MBE BDS MFGDP(UK) FFGDP(UK) PgDip MDE
Senior Dento-Legal Consultant
Raj is a graduate of University College Hospital, London. He is a general dental practitioner and maintains his commitment to clinical dentistry at his practices, combining this with his role of Associate Dean in the London Deanery. Raj has considerable experience of the NHS and the private sector. A member of the original Options for Change task group in 2001, Raj was then appointed as a Policy Adviser to the Department of Health where he served his three-year term and continues to act as a professional adviser to NHS and private sector organisations on a consultancy basis.
Raj has authored/co-authored several text books, published numerous articles in the dental press, and been involved in new media publishing initiatives involving e-learning and CD-ROM based materials for general dental practice. He is a former examiner for the FGDP and a visiting lecturer/Teaching Fellow to a number of postgraduate teaching programmes, and has lectured widely in the UK and overseas. He first worked as a Dento-Legal Adviser for Dental Protection in 1993 before becoming a Senior Dento-Legal Consultant in 2011. In addition to working with members he is monitoring the introduction of Foundation Training on behalf of DPL and is actively involved in creating educational resources for members.