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
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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)
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MDDUS defence organisation - membership no. D234878​
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Royal College of Pathologists - Fellow, UK; no. 20002381
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Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh - membership no. 83356
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Royal college of Surgeons in Ireland - membership no. FODRCSI01084
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UK Register of Expert Witnesses membership no. U33811
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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
