Staff in the School

Professor Iain Chapple

Professor Iain Chapple

Professor of Periodontology and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry

Iain Chapple is Professor and Head of Periodontology within the School of Dentistry, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, the University of Birmingham. Iain is also honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry with Birmingham Community Health Trust and has honorary consultant contracts with University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust and Birmingham Children’s Trust. Iain ...

Miss Jane Clark

Miss Jane Clark

Clinical Lecturer

Jane Clark is a part-time Clinical Lecturer at the School of Dentistry, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. She also assists with undergraduate radiography teaching, and is coordinator for Term 6.

Outside of the School she is a General Dental Practitioner in Sutton Coldfield.

Mr Kristian Coomaraswamy

Mr Kristian Coomaraswamy

Clinical Lecturer & Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry

Kris Coomar is a Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant based at Birmingham Dental Hospital and School, with clinical affiliations to Birmingham Children’s Hospital; prior to his current posting, he had worked in general practice, community dental service and hospital dentistry around South Wales.

Kris is an enthusiastic educator in Paediatric Dentistry, ...

Mr Andrew Corke

Mr Andrew Corke

Clinical Lecturer

Andrew Corke is a part-time Clinical Lecturer at the School of Dentistry, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the School he is a General Dental Practitioner in Solihull.

Andrew is also the Postgraduate Tutor for Birmingham, organising postgraduate courses for local dental practitioners and their teams. ...

Mr Chris Dakin

Mr Chris Dakin

Part-time Clinical Lecturer

Chris Dakin is a part-time Clinical Lecturer at the School of Dentistry, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the School, he is General Dental Practitioner in private practices in Shipston-on-Stour, and Coventry.

Dr Ashish Dhopatkar

Dr Ashish Dhopatkar

Head of Orthodontics

Ashish is registered with the General Dental Council as a specialist in orthodontics. He carried out his orthodontic training in London and is Head of Orthodontics at the University of Birmingham’s School of Dentistry.

Professor Thomas Dietrich

Professor Thomas Dietrich

Professor of Oral Surgery

Thomas Dietrich is Head of the Department of Oral Surgery in the School of Dentistry.

Thomas is a clinical researcher/epidemiologist in Dental Medicine, particularly in the fields of Oral Surgery and Periodontology.

He has received research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH/USA), the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR/UK) and ...

Dr Melissa Grant

Dr Melissa Grant

Lecturer in Biological Sciences

Melissa Grant is a lecturer in biological sciences within the School of Dentistry. Uniquely situated in both the School of Dentistry and the School of Biosciences she has interdisciplinary collaborations with both scientists and clinicians. She is particularly interested in defining proteomic profiles of inflammatory fluids and understanding the processes and prevention of disease development and ...

Mrs Emily Hall

Mrs Emily Hall

Clinical Lecturer and Specialist Orthodontist

Emily Hall is a Clinical Lecturer and registered Specialist in Orthodontics and divides her time between teaching undergraduate Orthodontics and treating patients in two busy practices. She is an associate of the Higher Education Academy and enjoys the challenges that teaching brings.Working in two busy practice allows her to share contemporary orthodontic techniques with undergraduates, ...

Mr John Hamburger

Mr John Hamburger

Senior Clinical Lecturer / Honorary Consultant and Clinical Lead in Oral Medicine

John Hamburger is Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Oral Medicine and is the Service and Academic Lead in this specialty.

He has published around 50 peer reviewed papers, co-authored 2 books and contributed to book chapters in the field of Oral Medicine, in particular Sjogren’s Syndrome, and Lichen Planus.

John has ...