Professor Jag Dhanda
Professor Jag Dhanda
Oral Surgeon
Qualifications: BDS University of Bristol 1998, MFDS Royal College of Surgeons of England 2001
GDC membership number: 74468
Date of registration: 29 June 1998
Professor Jag Dhanda is a dual qualified oral and maxillofacial surgeon with a clinical specialty interest in head and neck cancer ablation and reconstruction. He studied dentistry and a BSc (Hons) in Cellular and Molecular Pathology at the University of Bristol. He then went on to complete a medical degree at Barts and the London Medical School and a PhD at the University of Liverpool. He has been the successful recipient of three Royal College of Surgeons of England research fellowships (college, board and specialty) and a CRUK felllowship. Professor Dhanda has been a previous council member for the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons, and he is an elected board member for Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England. He completed his surgical training in Bristol, London, the West Midlands, and East Grinstead including a trainee interface group advanced head and neck reconstructive fellowship. His NHS surgical practice is limited to advanced head and neck reconstructive procedures including free tissue transfer and microvascular surgery. Professor Dhanda is also a practicing dental implant surgeon in the South East.
Professor Dhanda completed a PhD in the molecular determinants of head and neck cancer using three-dimensional tissue modelling and transcriptomics. He supervises PhD students including a NIHR doctoral research fellow exploring the role of iKnife technology and robotic surgery in head and neck cancer.
Professor Dhanda is the founder and clinical lead for Virtual Reality in Medicine and Surgery (VRiMS.tv), a free for trainee resource using live streaming and restreaming of cadaveric surgical techniques in virtual reality. He is the successful recipient of over £1million from HEE to develop educational resources for multiprofessionals using extended reality (virtual reality, augmented reality and the metaverse). He is conducting studies to scientifically validate the educational benefit of extended reality in medical education for multiprofessional using a combination of eye tracking, physiological sensors, and motion capture to determine whether virtual reality training can be at least equivalent to, or better than, conventional face to face training. He is also developing a skin cancer augmented reality app to guide surgeons in diagnosis and surgical techniques for managing facial skin cancer.
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