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Dr Eric Lowenhaupt

Dr Eric Lowenhaupt attended Florida State University for undergraduate studies and Emory University in Atlanta for his Dental and Orthodontic training. He completed a general practice residency and practiced general dentistry for six years before returning for his graduate orthodontic training at Emory University. Since 1986, he has been in the private practice of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics in Florida. Eric lectures nationally and internationally through his affiliation with (G) nathos (The Ricketts School for Bioprogressive Education, Southeast)and VOCA (Vital Orthodontic Considerations Australasia).

Venue

Centre for Professional Development
1 Atchison Street

Organisers

ADA NSW Centre for Professional Development
1 Atchison Street
2065
Australia

T: 61 2 8436 9997
E: admin@adacpd.com.au
W: www.adacpd.com.au

Speaker

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Mr Andrew Bridgeman is a specialist Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in private practice. He graduated BDSc, and MBBS from The University of Melbourne and has a Masters Degree in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the same university. He completed his specialist fellowship in 1999, and undertook further post-fellowship training in the United Kingdom in the surgical management of head & neck oncology. He has multiple journal publications and has a special interest in Orthognathic surgery and surigcal implantology. Mr Mark Barit obtained his undergraduate dental qualification at the University of Melbourne for Dentistry and Medicine 1999 and 2005 respectively. Mark has worked in many hospitals in Australia and overseas in the UK. He received his Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Training through the Victorian Training Program, involving rotations through various Melbourne Hospitals (The Royal Dental Hospital, The Alfred Hospital, Austin Hospital, Royal Children’s Hospital, Southern Health and The Royal Melbourne Hospital). Mark then undertook a Clinical Fellowship in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at University Hospital Aintree & Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, in Liverpool UK. During this time he worked with various subspecialty Oral and Maxillofacial Units including: the Head & Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Team, the Cleft / Craniofacial and Facial Deformity Teams. Additionally, Mark was heavily involved in the management of numerous facial trauma cases which were managed by the Maxillofacial Surgery Unit. Dr Paul Wright completed his undergraduate degree at Melbourne University in 1979, attaining his Bachelor of Dental Science degree with Honours. After a period in general practice and an extended sojourn travelling overseas, Paul commenced postgraduate studies in 1985 obtaining his Fellowship of the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons in 1987. In 1988, he joined Dr Harley Moffatt in East Kew, forming an associateship in 1989. Paul has a keen interest in the scientific basis of clinical procedures and strongly believes in continuing education as a prerequisite to delivering the highest standard of dental care to his patients.Dr Wright maintains an active interest in dental education. He served as a demonstrator to dental students at Melbourne University for over 10 years. He served on the Graduate Education Committee of the Australian Dental Association and 9 years on the committee of the Australian Prosthodontic Society as President for 2006/2007. He is currently serving as a member of the A.D.A. defense commitee. He has served as an examiner for the R.A.C.D.S. Affiliate programme and has also served as an examiner in Operative Dentistry for the A.D.C. He is currently an examiner for the M.R.A.C.D.S. programme. Dr Adam Rosenberg graduated with a BDS from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and obtained his Masters Degree in Periodontology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill USA. Dr Rosenberg is in full time clinical private practice in Melbourne. Dr Rosenberg is actively involved in continuing professional development both nationally and internationally. Fields of interest include periodontal plastic surgery, implantology and guided bone and tissue regeneration. Dr Benedicta Wong completed her BDS in New Zealand in 2005 and subsequently worked in Mackay for Queensland Health. She then moved to practice in both the public and private sectors in Malaysia. She returned to Melbourne in 2011 to complete her specialist training in the field periodontics in 2013. Since then, she has been practicing in Melbourne as a specialist periodontist, and is actively involved in continuing education activities. Dr Shayne Callis graduated BDS with distinction in 1985 at The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Wits) and was the recipient of awards for Periodontology, Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery (Lester Brown award), Conservative Dentistry and Pharmacology (Jan Breyer award). He graduated M Dent in the field of Periodontics and Oral Medicine (Wits) in 1991 and maintained a private practice in Johannesburg and a post graduate teaching position at Wits until 2001. He has served on the committees of the South African society for periodontics and the South African society for dental implantology and was the president of the latter society for a 2 year term. He attained the Australian Dental Certificate in 2000 and has been in full time practice in Balwyn since 2002. His clinical interests are in the management of periodontitis, both surgical and non-surgical and dental implants. He has been a clinical demonstrator in the post graduate clinic at Melbourne University since 2004, and has also served as an examiner for Melbourne University. He is a fellow of the ITI. Dr Andrew Tucker maintains a Specialist Periodontal and Implant practice in Melbourne. He has taught postgraduate periodontics and implant dentistry at University of Melbourne for over 10 years. Dr Tucker is a Fellow of RACDS and the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians (Glasgow). Dr Robert De Poi graduated with a BDS, 1994 (University of Melbourne) and then worked in private general practice for 14 years where he developed an interest in Periodontics. Robert is a Specialist Periodontist with a practice in Moonee Pongs. He received his MDSC in Periodontics (Indiana University School of Dentistry). In 2002 he was awarded the Dr and Mrs. Gerald M Kramer Scholarship for Excellence by the American Academy of Periodontology Foundation. Robert is involved with teaching in the periodontal programme at the University of Melbourne and has lectured at many continuing professional development courses. He is a councillor of the ADAVB Inc., and a member of various societies and academies. Professor Ivan Darby is Head of Periodontics and Convener of the Postgraduate Periodontic program at the Melbourne Dental School. He graduated with a BDS (1991) and completed his PhD (2000), both from the University of Glasgow. In 2006 he received his FRACDS(Perio). Ivan is a specialist periodontist working part-time in Moonee Ponds. His research interests include periodontal and surgical implant treatment outcomes and bone regeneration. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and serves as editor of Periodontology. A Fellow of the ITI, Ivan has lectured locally, nationally and internationally. Dr Alice HS Huynh is a female Specialist Periodontist who speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and Vietnamese (as well as English). Alice is a registered specialist periodontist under the Dental Board of Australia. She specializes in periodontal treatment and dental implants. Alice graduated from the University of Melbourne (2007) with BDSc (Hons). She than worked at the Alfred Hospital in 2008 where she gained increased experience in working with medically compromised patients and developed an interest in surgery. Since then, she has worked in private practices in Melbourne and embarked on her DCD in periodontics in 2012 at the University of Melbourne and graduated in 2014. Her research thesis was on the proteome (the proteins found in various tissues) of gingival fluid in healthy, gingivitis and periodontitis. This has been accepted for publication in a peer reviewed journal. Alice is a member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Periodontists, the Australian Society of Periodontology and the Australian Dental Association. Dr Gary Yip is a Periodontist in private practice in Melbourne and is also a diplomate of the American Board of Periodontology. He is involved in the clinical teaching for the postgraduate program in Periodontology in the Melbourne Dental School. Gary has lectured in the fields of periodontics and implantology both in Australia and overseas. Dr Chris Evans completed his BDSc (University of Queensland), and his MDSc in prosthodontics (University of Melbourne). He is in full-time specialist prosthodontic practice in Brighton, and has a branch practice in Albury, NSW. Chris has been involved with teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Melbourne and has been involved in several international multi-centre clinical research trials. He has presented on implant dentistry and other prosthodontic topics throughout Australasia, Asia, America and Europe. Dr Jaffa Abduo received his BDS (Otago, New Zealand), DClinDent (Otago, New Zealand), MRACDS (Pros). His current position is as Senior Lecturer in Prosthodontics and Convener of the Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Dentistry (Implants) and Convenor of Removable Prosthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School. His research interest are in the areas of CAD/CAM dentistry, Removable prosthodontics, Implant biomechanics and Dental occlusion. Jaafar’s teaching interests are in the areas of Fixed and removable prosthodontics, Oral implantology and Evidence based prosthodontics. Dr Kunal Pandya completed his undergraduate dental training at the University of Queensland in 2002. He worked in general practice for four years, prior to commencing specialist Prosthodontic training at the University of Melbourne in 2007. Kunal currently practices at Prosthodontic Associates in Collins Street, Melbourne and is actively involved in continuing education with the ADA and the University of Melbourne. Dr Andrew Flood is a specialist prosthodontist and has for a number of years been a central fi gure in the specialist training program at the Melbourne Dental School and has also had a clinical appointment with the Maxillofacial Unit at the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Andrew has lectured on various prosthodontic subjects both internationally and nationally and has a keen interest in the provision of immediately loaded dental implants. Dr Nick Palfreyman is a specialist prosthodontist practicing in Ballarat and Melbourne. He completed undergraduate and postgraduate speciality training at the University of Melbourne. Nick has served in the Australian Defence force and been admitted to Fellowship of the RACDS. Nick is involved in teaching conventional and implant prosthodontics at the University and Melbourne and has lectured across the country in implant prosthodontics. He has a strong interest in dental implant biomechanics and conservative aesthetic rehabilitations. Dr Graham Woolley is a Lecturer in Fixed Prosthodontics at The University of Melbourne, Melbourne Dental School. He also works as a prosthodontist for the Australian Defence Force and in specialist private practice. His main area of interest is implantology and prosthodontic treatment of wear and parafunction. Associate Professor Roy Judge is head of Prosthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School and Interim Clinical Director of the Melbourne Oral Health Training and Education Centre (MOHTEC). Roy is also in specialist Prosthodontic practice in Essendon.

Venue

723 Swanston Street Carlton
720 Swanston Street Carlton

Organisers

Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne
Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne Oral Health Training Education Centre, 2nd Floor CPD Office
723 Swanston Street
Carlton
3053
Australia

Samantha Vassallo La Rosa
T: 03 903 56137
E: sam.v@unimelb.edu.au
W: ecommerce.dent.unimelb.edu.au

Speaker

A/Professor Stephen Chen, Professor Ivan Darby, A/Professor Roy Judge, Dr Luan Ngo, Dr Melinda Newnham

Dr Luan Ngo is a periodontist working in private practice in Carlton. He has taught extensively at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the Melbourne Dental School for the past 5 years. Luan is the outgoing President of the Australian Society of Periodontology (Victorian Branch) and a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons. Luan's research interests are in Periodontal diagnostics and disease biomarkers. A/Professor Roy Judge is head of Prosthodontics at the Melbourne Dental School and Interim Clinical Director of the Melbourne Oral Health Training and Education Centre (MOHTEC). Roy is also in specialist Prosthodontic practice in Essendon. Professor Ivan Darby is Head of Periodontics and Convener of the Postgraduate Periodontic program at the Melbourne Dental School. He graduated with a BDS (1991) and completed his PhD (2000), both from the University of Glasgow. In 2006 he received his FRACDS(Perio). Ivan is a specialist periodontist working part-time in Moonee Ponds. His research interests include periodontal and surgical implant treatment outcomes and bone regeneration. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals and serves as editor of Periodontology. A Fellow of the ITI, Ivan has lectured locally, nationally and internationally. Dr Melinda Newnham has been a dentist for 16 years, having completed her BDSc in Western Australia (1995), specialist training in periodontics in Melbourne (2006), and was awarded the ANZAP medallion in 2007. Throughout her professional career, Melinda has enjoyed presenting lectures and tutoring undergraduate hygiene and dental students, Australian Dental Council (ADC) examination candidates, general dentists, postgraduate periodontics students and periodontists. She enjoys all aspects of periodontics, including regeneration and augmentation procedures, aesthetics and implants. Melinda is in private practice in Moonee Ponds and is also the consultant periodontist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne. A/Professor Stephen Chen is a specialist periodontist in private practice in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Senior Fellow at the Melbourne Dental School, University of Melbourne. His main areas of interest are in the field of dental implantology and periodontal regeneration

Venue

723 Swanston Street Carlton
720 Swanston Street Carlton

Organisers

Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne
Melbourne Dental School, Melbourne Oral Health Training Education Centre, 2nd Floor CPD Office
723 Swanston Street
Carlton
3053
Australia

Samantha Vassallo La Rosa
T: 03 903 56137
E: sam.v@unimelb.edu.au
W: ecommerce.dent.unimelb.edu.au

Speaker

Lysle E. Johnston, Jr., DDS, MS, PhD Professor Emeritus, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

Lysle E. Johnston, Jr., is professor emeritus of dentistry, the University of Michigan, and professor emeritus of orthodontics, Saint Louis University. He graduated from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry in 1961 and from Michigan’s Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies (orthodontics) in 1964. He studied anatomy at the Queen’s University of Belfast (1961-2) and received a Ph.D. in anatomy from Case Western Reserve University in 1970. Before coming to the University of Michigan, he chaired the orthodontic departments of Case Western Reserve University (1971-6) and Saint Louis University (1976-91). At Michigan, he chaired the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry and was the Robert Browne Professor of Dentistry (1991-2004). He also served as director of the Graduate Orthodontic Program and taught statistics, cephalometrics, facial growth, occlusal development, and orthodontic history. For nearly 40 years, he has studied the differential effects of various orthodontic treatments, the mechanisms of facial growth, and the nature of the interaction between growth and treatment. Extramural support, both for this research and for the publications that have resulted from it, has been supplied by grants from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research. During the course of his academic career, Dr. Johnston has advised approximately 100 master’s theses and has contributed to the education of approximately 500 orthodontic specialists. He has lectured widely and is the recipient of numerous of honors, most notably the Albert H. Ketcham award of the American Board of Orthodontics, the 5th International Award of the Italian Society, and the Dewel Award of the American Association of Orthodontics. He has delivered both the Mershon and Salzmann Lectures of the American Association of Orthodontics, the Angle Memorial Lecture of the E.H. Angle Society of Orthodontists (twice), the Northcroft Lecture of the British Society for the Study of Orthodontics, and the Arthur Thornton Taylor Memorial Lecture of the Australian Society of Orthodontics. A fellow of both the American and International colleges of dentistry and a fellow in dental surgery by election of the Royal College of Surgeons (England), Dr. Johnston has served on the editorial boards of a number of journals, including both the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and the (British) Journal of Orthodontics; was a member of the Oral Biology and Medicine Study Section of the National Institutes of Health; and was a director of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists. On a personal note, Dr. Johnston is married and has two children, Ann-Christine and Michael. His hobbies include tennis, elderly British sports cars, and old movies.

Venue

The Rutherford Hotel
Trafalgar Square

Organisers

NZAO
PO Box 179
Albany Village
Albany
0795
New Zealand

Jean Templeton
T: 09 442 1099
E: admin@orthodontists.org.nz
W: www.orthodontists.org.nz

Speaker

• Florence M. Sturm, CPE

Florence Sturm, C.P.E., has been a certified parent educator since 1991. As the mother of five children and after 26 years of facilitating programs for parents, she has seen the overwhelming needs of parents for information, support, skills and principles of healthy parenting. Florence taught classes at Parents, Inc. for 13 years and Family Forum for 5 years before starting ParentEd., an organization which offers classes and workshops for parents.

Venue

Organisers

Nelson Orthodontics
27 Waimea Road
7010
New Zealand

Andrew Lush
T: 03 546 6981
E: andrewlush@nelsonortho.co.nz

Speaker

Patric Moberger

Patric holds a Masters in Adult Education and came to Australia (from Sweden) in 1999 to manage the frontline management development programs at Ansett Airlines. Patric has trained over 16,000 frontline staff members at Qantas and has worked with many international businesses in the oil, insurance, retail, food and dental industry. Patric has been with Prime Practice for over 8 years and is the General Manager for Training and Development. He has an in depth knowledge of the needs of a modern dental practice and has extensive experience training dental practices across a wide range of areas including: communication skills, leadership, customer service and learning and development. Patric has facilitated workshops for dentists and their teams worldwide, helping thousands of dentists to create their dream teams. He works with both private practices and corporates.

Venue

Novotel Sydney Central
169-179 Thomas Street

Organisers

Prime Practice
Suite 1 Level 1
59-75 Grafton Street
Bondi Junction
2022
AUSTRALIA

Maria Rabiet
T: +61 2 8935 0600
E: maria.rabiet@primepractice.com.au
W: www.primepractice.com.au

Speaker

Multiple

multiple speakers will be presenting a range of topics

Venue

Dunedin Art Gallery
Octogan

Organisers

University of Otago - Oral Rehabilitation
Rm 4.84 School of Dentistry
Walsh Building
310 Great King Street
9016
NEW ZEALAND

Shirley Claxton
T: 03 479 7125
E: oral.rehabilitation@otago.ac.nz
W: www.otago.ac.nz

Speaker

• Steven Jay Bowman, DMD, MSD

S. Jay Bowman DMD, MSD is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics and a member of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists. He developed and teaches the Straightwire course at The University of Michigan, is an Adjunct Associate Professor at Saint Louis University, an Assistant Clinical Professor at Case Western Reserve University, Visiting Clinical Lecturer at Seton Hill University, and Milton Sims Visiting Professor at the University of Adelaide. He maintains a private specialty practice of orthodontics in Portage, MI.

Venue

Organisers

Nelson Orthodontics
27 Waimea Road
7010
New Zealand

Andrew Lush
T: 03 546 6981
E: andrewlush@nelsonortho.co.nz

Speaker

Meg Sharp

Megan Sharpe - Professional Services Manager Infection Control & Sterilisation Consultant Practice Management Consultant AAPM Certified HBDI Whole Brain Technology Practitioner

Venue

Max and Beresford
116 Remuera Rd, Remuera

Organisers

Lumino The Dentists
West Plaza Building, Level 11
3-7 Albert Street
3-7 Albert Street
1010
New Zealand

Sharnah Phillips
T: 93 617 133
E: sharnah.phillips@lumino.co.nz
W: www.lumino.co.nz

Speaker

Prof German Gallucci, Prof Bill Scarfe, Dr Chng Chai Kia, Dr Ben Chow, Dr Suzanne Hanlin, Prof Alison Rich

Speaker Bios attached in email and available on the Convocation Website. Speakers Continued; Dr Theresia Sudjalim, A/Prof Chris Barnett, Prof Sharon Goldfeld, Prof Saso Ivanovski, Dr Matthew McLaughlin, Ms Julie Brooke-Cowden, A/Prof Ramesh Balasubramanian, Prof Michael Davies, Dr David Roessler, Prof Jonathan Clark, Dr George Dimitroulis, Dr Erin Mahoney, Dr Andre Bendyk, Dr Daniel Farmer, A/Prof Sharon Liberali,

Venue

Hilton Adelaide
233 Victoria Square

Organisers

Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
Level 13
37 York Street
2000
Australia

RACDS RACDS
T: +6 129 2626044
E: charlotte.anneveld@racds.org
W: www.racds.org