Meet the Faculty (Lecturers)
Attend a SAAD Course and be taught by the country’s most experienced dental sedation teachers!
 SAAD Course Director, Past President & Honorary Life MemberConsultant, Honorary Senior Lecturer, Head of Sedation & Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King's College London Dental Institute and Visiting Professor at the University of Portsmouth. David has over 30 years' experience teaching conscious sedation techniques to undergraduate students, dental and medical practitioners and has served on dental and multi-disciplinary groups preparing guidelines for safe sedation practice.
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SAAD Assistant Course Director, Past President & Honorary Life MemberCarole is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at King’s College London Dental Institute, Guy’s, King’s College and St Thomas’ Hospitals . Her particular interests are using sedation for people who require special care, and teaching sedation both to undergraduates and postgraduates. She is the training programme director for Special Care Dentistry London Deanery and manages the Special Care GA service at GSTT. |
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GDP in Cheltenham & SAAD TrusteeLeah is a GDP and sedation lead in a private dental practice in Cheltenham. She has a special interest in treating anxious children and adults and providing conscious sedation, as well as teaching sedation and mentoring dentists and nurses. Leah gained her MSc in conscious sedation at Cardiff University and continued to teach on the MSc course for several years. |
Dr Prableen Anand
Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, Eastman Dental HospitalPrableen is currently a Consultant and Honorary Clinical Lecturer in Paediatric Dentistry at The Eastman Dental Hospital, University College Hospitals NHS Trust, London. Her areas of special interest are sedation, pain control, oral surgery, trauma and general anaesthesia. She is the lead on general anaesthesia and IV sedation in the department. |
Dr Mike Clarke
Former Head of Risk at Dental Protection Ltd.Mike qualified from Cardiff in 1979 and practised in North Yorkshire until 2005. He worked with DPL from 1995 until 2017; as an advisor for many years and then as the Head of Dental Underwriting Policy. He has been active in dental politics for many years and is a regular contributor to the dental press. He is a past chairman of the Dental Practitioners' Association, a former member of the Department of Health's Standing Dental Advisory Committee and a past vice-chairman of the BDA’s Private Practice Committee. He is currently a senior member of the Research Ethic Committee. |
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Consultant, Dept of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, KCL Dental Institute.Chris runs the undergraduate Year 5 sedation course at KCL and supervises on the sedation postgraduate diploma and special care MSc course at Guy’s. He is the membership secretary and treasurer of DSTG, assistant secretary of BSDH and presiding examiner/committee member for the NEBDN dental sedation nurses certificate. |
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Mrs Gilly Gooby Resuscitation Council Instructor, Adult and Paediatric, Basic, Immediate and Advanced Life Support.Gilly is a registered general nurse with a background of senior nursing posts in ITU, ED, general nursing and has been a Resus Officer for over 20 years, working within the NHS and also privately for her own company, Southern Resuscitation Services Ltd. Apart from her NHS work, Gilly teaches regularly both national and intentionally for a variety of health care settings. This includes, professional conferences and also on a smaller basis for private hospitals, GP practices, and dental practitioners. For the last 14 years she has been responsible for teaching all of the dental undergraduate CPR sessions. Gilly is a Resuscitation Council instructor in both adult and paediatric, basic, immediate and advanced life support. |
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Mrs Sue Ferns Resuscitation Council Immediate Life Support instructor and Adult Advanced Life Support InstructorSue’s nursing career within the NHS spans 40 years, mainly in acute areas and has held senior posts in ED, Intensive Care, Post Operative Recovery and Interventional Radiology. Sue was a Resuscitation Officer for 10 years where she acquired my love of teaching Resuscitation skills, and is a Resuscitation Council (UK) Immediate Life Support instructor, Adult Advanced Life Support instructor and Generic Instructor Course Instructor. Sue now works independently, teaching BLS and ILS to a variety of healthcare professionals both privately and within the NHS. For the past four years she has assisted in teaching ILS to final year dental students, post graduate dentists and staff within dental practices. |
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Dr Jennifer Hare Consultant Health Psychologist. KCL Dental Institute
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Dr Christopher Holden
Past President and Trustee of SAAD, GDP DerbyshireChris practises as a general dental practitioner in Derbyshire. He has been an author of most national guidance documents on dental sedation in the last 15 years. Chris regularly provides expert evidence in the UK, Europe and worldwide and is immediate past president of The International Federation of Dental anaesthesiology Societies. |
Dr Steve Jones
President of SAAD.Stephen is Clinical Lead for Conscious Sedation in the School of Dentistry, University of Central Lancashire. In his previous role as a Clinical Director he was involved in the organisation and development of dental sedation within the Truste-based dental service in Cumbria. He gained the Diploma in Conscious Sedation from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1997. |
Mrs Emma Lee
SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme Co-ordinatorEmma taught for many years in the department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s Hospital. She is currently working as a Training and Development Manager for Lincolnshire Community Health Services. |
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Dr Yi Kwan Loo Deputy Sedation Lead, Paediatric Dental Department at King’s College Dental Institute & SAAD TrusteeYi is Deputy Sedation Lead in the Paediatric Department at King’s College Dental Institute. Her role includes provision of advanced sedation and teaching dental undergraduates. She completed the Diploma in Conscious Sedation at Newcastle University and has a background as a GDP providing advanced adult and paediatric sedation, as part of an experienced multidisciplinary team. Yi will shortly be taking up a post as a Paediatric Specialty Registrar based at King’s College Dental Institute and Kent Community Health Foundation Trust
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Dr Najla Nizarali
Lecturer, KCL Dental InstituteNajla is a full time member of staff at KCL Dental Institute, in the Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry. She is involved in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students in the department and in treating patients with a variety of sedation techniques. |
Dr Dave Pearson
Consultant Oral Surgeon & SAAD TrusteeDave is a Consultant Oral Surgeon based at Birmingham Dental Hospital. He is an honorary lecturer in oral surgery and sedation for the University of Birmingham and has been fortunate to lecture locally and nationally on the topics. He has a special interest in the dental management of oncology patients pre/post radiotherapy utilizing RA and IV sedation. |
Dr Damien Reilly
Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS TrustDamien is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry. In addition to this appointment at Surrey and Sussex Healthcare, he also teaches in the Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy's Hospital.Damien has a particular interest in the provision of sedation for obese patients. |
Mrs Toni Richman
Course AdministratorToni has for many years assisted and demonstrated on the techniques of Conscious Dental Sedation. She has presented at numerous post graduate courses within the UK and Ireland. She is a Senior Dental Nurse in Billingshurst, West Sussex. |
 Miss Joanne Rushford Dental Nurse Manager, Dept. of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry. Guy’s Hospital.Joanne has assisted and demonstrated for many years on the techniques used in Conscious Dental Sedation. She teaches on the undergraduate and postgraduate sedation courses at Guy’s. |
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GDP London & Peripatetic SedationistLaleh is a General Dental Practitioner with wide experience of providing conscious sedation for anxious dental patients. She also provides a peripatetic sedation service in the South East of England |
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Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Barts Health & SAAD TrusteeZahra is a Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at the Royal London Dental Hospital. She completed MSc's in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry in 2011 (Kings College, London) and Healthcare Management in 2016 (City University, London). Zahra is heavily involved in undergraduate and postgraduate sedation teaching and is a member of the SAAD Teaching Faculty. Her clinical interests include intravenous sedation (basic and advanced techniques) for patients with challenging behaviour and those undergoing implant surgery. |
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Consultant, Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy's Hospital
Emily works in the Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy's Hospital and is involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching. She has wide experience of providing sedation both in a community and hospital setting. |
