Senior Dental Advisor CVD Prevention Lead for the Office of the Chief Dental Officer
Shabir Shivji BDS MSc Primary Dental Care MCGDent
NHS General Dental Practitioner
Training Programme Director for HEE London and Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Clinical Dental Practice Advisor NHSE South East Region
Senior Dental Advisor CVD Prevention Lead OCDO
Honorary senior Lecturer, Centre for Professional Practice. University of Kent
Tony Ahmed
Chair West Midlands Local Dental Network, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Professor Nick Barker
Chair Essex Local Dental Network, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Jason Wong
Deputy Chief Dental Officer England, Office of the Chief Dental Officer England
Jason Wong MBE is the Deputy Chief Dental Officer for England. Awarded an MBE for services to dentistry and oral health, Jason has previously chaired Local Dental Networks across parts of the Midlands and the East of England and was also secretary of Lincolnshire Local Dental committee for 16 years. His role at NHS England and NHS Improvement now sees him working in collaboration with local and regional teams to deliver improved outcomes for patients, while also championing the role of dentists and dentistry within the health system. Jason qualified from the University of Birmingham in1995 and is currently a general dental practitioner and a partner in a practice in Lincolnshire.
Professor Iain Chapple
Director of Research Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham. Consultant in Restorative Dentistry.
Adam Morby
Regional Chief Dentist Midlands, NHS England and NHS Improvement
Divyash Patel
Clinical Policy Lead, Office of the Chief Dental Officer England
Clinical Policy Lead Office of the Chief Dental Officer England and lead for Dental Care for People with Diabetes
Malcolm Smith
Chair, Dental Education Reform Programme & Postgraduate Dental Dean, Health Education England North East
Malcolm Smith is Postgraduate Dental Dean for HEE North East and has led on the Advancing Dental Care Review (ADC) programme and more recently on the implementation phase of ADC.
Sana Movahedi
Regional Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean (Workforce & Dental Foundation), Dental Department – London & KSS, Health Education England
Sana Movahedi is currently Clinical Workforce Advisor to Office of the Chief Dental Officer (OCDO) and Regional Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Workforce & Dental Foundation across London & Kent Surrey and Sussex. She is a general dental practitioner and NHS dental practice owner. Sana has led on initiatives such as the national redeployment of the dental workforce on behalf of the OCDO. She is an active member of multiple national dental workforce working groups as well as representing dentistry on workforce matters on a variety of national workstreams. Sana has also held a variety of past posts with other organisations including CQC.
Urshla (Oosh) Devalia
Consultant Paediatric Dentist, Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospital, UCLH Clinical Policy Lead, Office of the Chief Dental Officer (England), Office of the Chief Dental Officer (England)
Oosh is a Paediatric Dental Consultant and Clinical Policy Lead at the Office of the Chief Dental Officer, leading on the oral health initiative for children and young people with learning difficulties and/or autism in residential special education settings, as part of the NHS Long Term Plan. She is the National Lead for Mini Mouth Care Matters, an initiative aimed at ensuring mouth care is integrated with general health, and is an essential part of daily hygiene routine. She is also a Trustee and board member of the Executive Committee for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry (BSPD). Oosh works closely with Health Education England as a subject matter expert on a number of areas associated with children’s oral health. Her primary focus is on the management of vulnerable patient groups, including those with learning disabilities and/or autism, and those with complex medical needs
Brett Duane
Associate Professor in dental public health, Centre for sustainable healthcare
Deborah Manger
Deputy Dental Dean, Early Years Midlands and East, Health Education England
Joanne Purvis
SES Project Manager, Office of Chief Dental Office
Joanne is the Special Education Settings Project Manager, sitting under the Office of Chief Dental Office, and is Mini Mouth Care Matters Project Lead for the NHS Sensory Project as part of the NHS Long Term Plan.
Joanne is a Dental Nurse by background, having worked with Orthodontic services, Special Care and Oral Health Promotion. Career began in General Practice, moving to Community Dental Services, where she was Oral Health Promotion Lead Manager for South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust.
Joanne is extremely passionate about oral health, ensuring that the whole dental team are fairly represented at a high-level, promoting engagement and upskilling of team members. She is an ambassador for Mini Mouth Care Matters, and firmly believes integration of oral health with general health is key to making positive prevention changes to our paediatric population. Joanne has now taken on a full-time role as Dental Network Manager with NHSE/I South West Commissioning Team.
Ayman Dhanji
Specialty Doctor in Special Care Dentistry,
Matthew Jerreat
Honorary Associate Director of Clinical Dental Education, Peninsula Dental School (Faculty of Health)
Liz Jones
Lead for Hospital Dentistry, Getting It Right Frist Time (GIRFT)
Monica Matanda
Dental Therapist CDS & Dental Clinical Leadership Fellow HEE, Health Education England
I graduated from the University of Dundee in 2008 and joined Community Dental Services, I completed the SAAD course and worked with the Lead Sedation Dentist to prove the concept and need for sedation trained Dental Therapists within the service. In 2016 I volunteered with Dentaid. I was part of the first cohort of Dental Therapists to graduate with a Postgraduate Diploma in Paediatric Dentistry from the Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh. In 2019 I completed the BAME Stepping up Programme with the NHS Leadership Academy. I began my HEE role as a Dental Clinical Leadership Fellow in September 2021.
Jyoti Sumel
Dental Therapist, Health Education England
I am a Dental Therapist currently working between Community Dental services, General Dental Practice and my HEE clinical fellowship role. I qualified in 2016 from the University of Highlands and Islands. In 2015 I volunteered to go to India to provide free dental care to communities in need. In 2017 I completed vocational training with NES, which helped me develop my clinical and academic skills. In 2018 I started working for CDS-CIC Leicestershire. I’m currently completing my inhalation sedation course with CDS. In 2021 I obtained a role as a transformation fellow, which was the first year DCP’s could apply.
Frances Robinson
HEE Clinical Oral Health transformation Fellow and Dental Hygienist
After qualifying from Cardiff University as a Dental Hygienist, Frances went on to study for a Masters in Dental Public Health at University College London. She has worked in multiple practices in London and the South East. Frances also has keen interests in health promotion having travelled extensively around South East Asia and India volunteering with international dental charities. She has gained Associate fellowship status to the College of General Dentistry and is chair person for the Dental Hygienists and Therapists working group within the college.
Marisa Lennie
Dental Therapist
Wendy Lodge
Practice Manager, Oracle Dental Group Colchester
Dominika Henry
Dental Technician
Jo Deamer
Dental Nurse
Amarantha Fennell-Wells
Clinical Fellow at the Office of the Chief Dental Officer
Amarantha joined the Office of the Chief Dental Officer looking to understand the policies governing dentistry, and to learn from the team helping the profession to navigate the uncharted waters of a 21st century pandemic. Amarantha is building upon her previous experience as the first Welsh Clinical Leadership Fellow in Sustainable Healthcare, working on international efforts concerning nitrous oxide mitigation, as well as engaging and embedding sustainability within quality improvement training. Amarantha is an Associate at the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare and an author for the upcoming BDA Springer book on Sustainable Dentistry.
Elizabeth Gonzalez Malaga
Clinical Fellow at the General Dental Council
Hui Lynn Ooi
Oral Health Transformation Clinical Fellow
My name is Lynn and I am currently working at Health Education England as the Oral Health Transformation Clinical Fellow. I am also working part time as an associate general dental practitioner based in London and a staff grade trust dentist at King's College Hospital. I graduated with a BDS (Hons) in 2017 from King's College London. After completing my dental foundation training, I have taken up several dental core training positions in England and Wales covering specialities in restorative dentistry, oral surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery.