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Education Programme
February 28th / April 25th / May 23rd 2015
Dear Colleagues,
The RCSI Postgraduate Lecture series is
now in its fifth year. The purpose of the
programme is to provide an opportunity for
dentists who wish to update their knowledge
on the current concepts relative to general
dental practice and also for those who are
actively pursuing additional postgraduate
qualifications. Indeed the lectures are
particularly suited to preparation for the
Diploma of Primary Care Dentistry and MFD.
Time
Title
Speaker
8.15 - 8.45
Registration
8.50
9.00 - 9.35
9.40 - 10.15
Orthodontics
10.15 - 10.30
Discussion
10.30 - 10.45
Break
10.45 - 11.20
Communication in dentistry
11.25 - 12.00
12.15 - 12.45
CPD Points: 4
Speakers Biographies
Dr. Billy Fenlon
Billy is a Paediatric Dentist in referral
practice since 1992 at the Northbrook
Clinic in Ranelagh. He completed his
Masters in Paediatric Dentistry from
the University of Leeds & Membership
in Paediatric Dentistry from the Royal
College of Dentists in Canada in 1990.
Billy has particular interest in behaviour
guidance of the fearful child patient and in
comprehensive dental care of the young
child.
Dr. Ebrahim Al Awadhi
Dr. Al Awadhi qualified from Dublin Dental
School and Hospital in 1998. He then
went to work for 2 years in the Eastern
Health Board. He completed his MFD
examination in Dublin in 2000. Later that
year, he attended the Eastman Dental
Institute where he completed his Masters
in Orthodontics in 2002. A Membership
of Orthodontics (MOrth) from the Royal
College of Surgeons of England and a
Fellowship from the Royal College of
Surgeons Ireland followed. He worked for
2 years in the Regional Orthodontic Unit
in St. James Hospital in Dublin before
moving back to Dublin Dental Hospital
where he obtained his PhD from Trinity
College, Ireland. He was the Director
of Teaching and Learning (Post Grad) in
Trinity College, Ireland from 2012-2014.
He has research interests in Temporary
anchorage devices, orthodontically
induced root resorption and Invisalign. He
is a consultant lecturing in Orthodontics
and also maintains a part time private
practice since 2004.
Title
Speaker
8.00 - 8.30
Registration
8.30 - 9.00
9.00 - 11.00
(5 relevant tips)
11.00 - 11.30
11.30 - 12.00
Break
12.00 - 13.00
13.00 - 13.45
Lunch
Fixed Prosthodontics
Endodontics
Periodontics
15.00 - 15.30
15.30 - 15.45
Break
15.45 -17.15
Category 3 Legal/Orthodontic/
Paediatric Dentistry
(5 relevant tips)
Ethical/Legal considerations
Paediatric Dentistry
Orthodontics
17.15
CPD Points: 6
Speakers Biographies
Dr. Peter Cowan
Dr. Peter Cowan qualified in dentistry in
1978 from Trinity College Dublin. He was
awarded FDRCSR(Edin) by examination
in 1981 and the Specialist Fellowship of
the Faculty of Dentistry, RCSI (FFDRCSIrel)
in Restorative Dentistry in 1984. He was
a lecturer and later clinical tutor in the
Dublin Dental University School and
Hospital between 1981-1991 and has
been a senior lecturer and examiner
for the Faculty of Dentistry, RCSI since
1995 to date. He is a Fellow of the
International College of Dentists and a
Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
He has published both nationally and
internationally. Dr. Cowan is a past Dean
of the Faculty of Dentistry, RCSI (20012004) and is currently Chief Executive
Officer of the Faculty of Dentistry,
RCSI. He is the Facultys examinations
co-ordinator and chief examiner for
the Membership and Fellowship
examinations. He is a specialist oral
surgeon and runs a clinical practice in
Dublin limited to minor Oral Surgery with
a special interest in implant dentistry.
Professor Kumara Ekanayake
Professor Ekanayake qualified in Dentistry
at the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
and in Medicine at Trinity College
University of Dublin. He completed
Specialist Registrar training in Ireland at
St Jamess Hospital, Dublin. Professor
Ekanyake worked as a Consultant
in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and
Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Dental
Sciences/ University Dental Hospital
Peradeniya, Sri Lanka after obtaining
specialist registration in Ireland. He is
based at the Dublin Dental University
Hospital with commitments to St Jamess
University Hospital, Dublin and the Mater
Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin.
Speakers Biographies
Dental Council. He chairs the FGDS/
MGDS Examinations Committee and is
a Member of the Board of the Faculty of
Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland.
Dr. Eddie Cotter
Edward Cotter graduated from Dublin
Dental School in 1988.He received his
post graduate training in Prosthodontics
at the University of Iowa. He then
completed a Fellowship in Prosthodontics
at the Veterans Administration Hospital
in Iowa City. This was followed by a
Fellowship in Maxillofacial Prosthetics and
Dental Oncology at MD Anderson Cancer
Center in Texas.He is in Practice limited to
Prosthodontics, Maxillofacial Prosthetics
and Dental Oncology.
Dr. Paul Quinlan
Paul Quinlan graduated from the Dublin
Dental School 1991. He completed an
M.Sc. in periodontology at the Eastman
Dental School, London, in 1993. In 1996
he was awarded a fellowship in Dental
Surgery from the Royal College of
Surgeons in Glasgow and he also received
a Fulbright Scholarship for study in the
USA. He completed the periodontal and
prosthodontic training programs at the
University of Texas Health Science Center
at San Antonio in 2001. He returned
to Ireland and commenced specialist
practice limited to prosthodontics and
periodontics at Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin.
He is a diplomat of the American Boards
of Periodontology and Prosthodontics.
He is a fellow of the ITI. He has lectured in
Ireland, the UK and Internationally.
Dr. Hal Duncan
Dr. Hal Duncan qualified from University
of Glasgow in 1993. After several practice
and dental school appointments, he
Speakers Biographies
been in referral practice in Dublin in
Periodontology, Oral Surgery & Implant
Dentistry, and lecturer in Periodontology
at Dublin Dental School & Hospital, Trinity
College since 1991. He is The Director
of the Programme for Clinical Dental
Photography (Postgraduate Core Course)
since 1998. He was awarded a Fellowship,
F.I.C.D. by the International College of
Dentists in 2002 and in 2007elected a
Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
He was elected Vice-Dean of the Faculty
of Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland, in 2004, and Dean of the Faculty
of Dentistry RCSI in September 2007 until
February 2011.
Dr. John Walsh
Dr. John Walsh received his undergraduate
dental degree from Trinity College in 1974
and was awarded the Sheldon Friel Prize.
After a year in private practice in England
he received the American Dental Society
of Europe Scholarship award that enabled
him to attend the Graduate Paedodontic
Program at Indiana University School of
Dentistry where he received his Masters
Degree in 1977. He was awarded the
Ralph E. McDonald Scholarship and
the G. R. Baker prize. Subsequently he
gained entry to the Graduate Orthodontic
Program at the University Of Washington
from where he obtained his Masters
Degree in Orthodontics in 1986.On
his return to Ireland he continued to
participate as a part time lecturer in the
Division of Child Dental Health at Dublin
University Dental Hospital.In 1989 he
became the first European to successfully
complete the Board certification process
of the American Board of Paediatric
Dentistry. He was awarded an FFD (Ad
Eundem) from the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland in 1997. He has also
received the FICD and the FACD. He is a
Time
Title
Speaker
8.15 - 8.45
Registration
8.50
9.00 - 9.35
9.40 - 10.15
10.15 - 10.30
Discussion
10.30 - 10.45
Break
10.45 - 11.20
11.25 - 12.00
12.15 - 12.45
CPD Points: 4
Speakers Biographies
Dr. Donal A. Blackwell
Donal Blackwell graduated from the
Dental School at Trinity College Dublin
in 1988. Following a number of years
in General Practice, he completed
his Masters Degree Programme in
Restorative Dentistry at the Eastman
Dental Institute London in 1996. He
returned to the South East of Ireland to
open a referral practice concentrating
on crown and bridgework and implant
dentistry. In 2004 he moved with his family
to New York City to undertake further
post-graduate studies, a two year fulltime
Advanced Programme in Implant Dentistry
at New York University. He completed
this programme and returned to Ireland
in 2006. Donal works in Waterford City, in
Practice Limited to Fixed Prosthodontics
and Implant Dentistry.
Dr. Grace Kelly
Grace graduated from UCC in 2003 and
completed her vocational dental training
in 2004. She worked in the HSE MidWest for 6 years, before undertaking
a Senior House Officer post in Special
Care Dentistry in Dublin University Dental
School in 2008. She completed her
MFDS in the Royal College of Surgeons
(Dublin) in 2009, her Diploma in Hypnosis
related to dentistry in University College
London in 2010; her Diploma in Conscious
Sedation in Cardiff University and Diploma
in Special Care Dentistry in the Royal
College of Surgeons (London) in 2013.
Grace completed her three year specialist
training in Special Care Dentistry in 2013,
the first specialist trained in Special Care
Dentistry in Wales and was subsequently
appointed to her current post in March
2014. She was awarded the Tricollegiate
Membership in Special Care Dentistry RCS
Glasgow in June 2014.
Title
Speaker
8.15 - 8.45
Registration
8.50
9.00 - 12.30
CPD Points: 7
Speakers Biographies
Dr. Johanna P. Glennon
Johanna Glennon qualified from Dublin in
1984 and worked in general dental practice
for eight years in the United Kingdom and
held a part-time Clinical Assistant post in
Oral Surgery during 1987 88. In 1994 she
completed her Masters in Endodontics with
Distinction at the University of London.
Her research work, as part of her MSc.,
has been published in the International
Endodontic Journal. Since completing
her Masters programme Johanna has
been in practice limited to Endodontics
and is a part-time clinical demonstrator/
lecturer at Dublin Dental Hospital, teaching
at undergraduate and post-graduate
level. She was one of the three course
organisers of the endodontic module
for the Diploma in Clinical Dentistry,
postgraduate programme at Dublin Dental
Hospital. She is a Past President of the
Irish Endodontic Society and was actively
involved on the committee for 11 years.
During her Presidency, Ireland hosted the
12th Biennial conference of the European
Society of Endodontology. She has both
organised and given practical endodontic
courses in Ireland. She has lectured
nationally and internationally.
Dr. Hal Duncan
Dr. Henry (Hal) Duncan qualified from
University of Glasgow in 1993. After
practice and dental school appointments,
he worked in specialist endodontic
practices in Northern Ireland and England
from 1998-2008. Dr Duncan received his
postgraduate endodontic training in Guys
Hospital London from 2002-2006 under
the tutelage of the late Tom Pitt-Ford and
is currently a UK registered Endodontic
specialist. In 2008 he concluded a
collaborative research study with Dr Ram
Nair (in the University of Zurich) on pulp
capping with MTA and calcium hydroxide