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Professor Stephen Porter is Institute Director and Professor of Oral Medicine at UCL (at the world-renowned Eastman Dental Institute).

Oral Medicine

He has a national and international reputation in research and a wealth of experience in Oral Medicine – the medical management of disorders of the mouth and surrounding structures, including pain of the face and mouth.

Professor Porter is a member of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons. He is also Honhourary Consultant in Oral Medicine in UCLHT NHS Eastman Dental Hospital. He has published more than 450 scholarly works. Including articles in the scientific journals The British Medical Journal, The British Dental Journal and The Journal of the American Dental Association.

Research and Career

Stephen Porter is Professor of Oral Medicine and Head of the Division of Maxillofacial Medical Diagnostic & Surgical Sciences at UCL Eastman Dental Institute. He was appointed as Director of the UCL Eastman Dental Institute in 2008.

His research focused on identifying, diagnosing and preventing pre-cancer and cancer of the mouth. He’s also established treatments that lessen the adverse effects of cancer therapy. His research has reported several firsts including reporting the impact of AIDS and HIV disease on the mouth. He also discovered the immunogenetic basis of aggressive periodontitis. He reported the viral cause of Kaposi’s sarcoma (HHIV-8) in the mouth of some immune deficient patients. Moreover, his work has described the oral disease of scleroderma and its impact on oral health.

Awards

• Honorary Doctorate of Medicine, University of Gothenburg, 2011
• Menzies Campbell Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of England, 2015
• Edward Leo Sheridan Medal, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, 2020

Eleni is a Senior Lecturer & Consultant Oral Surgeon at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

Her practice includes:

• complex teeth extractions (including wisdom teeth, ectopic teeth in adults and children);
• surgical procedures to assist orthodontic treatment (including expose and bond of canines, implant placement and bone augmentation/grafting);
• management of cyst, soft tissue biopsies;
• IV sedation; and
• treating facial pain.

Training:

Following her graduation with honours from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece in 2010, she worked and trained at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, at the Eastman Dental Institute, UCL and at the Edinburgh Dental Institute, NHS Lothian (where she completed her specialist training in Oral Surgery in 2018). Following the completion of her training she was appointed as an NHS Consultant in the same hospital.

Teaching:

She has completed a Masters in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the prestigious Eastman Dental Institute, UCL and a Doctorate in Dental Surgery in stem cells for bone and nerve regeneration from Edinburgh University alongside her NHS training. Her current job involves teaching and supervision of trainee dentists at various levels alongside her clinical work as a Consultant Oral Surgeon.

Publications and Academic Recognition:

Eleni has a broad experience of clinical teaching and research in Oral Surgery. She has multiple publications in peer review journals and has presented her work internationally. She teaches postgraduate NHS and university trainees, and is an external examiner both nationally and internationally. Eleni has represented prestigious organisations such as the British Association of Oral Surgeons and the Association of British Academic Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.