Patrick Byrne

Position:        Immediate Past Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, IRELAND

Dr.P.J. Byrnewas born inCork,Irelandin 1958.  He graduated in Dentistry in 1982 from University College Cork.  He held various hospital appointments 1982 – 1989 inIrelandandUK.  In 1990 he completed his MSc at the Eastman Dental Institute in Periodontology which was awarded with distinction from theUniversityofLondon.  He was awarded the Sir Wilfred Fish Research Prize by the British Society of Periodontology in 1990.  From 1990 – 1991, he was Registrar in the Department of Periodontology at the Eastman Dental Institute,London.  In 1991, he was elected by examinationF.D.S.RoyalCollegeof Surgeons,EdinburghandF.F.D.RoyalCollegeof Surgeons inIreland.  He has 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 where he lectures on the programme for Undergraduate Dental Students, Dental Hygiene Students, Postgraduate Programme in Periodontology and on the Continuing Dental Education Course as well as invited presentations in Ireland and Internationally.   He is Director of the Programme for Clinical Dental Photography since 1998. He was a locum Consultant atBeaumontHospital,Dublin1992 – 1998, President of the Irish Society of Periodontology from 1998 –2000.  He was awarded an F.I.C.D. by the International College of Dentists in 2002.  Elected to the Board of the Faculty of Dentistry, RCSI 1999 where he became Vice-Dean in 2004, and was Dean from 2007 to 2010.

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