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a person nominated by the Minister being an
officer of the Department of Health or an employee of a public
health organisation.
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a registered dentist nominated by the Minister,
being a registered dentist involved in the tertiary education of
persons for qualifications.
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a registered dentist nominated by the Minister of
the Minister’s own choosing.
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a registered dental auxiliary nominated by the
Minister of the Minister’s own choosing.
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two persons (not being registered dental care
providers) nominated by the Minister to represent the community.
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a legal practitioner nominated by the
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The Term of office is for a period of four years,
except in the case of an appointment made to fill a casual vacancy when
the appointment is for the unexpired portion of the four year
period.
The current term of appointment for Board members
expires on the 31 July, 2010.
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President - Dr John Lockwood
BDS, FICD
Dr Lockwood graduated from the
University of Sydney in 1977 with a Bachelor of Dental Surgery. He
is a general practitioner in Hornsby, NSW. He is a member of
the following professional organisations: Australian Dental
Association, International College of Dentists, Academy Dentistry
International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy. He is a
past Councillor of the New South Wales Branch of the
Australian Dental Association. He has been a member of the Dental
Board of NSW Complaints Committee from 1994 to 2006, and
was appointed President of the Board effective 7
November 2007. Dr Lockwood was appointed to the Australian
Dental Council in 2008 and is a member of the Uniformity
Committee. He has been a Health Care
Complaints committee reviewer, a member of the NSW Health
workforce committee and a past President of the New South Wales
Branch of the Australian Dental Association. He has served on past
and present committees on matters relating to ethics, education,
registration, qualifications, health funds, advertising,
curriculum, professional indemnity, and various dental groups and
associations.
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Dr John W Dale
AO
Adj Associate Professor University of
Sydney,
BDS, MDS(Sydney), DDS(Tor),
LLB(NSW), FRACDS, FICD
Dr Dale is a general dentist in
private practice. He is a former President of the Australian
Dental Council and New South Wales Branch of the Australian Dental
Association. He was admitted as a barrister in New South
Wales in 1979 and has served on many committees and tribunals
associated with dentistry. He was elected to the Board in 1987 and
appointed President from 1988. Dr Dale resigned as
President effective 6 November 2007, however he will
serve out his term on the Board as a member. He has been
involved in part-time teaching at the University of Sydney since
1964 and holds the position of Adjunct Associate
Professor. He was made a member of the Order of Australia
(AM) in 1991 and an Officer (AO) in 2002 for his services to the
dental profession and the community. He serves on the Board’s
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Ms Karen Crawshaw
BA, LLB
Holds bachelor
degrees in arts and law. Admitted to the NSW Supreme Court in
1979 and subsequently to the High Court. Holds an unrestricted
practising certificate from the Law Society of
NSW. Ms Crawshaw held legal
positions in the State Crown Solicitor’s Office and the Premier’s
Department prior to joining the NSW Department of Health’s Legal
Branch. Ms Crawshaw took up the position of Director Legal
NSW Health in 1991. This role was subsequently expanded and,
as Director Employee Relations, Legal and Legislation and General
Counsel, included primary responsibility for NSW Health's legal
services, the Legislative Program for the Health portfolio, and
industrial relations and human resource policy for the NSW public
health system. In 2007 Ms Crawshaw was appointed Deputy
Director-General Health System Support. Her areas of
accountability for NSW Health are coporate governance and risk
management, financial budgeting and management, asset
management, contracting and procurement, corporate and business
services, legal and legislative services and the health
workforce. |
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Dr John E
Highfield
Adj Associate
Professor University of Sydney,
BDS, DDS(Tor),
MSc(London), FICD
John is a specialist periodontist in
the Sydney CBD. He is the convenor of the Education and
Qualifications Committee of the Board, and is a Director of the
Australian Dental Council. He was in general dental practice for
12 years before specializing and for 26 years was in half time
periodontal practice and had a half time academic appointment with
the University of Sydney were he was Head of the Discipline
of Periodontics until 2003. He now teaches undergraduate and
graduate students in an adjunct appointment. Over the
years he has been involved in numerous dental societies and at an
executive level with the Australian and new Zealand Academy of
Periodontists, The Australian Society of Periodontology, The
Dental Alumni Society of the University of Sydney and the Dental
Health Foundation as well as being involved in the examination of
overseas trained dentists and is chief examiner for the Dental
Board in dental hygiene. |
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Dr Anna Enno
BDS
Anna
grew up in the Snowy Mountains and graduated from the University
of Sydney with a BDS in 1974. She spent one year working at the
Institute of Dental Research in Sydney completing a study on the
fluoride content of bottled beverages. After tutoring in the
Preventive Dentistry Department of the University of Sydney for
two years, she traveled to London via Asia and worked in the
United Kingdom until 1979. Anna has now settled in Newcastle and
has worked as a General Practitioner for the last twenty-five
years. She is an active member of the Newcastle Division of the
Australian Dental Association and has tutored intermittently for
the University of Sydney Dental Faculty and for the Newcastle
T.A.F.E Dental Assistants’ course. Anna is married with two
sons.
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Professor Iven
Klineberg AM
RFD, BSc, MDS, PhD (Lond), FICD.
FDSRCS (Lond, Edin)
Educated
at North Sydney Boys High School and The University of Sydney.
Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) with Honours in 1963; Master of
Dental Surgery (MDS) in 1966; and Bachelor of Science (BSc) in
1968 as a Dental Health Education and Research Foundation Scholar.
Awarded a Fellowship at the Royal College of Surgeons of England,
Department of Applied Physiology and completed a PhD and Surgical
Fellowship (FDSRCS) in 1971. Returned to the University of Sydney
in 1972 as an NH&MRC Fellow, Department of Prosthodontics.
Established a practice devoted to prosthodontics which became
full-time from 1973. Appointed Visiting Associate Professor,
Department of Occlusion, University of Michigan from 1977 – 1978,
and Inaugural Chair of Oral Rehabilitation and Head
of Prosthodontics in The University of Sydney from 1978.
Appointed Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry, The University of
Sydney in 1992 to 1998 and in 2003 and 2004. Clinical and research
interests in prosthodontics include: orofacial pain and TMD
diagnosis and management and implant
rehabilitation. |
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Mrs Virginia von
Faber-Castell RDH
Assoc. Degree in Dental
Hygiene
Mrs Virginia Faber-Castell
graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, School of Dental
Hygiene in 1968, and after two years of working in private
practice in Pennsylvania and Florida, traveled to work in Zurich,
Switzerland in the research department of the Dental School under
the supervision of Professor Hans Muehlemann. In 1971 she
immigrated to Sydney, Australia where she still resides with her
husband and family. A Founding Member of the Dental Hygienists'
Association of Australia, NSW, Virginia has served as
International Co-ordinator, Treasurer and Chairman of the
Continuing Education Committee, as well as having worked in
private practice over a number of years. She is currently a
Clinical Tutor at the University of Newcastle's Bachelor of Oral
Health program. |
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Ad/Associate Professor Chris
Griffiths AM RFD
Chris Griffiths is a Dental Staff
Specialist at the Westmead Centre for Oral Health Westmead
Hospital. Chris works mainly in the area of Forensic
Odontologist; however he does have a clinical role as a member of
the Multi-Disciplinary team in the Head and Neck Clinic,
Department of Radiation Oncology. Chris has also spent 44 years in
the Australian Air Force, approximately half fulltime and the rest
in the reserve. He currently holds the rank of
substantive Air Commodore in the RAAF Specialist
Reserve.
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Dr David G Sykes
BDS (London), MDS(Syd), LDSRCS(Eng),
FRACDS
Dr Sykes gained his Bachelor of
Dental Surgery from the University of London in 1975, was awarded
a Fellowship by examination of the Royal Australasian College of
Dental Surgeons in 1985 and gained a Masters degree in Dental
Surgery from the University of Sydney in 1988. He was listed
as a Specialist Prosthodontist by the Dental Board of New South
Wales in 1989 and practices as such in Sydney to date. He served
as President of the Australian Dental Association (New South Wales
Branch) and as Chair of the Defence Committee that administered
the medical indemnity scheme on behalf of ADA members.
He has been an elected member of the Dental Board of New
South Wales since 1995 and has also served on the Regional
Committee of the Royal Australasian College of Dental
Surgeons. He holds an appointment as Senior Clinical
Associate at the University of Sydney involved in the postgraduate
prosthodontic training programme and is a Reserve Officer in the
Royal Australian Navy. |
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Ms Norah
McGuire
Norah McGuire is a past President of the Combined
Pensioners and Superannuants Association of New South Wales. She
has worked for, and represented, consumers in a number of areas
including health, housing income security and community services.
Over the past twenty years Norah has represented consumers and the
community on numerous boards and committees including the Social
Security Advisory Council and the Health Participation
Council. |
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Mr Charles Vandervord
LLB
Charles Vandervord is a Senior
Consultant with TressCox Lawyers. Over the last twenty years
Charles has served on numerous Committees including Personal
Injury Committee of the Law Society of NSW and Personal Injury and
Task Force Committees of the Law Council of Australia. He is
currently the Acting Deputy Chairperson of the Serious Offenders
Review Council and Deputy President of the Mental Health Review
Tribunal. Charles has also assisted in drafting legislative
change at a State level and appeared at Senate Sub-committee
enquiry, as well as appearing at two Federal enquiries in relation
to a proposed National Workers Compensation
Scheme. |
