Staff in the School

Zoe Abbas

Zoe Abbas

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Zoe is a Clinical Dental Tutor working at the University from Tuesday- Friday. She qualified from the University of Bristol with Distinction and graduated with prizes in orthodontics, oral medicine, paediatrics and oral surgery. 

Following graduation, Zoe moved to Worcestershire and undertook her Foundation Training where she won the prize for the best foundation dentist in the Worcester ...

Mr Nick Adams

Mr Nick Adams

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Nick Adams is a part-time Clinical Dental Tutor at the School of Dentistry in Institute of Clinical Sciences, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the School he is a specialist endodontist in referral practice in Madeley, Telford, Shropshire.

Nick is a regular presenter of postgraduate endodontic courses run by the West Midlands ...

Mr Thomas Addison

Mr Thomas Addison

Associate Clinical Professor in Restorative Dentistry
Honorary Speciality Dentist in Restorative Dentistry
Head of Undergraduate Education (School of Dentistry)

School of Dentistry

Thomas Addison is Head of Undergraduate Education at the School of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences. He is an Associate Clinical Professor responsible for clinical teaching of dental students during patient treatment sessions in Clinical Practice, Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics.

Salma Anwari

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Salma teaches at the Birmingham Dental Hospital once a week where she supervises third and fourth year students on Clinical Practice.

Ms Alexis Armstrong

Ms Alexis Armstrong

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Alexis Armstrong is a part time Clinical Dental Tutor in Oral Surgery at the School of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences. She has a background of spending a number of years working in Maxillofacial Surgery in University teaching hospitals, ultimately holding the post of registrar. Apart from teaching she works in private practice in Cheltenham.

Miss Rachel Arnold

Miss Rachel Arnold

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Rachel Arnold is a part-time Clinical Dental Tutor at the School of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences, responsible for one-to-one teaching of dental students assessing patients attending for emergency treatment in the Primary Care Department.

Outside the School she is a General Dental Practitioner in Moseley.

Rachel is a regular presenter of courses run by Postgraduate ...

Ms Yazdana Arrain

Ms Yazdana Arrain

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Yazdana Arrain has been a part-time Clinical Dental Tutor at the school of Dentistry in the Institute of Clinical Sciences since 2007. She is responsible for clinical supervision and teaching  on a one to one basis, of dental students during patient treatment sessions. Outside of the dental school she is an associate  general dental practitioner previously in Tutbury ...

Mr Sukhvinder Singh Atthi

Mr Sukhvinder Singh Atthi

Clinical Lecturer

School of Dentistry

Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Atthi is a part-time Clinical lecturer at the School of Dentistry. Responsibilities include teaching of undergraduate students during patient treatment sessions and oral surgery seminars.

He has special interests in Sedation, MOS and Orthodontics.

Mr. Atthi is a Tier II Oral Surgeon for North Midlands treating nervous patients for minor oral surgery with intravenous ...

Dr Dario Leonardo Balacco

Dr Dario Leonardo Balacco

Research Fellow

School of Dentistry

Dario is a Research Fellow in the School of Dentistry. He obtained his PhD in Gene Regulation and RNA Biology from the University of Nottingham in 2017. His PhD was based in the School of Pharmacy and focused in applying biochemical and bioinformatic approaches to study and characterize pivotal proteins involved in the mRNA decay. He worked on exciting projects in different fields such as ...

Ms Anisha Barai

Ms Anisha Barai

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Anisha spends 2 days a week teaching at the Dental Hospital, on the Clinical Practice Setting, and within the Dental Laboratory, and the rest of her week working in a mixed general Dental Practice. She has had a broad range of experience across a wide range of practices having delivered mixed care, and aims to deliver teaching to students to a high standard. She actively gets involved with dental ...