Dr Luan Ngo
BDSc. (Hons) Ph.D. DClinDent. FRACDS (Perio)
Graduating with honours from the University of Melbourne in 1999, Luan worked in both public and private practice until 2003 when he commenced a Ph.D. in the field of periodontics looking at biomarkers for periodontal disease. Luan completed the didactic component of his specialist training in periodontics in 2009 and since then has been working in both private practice and as an academic at the University of Melbourne.
Luan has travelled to Vietnam with the Rotary Australia-Vietnam Dental Health Project. He volunteered his time in both the education of periodontists (in training) at the National Hospital of Odontostomatology in Ho Chi Minh City as well as the provision of much needed dental care for rural school children in the south of Vietnam.
Luan is currently a senior lecturer in periodontics and convenor of the post-graduate periodontics program at the Melbourne Dental School. Luan is a past president of the Australian Society of Periodontology (Victorian Branch). Luan is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in the specialist field of Periodontics.
Awards:
- Faculty of Med, Dent and Health Sciences Deans' Honors List
- George and Gladys Campbell Scholarship
- Australian Society of Endodontics award
- APRF 2010 Student Publication Award
Dr Cindy Nguyen
BDSc. DClinDent. FRACDS (Perio)
Cindy graduated with her dental degree from the University of Melbourne in 2004. Having finished as dux of her year, Cindy received a number of awards from The University, The Melbourne Dental School and also from The Australian Dental Association.
After five years of work in private practice and public clinics, Cindy commenced her specialty training in the field of Periodontics at the Melbourne Dental School. Her research project was on antibodies subclasses found in a chronic periodontitis population. Cindy has been invited to speak at interstate and overseas dental and hygiene conferences. She also has maintained her involvement in clinical demonstrating at The Melbourne Dental School since 2006. Cindy is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in the specialist field of Periodontics.
Awards:
- Faculty of Med, Dent and Health Sciences Deans' Honors List
- John Iliffe Scholarship
- The Australian Dental Association (Victoria Branch) Prize for Best Student
- The American Society of Dentistry for Children Prize
- Rowden White Prize
Professor Ivan B Darby
BDS PhD FRACDS(Perio) DGDP RCS Eng FADI FICD FPFA
After graduating from the University of Glasgow with BDS in 1991 Ivan worked in hospital and general dental practice in England and Wales until 1995 when he returned to postgraduate study in Glasgow. He graduated with a PhD in 2000 and undertook a postdoctoral appointment in Periodontics at Dental Institute, St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry until 2001. In 2001 Ivan moved to Melbourne to take up a position as lecturer in Periodontics at the University of Melbourne. He was appointed a senior lecturer and convener of the postgraduate program in periodontics in 2003, associate professor in 2008 and professor in 2012.
In addition, Ivan has been a visiting lecturer at the School of Dental Science, University of Papua New Guinea since 2006. A registered specialist in Australia since 2001, Ivan worked for 10 years as a specialist at the Royal Dental Hospital of Melbourne and subsequently in private specialist practice. He is past president of the IADR ANZ division, Asia Pacific region and Periodontal Research group, is currently Federal President of the Australian Society of Periodontology and edits the society’s journal. Ivan is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, Academy of Dentistry International, International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy and the ITI.
Professor Michael McCullough
BDSc MDSc (Oral Med, Oral Path) PhD FRACDS (Oral Med) FOMAA FPFA FICD
Michael McCullough is the Professor in Oral Medicine at the Melbourne Dental School, the University of Melbourne. He is the convener of both the post-graduate, graduate and under-graduate courses in Oral Medicine. Michael has published over 130 articles in peer reviewed scientific journals. He was on the Expert Panel for both editions of the Therapeutic Guidelines book titled “Oral and Dental”.
Michael's oral medicine practice encompasses all aspects of oral medicine, including the diagnosis and treatment of oral mucosal disease, including oral viral and fungal infections, oral ulcerative conditions and potentially malignant mucosal lesions, as well as temporo-mandibular disorders, oral dysaesthesias and oro-facial pain.
Dr Tami Yap
BDsc (Hons) DCD PhD FRACDS FOMAA
Tami completed a Bachelor of Dental Science with Honours at Melbourne University in 2006. In 2013 she became a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and returned to postgraduate training in the specialty of Oral Medicine and completed a PhD in molecular diagnostics in oral cancer. Tami is senior lecturer at the Melbourne Dental School and enjoys teaching and research. She works clinically at the Alfred Hospital, Royal Dental Hospital, the Skin Health Institute and is part of the multidisciplinary Dermatology team at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.
