FDS Board

Governance of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

The governing body of the Faculty is its board made up of twenty-seven trustees, eighteen of whom are elected by fellows and members of the Faculty.

The College Vice-President is an ex-officio member of the board.

There are also invited members of the Board representing the Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK), the staff and associate specialists grades, the training grades, Dental Public Health, Northern Ireland, and the Committee of Postgraduate Dental Deans (COPDEND). A member of the College’s Patient and Lay Group (PLG) also sits on board to represent the views of patients.

The board meets four times per year and all meetings are chaired by the Dean.

The board delegates the coordination of a number of its main functions to various committees and working groups. The activities of these committees are reported to board on a regular basis.

Dean
	Professor Michael Escudier Oral Medicine
Vice-Deans
	Mr Matthew Garrett Senior Vice-Dean Restorative Dentistry
	Ms Pepe Shirlaw Junior Vice-Dean Oral Medicine
Elected Members
	Dr Judith Jones Oral Surgery
	Dr Stephen Chadwick Orthodontics
	Mr Simon Littlewood Orthodontics
	Professor Stephen Porter Oral Medicine
	Dr Jane Luker Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology
	Mr Jay Kindelan Orthodontics
	Mrs Vanita Brookes Special Care Dentistry
	Professor Martyn Cobourne Orthodontics
	Miss Sarah Howells Oral Surgery
	Professor Andrew Eder Restorative Dentistry
	Professor Helen Rodd Paediatric Dentistry
	Mr Jimmy Makdissi Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology
	Mr Patrick Magennis Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
	Dr Rachel Leeson Oral Surgery
	Mr Jagtar Dhanda Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Invited Members
	Mr Ian Mills Dean, Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK)
	Ms Arti Hindocha Training Grades representative
	Mr Simon Utting Advisory Committee for Community Dentistry Representative
	Professor Jennifer Gallagher Dental Public Health Representative
	Vacant Northern Ireland Representative
	Dr Hesham Emam Staff and Associate Specialist Grades Representative
	Mr David Felix Committee of the Postgraduate Dental Deans Representative
	Vacant Patients' Liaison Group Representative
Ex-officio
	Miss Susan Hill Vice-President, the Royal College of Surgeons of England