS defence organisation - membership no. D234878
Royal College of Pathologists - Fellow, UK; no. 20002381
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - membership no. 83356
Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland - membership no. FODRCSI01084
UK Register of Expert Witnesses membership no. U33811
Committee Memberships
& Advisory Roles
Learned Society Memberships
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British Society for Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology (BSOMP) Council (co-opted)
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Royal College of Pathologists – Chair of the Panel of Examiners for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
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General Dental Council - Specialist List Assessor for Oral Pathology
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Frontiers in Molecular Medicine - Associate Editor for Molecular Pathology
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Pathological Society of Great Britain & Ireland
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British Division of the International Association for Pathology
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British Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
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British & Irish Society of Oral Medicine
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British Society for Dermatopathology
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British Association for Cytopathology
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British Association of Head & Neck Oncology
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UK Endocrine Pathology Society
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European Society of Pathology
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American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology
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North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology
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International Association of Oral Pathology
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International Society of Bone & Soft Tissue Pathology
