Philip M. Preshaw BDS, FDS RCSEd, FDS (Rest Dent) RCSEd, PhD

Professor Philip Preshaw is Dean of Dentistry and Professor of Periodontology at the University of Dundee. He was previously Professor and Chair of Periodontology at the Faculty of Dentistry, National University of Singapore. He received his dental degree from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne in 1991 and his PhD in 1997. He is a registered specialist in Periodontics and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He has been awarded a UK National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) National Clinician Scientist Fellowship, a Distinguished Scientist Award from the International Association for Dental Research, and a King James IV Professorship from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh for his contributions to dental research.

Professor Preshaw is currently President Elect of the British Society of Periodontology and Council member of the European Federation of Periodontology.