Quality Assurance

Amit graduated in Dentistry from the University of Liverpool in 1997. Following a training post in Restorative Dentistry at the Liverpool Dental School, he gained significant experience in Oral and Maxillofacial surgery through 3 prestigious hospital posts. He obtained his Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgeons at the Royal College of Surgeons in Edinburgh in 2000.

Alongside his private practice, he also works as Associate Specialist in Periodontics and Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of Birmingham Dental School. His special interests are dental implants, regenerative and aesthetic periodontics.

Amit obtained his Masters in Clinical Periodontology and Clinical Dental Dentistry at Guy’s, Kings and St Thomas’ Dental Institute. Amit then obtained his Membership in Restorative Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and became a registered Specialist in Periodontics. He works with several different implant systems including Biohorizons and Astra Dental Implant systems. He is also experienced in advanced surgical techniques for the treatment of Periodontal (gum) disease including sinus lift surgery, bone augmentation, the use of growth factor for bone regeneration and cosmetic root coverage surgery.

Amit is dedicated to providing specialist dentistry at the highest level and to training other dental professionals and has been voted inside the top 50 most influential dentists in the UK. Amit is very well known lecturer nationally and internationally.

Maggie has received awards for dental hygiene services and periodontal research. She is the first dental hygienist to hold an MPhil qualification in periodontology. After several extensive years of experience in treating periodontal diseases without surgery, Maggie Jackson decided to start her own practice. Maggie is a hygienist of exceptional reputation and experience.

In November 2003 she was awarded a Master of Philosophy in Dentistry a post graduate degree from Leeds University. She has a number of publications and has used her personal research findings to help design a new interdental brush.

She lectures throughout the UK and locally on the hygienist (BSDHT) committees. She regularly receives referrals for more complex, non-surgical periodontal (gum) treatments from other dental practices.

Dr Om Kurmi is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University Professor. He worked as a Senior Scientist in Respiratory Epidemiology at the Clinical Trial Service Unit and Epidemiological Studies Unit (CTSU), Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, the UK for 5.5 years. After the first degree in microbiology from Nepal in 2001, Dr Kurmi completed a post-graduate degree at De Montfort University in 2003. He then completed a PhD in the field of respiratory and environmental epidemiology from the University of Aberdeen. After working as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham (2009 – 2012), he joined CTSU in August 2012 as a respiratory and environmental epidemiologist. His main work relates to carrying out research in the field of non-communicable diseases, environmental health and occupational health. He has been involved in the supervision of postgraduate students (MSc and DPhil) at University of Oxford and University of Birmingham. He was involved in teaching postgraduate students and problem based learning to undergraduate medical students at the University of Birmingham. He is a visiting faculty member of Central Department of Environmental Sciences, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal

Helen is a very experienced and well-respected highly sought after Quality Assurance Auditor, having worked for some 20 years in this area within the broad ‘Health’ arena and having a medical background. She is a centre approval manager and is the lead External Quality Assurance Verifier for Awarding Organisations.  Helen liaises with the regulators of qualifications, the regulators of National Occupational Standards, and the BSI. Helen’s recent projects include the writing of Qualifications for the dental industry including the Post Graduate Diplomas for Orthodontic Dentofacial Dentistry, Aesthetic and Restorative Dentistry, Management of Clear Aesthetic Orthodontic Alignment.

Wendy qualified as a dental nurse in 1996 and has since gained a qualifications in Dental Radiography (2003) Oral health Education Certificate (2004) Disease Prevention (2012) and Impression taking (2013). Wendy is currently a Practice Manger for a multi-surgery practice over 3 sites, which she helps with mentoring and teaching dental nurses to pursue extra qualifications to enhance their skills into a skill mix team.

Wendy is also the Postgraduate Dental administrator for Health Education England at Colchester Hospital, she also represents Practice Manager’s and Dental nurses at the Local Dental Network.

Dr Ricardo Trindade graduated in 2002 from the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Lisbon, in Portugal. He soon moved to the UK, where he first worked as a general dentist in the NHS and private practice, and held a hospital post in Oral Surgery.
Dr Ricardo Trindade has been through postgraduate training in the UK and many other countries, thus being exposed to different approaches and building up resources that his patients can benefit from.

He has been working with dental implants for over 20 years, and was deeply involved in implant research in Sweden, having received a PhD from the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy, the world renown pioneering center in Implant Dentistry.

Ricardo enjoys spending time listening to his patients and getting them to feel comfortable and at ease in the dental environment, while taking each patient on the journey to regain oral function and confidence with their smiles. His focus areas involve Implant Dentistry (main field), Oral Surgery, Periodontology and Prosthodontics.

Postgraduate education highlights:

• PhD, Department of Prosthodontics, field of Implant Dentistry, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden 2019
• Diploma in Clinical Periodontology, Clinica Aparicio and University of Gothenburg, 2013
• Diploma in Implant Dentistry, Clinica Aparicio and University of Gothenburg, 2011
  Certificate in Restorative Dental Practice, Eastman Dental Institute, UCL, London 2007
• Advanced Surgical Techniques, University of Paris V, Paris 2007
• SHO Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, 2006
• Certificate in Implant Dentistry, UK 2004

Dr Qureshi is a specialist oral surgeon with a very warm personality. In addition to providing specialist support in oral surgery and implant dentistry in our practice, he has been an invaluable mentor.
He started his career in Oral Surgery in 1985. He did Masters in Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery from Bristol University from 1987 to 1989.
Besides gaining experience and an understanding of the basics in both fields, he also did research in the ‘Psychological and Psychiatric Sequel of Maxillofacial Trauma’. He has worked at various levels in a number of NHS hospitals, where he gained experience in all fields of Oral Surgery.

In 1995, he joined Manchester University as a clinical lecturer. After working as a Consultant Oral Surgeon at Victoria Hospital, he joined the most prestigious Institute of Medical Sciences in South East Asia, Agha Khan Medical University in Karachi, as a Professor in 1999. Here, he was involved in teaching medical students Oral Medicine and Oral Surgery, as well as designing problem-based learning scenarios for the medical course. He developed a team of doctors and co-workers that would reconstruct the jaws after resection in oral cancer cases.

Amongst his famous cases is the re-implantation of an avulsed mandible. He was appointed as the Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at King Fahad National Guard Hospital in 2001. He moved back to the UK in 2004 and began working at Consultant level in several NHS hospitals.

His special interest is Dental Implantology & reconstruction of jaws. He recently gained diploma in implantology from Royal College of Surgeons England & a Certificate from University of Lille, France.

Dr Qureshi is an International Speaker and lectures on all aspects of Oral Surgery and Dental Implantology.

Dr Qureshi peer reviewed our education content as well as assessment questionnaire for our course titled “ Supply and administration of medicines by DHT under exemptions & refresh your knowledge on these medicines “.

Having been previously appointed as a superintendent pharmacist, she has been involved in developing policies and setting up standards whilst ensuring all legal and professional requirements are adhered to.

Heenal also holds a health economics degree under her belt as of 2016, which created a strong foundation for her understanding of statistical analysis, systematic reviews, and economic models. This enabled her to have developed a number of guidelines towards cost effectiveness and budget impact models in both US and UK markets.

Notably, in the UK, Heenal has published research papers on the cost-effectiveness of managing leg ulcers, which further displays her competence in this particular subject.

Heenal is our external subject matter expert who co-wrote the “Supply and administration of medicines by DHT under exemptions & refresh your knowledge on these medicines” course.

Currently, leading one of the most prestigious luxury retail pharmacies in the UK; Harrods Pharmacy where she oversees operations, whilst ensuring the highest level of patient care and pharmaceutical excellence. In addition to this she runs her own successful facial aesthetics clinic, demonstrating her entrepreneurial spirit and commitment to expanding her skillset.

Sarina is also an active voice in the pharmacy community, sitting on the panel of P3 Pharmacy Magazine, where she contributes to shaping discussions around her industry trends and innovations, whilst also being a judge on their awards panel. Her passion for education and patient care has made her a respected figure in her pharmaceutical and healthcare space.

Sarina is one of our external QA experts who reviewed our HMR
Exemption Teaching materials based on Curriculum released recently.

After completing her training, she shifted her focus towards community pharmacy for nearly eight years. She then went on to work with West Kent Primary Care where she took on the role of a Clinical Pharmacist, working alongside GP’s, nurses and other clinical staff across four GP practices in Kent. Marwa undertook the CPPE Primary Care Pharmacy Education Pathway (PCPEP). She is currently training to become an independent prescriber.