Dr Barbara Carey
Consultant in Oral Medicine
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 

Barbara Carey became a Consultant in Oral Medicine at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust in 2019. She specialises in the diagnosis and management of patients with oral cancer, potentially malignant disorders, lichen planus, oral ulceration and oral manifestations of systemic conditions. She also works in the oral dermatology service at St John’s Institute of Dermatology managing patients with autoimmune blistering diseases. 

She is an active contributor to clinical research. She has published extensively in peer reviewed journals and has authored a number of book chapters in oral medicine and dermatology textbooks. She is actively involved in training and teaching undergraduate students and postgraduate dentists and doctors. She is examiner lead for the clinical component for ISFE.

She is honorary treasurer of the British and Irish Society for Oral Medicine, BISOM Representative to Senate of Dental Specialties, and Region 1 (UK and Ireland) representative of the European Association of Oral Medicine (2018-2023). She is chair of the EAOM education committee. She is deputy chair of the Head and Neck Cancer MDT.

Dr Vinod Patel
Consultant in Oral Surgery
Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust 

His research interests are clinically based around the oral and dental management of oncology patients including osteonecrosis of the jaw and minimally invasive and conservative surgery in rare pathologies such as odontogenic tumours. He is currently involved in clinical drug trials as the chief investigator and has over 120 peer reviewed publications.

Prof Justin Durham. Professor of Orofacial Pain, Honourary Consultant Oral Surgeon, Head of School of Dental Sciences, University of Newcastle

Justin is a Professor of Orofacial Pain and Head of School at Newcastle University’s School of Dental Sciences and an Honorary Consultant Oral Surgeon at Newcastle-Upon-Tyne’s Hospitals’ NHS Foundation Trust in the UK. His primary research interests are in orofacial pain both at the first and second translational research gaps. He has wide experience in a variety of methodologies involved in health services research and has received international awards both for clinical and pedagogical research. He is currently the British Dental Association’s Chief Scientific Advisor.