Attend a SAAD Course and be taught by the country’s most experienced dental sedation teachers!

Dr Carole Boyle

SAAD Course Director, Past President & Honorary Life Member

Carole is a Consultant and Clinical Lead for Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s, and St Thomas’ Hospitals in London. Her particular interests are using sedation for people who require special care, teaching sedation both to undergraduates and postgraduates and providing dental care under general anaesthesia. She is a member of Dental Council at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.

Mrs Emma Lee

SAAD Assistant Course Director, SAAD Assessed Sedation Nurse (SASN) scheme Co-ordinator & SAAD Trustee

Emma has been a member of the SAAD teaching faculty since 1998 and taught for many years in the department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s Hospital. She is currently the Head of Learning & Development for Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust.

Dr David Craig

SAAD Past President & Former Course Director

Consultant in Special Care Dentistry at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and Honorary 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.

Dr Leah Adams

SAAD Trustee & Sedation Lead, CDS Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Leah is a Senior Dental Officer and Sedation Lead within the Community Dental Service in Gloucestershire. Prior to this she was a GDP and sedation lead in a private sedation practice and gained her MSc in Conscious Sedation from Cardiff University. Leah has a special interest in treating anxious children and adults and providing conscious sedation, as well as teaching sedation and mentoring dentists, therapists and nurses.

Dr Prabhleen Anand

Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry, RNENT & Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH NHS Trust

Prabhleen has been a Consultant and Honorary Clinical Lecturer for over 15 years in Paediatric Dentistry at The Eastman Dental Hospital. She is currently Deputy Chair for the Paediatric Dental Managed clinical network in London. She also works in private practice. Her areas of special interest are sedation, pain control, oral surgery, hypodontia, trauma and general anaesthesia. She is the lead on general anaesthesia and IV sedation in the department.

Dr Manni Deol

SAAD Clinical Advisor and Trustee, GDP

Manni has been a general dental practitioner for 20+ years working in NHS and private practice, based in the West Midlands. Her special interests include Sedation and Teaching. She provides intravenous sedation at her practice and has worked in the Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at Guys Hospital in the past. Manni's other roles include Foundation training (13 years experience) and being an elected member of the LDC Coventry.

Dr Neil Donaldson

Consultant Oral Surgeon

Neil is a Consultant in Oral Surgery based at Birmingham Dental Hospital. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Conscious Sedation and uses these skills regularly in the provision of oral surgery with the help of intravenous sedation. He has a particular interest in the orthodontic/oral surgery interface and therefore is well experienced in the care of anxious children and adolescents.

Dr Jennifer Hare

Consultant Health Psychologist. KCL Dental Institute

Jen leads the Dental Psychology Service at Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation NHS Trust; providing input for individuals with dental phobia, oro-facial pain and orthognathic surgical assessments.

Mrs Mary Hicks

Resuscitation Council Instructor, Adult and Paediatric Advanced Life Support.

Mary is an experienced registered nurse with an ED background and has been a Resuscitation Officer for over 20 years working within the NHS. Mary is a Resuscitation Council instructor in both adult and paediatric Advanced Life Support Courses. She has a keen interest in education and has a PgDip in Education.

Dr Christopher Holden

Past President and Trustee of SAAD, GDP

Chris has been a GDP in primary care for 40 years. He has been an author of most national guidance documents on dental sedation in the last 15 years. Chris provides expert evidence in the UK, Europe and worldwide and is immediate past president of The International Federation of Dental Anaesthesiology Societies.

Dr Paul Howlett

Trustee of SAAD, GDP

Paul works as a GDP in a private multi-disciplinary dental practice in Teesside. His specific areas of interest are managing anxious patients and more complex restorative care including dental implants. Previously, Paul spent 5 years working as part of a dedicated team providing advanced conscious sedation techniques for paediatric patients and continues to use single drug intravenous and inhalation sedation as part of his daily clinical practice. Paul has been a SAAD trustee since 2012.

Dr Bryan Kerr

Consultant in Department of Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy’s Hospital, King’s College London Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences.

Bryan completed an MSc in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry at King's College London (KCL) and is now a Consultant at Guy's Hospital, London. He provides training in conscious sedation to undergraduate and postgraduate dentists at KCL. Bryan is the immediate past chair of DSTG.

Dr Yi Kwan Loo

Deputy Sedation Lead, Paediatric Dental Department at King’s College Dental Institute & SAAD Trustee

Yi 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 is a Paediatric Specialty Registrar based at King’s College Dental Institute and Kent Community Health Foundation Trust.

Mr Anthony McKay

Senior Resuscitation Officer at GSTT

Anthony has a wealth of experience attending emergencies and teaches undergraduate dental students. He is an ALS, APLS, NLS and Generic Resuscitation Instructor with a keen interest in non-technical skills. He has a Masters in Quality and Safety in Healthcare evaluating resuscitation teams.

Dr Najla Nizarali

Consultant in Sedation and Special Care Dentistry, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS FT KCL

Dr Dave Pearson

Consultant Oral Surgeon

Dave is Dental Divisional Medical Director for Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT and a Consultant Oral Surgeon based at Birmingham Dental Hospital. He lectures in oral surgery / sedation and works closely with the University of Birmingham. He has a special interest in the dental management of oncology patients pre/post radiotherapy utilising IS and IV sedation.

Dr Damien Reilly

Mrs Toni Richman

Course Administrator

Toni 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 Practice Manager in Billingshurst, West Sussex.

Dr Laleh Sharifian

Dr Zahra Shehabi