Dr. Prathip Phantumvanit
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Dr. Prathip Phantumvanit was Former Dean at the Faculty
of Dentistry, Khon Kaen University and Founder-Dean at
Thammasat University Dental School. He was also Past-President
of the Southeast Asia Association for Dental Education (SEAADE)
Currently he is the member of FDI-World Dental
Development & Health Promotion Committee as well as WHO-Expert
Advisory Panel on Oral Health.
Professor Johann de Vries
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Professor Johann de Vries
BChD, BChD (Hons), MDent, COL, FICD, FPFA, FIAD, FACD
Professor and Dean, School of Dentistry, University of
Adelaide, Australia
- Graduated as a dentists in 1974 at the University of
Pretoria, South Africa
- Head of Operative Dentistry for 10 years.
- Became Associate Professor in 1981 and Professor in
1983.
- Dean since April 1991 in South Africa, Canada and
Australia. (Medical University of Southern Africa;
University of Manitoba; University of Adelaide)
- President of the International Federation for Dental
Academics and Associates for a 3 year term.
- Chaired the first Summit on the Future of Dentistry in
Canada.
- Chair of the CDA Council on Education
- Chair of the CDA Committee on Dental Academia.
- President –Elect of the Association of Canadian
Schools of Dentistry.
- Deputy Chair of the Dental Advisory Group to the
Federal Health Minister in Canada
- Member of the University Council, MEDUNSA.
- Member of the South African Medical and Dental Council
- Chaired a number of accreditation visits to dental
schools in Canada and South Africa.
- Chair of the Dental Deans Committee in South Africa.
- Chair of the Dental Deans Committee in Canada.
- Member of the American Dental Deans Council.
- Member of the ADC Board of Directors and member of the
Executive Committee.
- Member of the Steering group that organised the 2007
Global Dental Conference, Dublin.
- Received the Annual Distinguished Service Award from
the Canadian Dental Association 2006.
- Visiting Professor at Kings College London
- Member of the Academic Council at the International
Medical University, Malaysia
- Member of the Advisory Board for IVIDENT (first
virtual dental school), Kings College London
- Past chair-elect of the American Dental Deans
Leadership Institute and member of the Board for a
number of years.
- Member of the Oman Accreditation Councils’ Quality
Audit Panel
- Member of the Board of Directors of the International
Federation of Dental Academics and Associations,
Washington DC
- Member of the Editorial Board, European Journal of
Dental Education.
- Inducted as Fellow of the Pierce Fauchard Academy, The
International College of Dentist, The International
Academy of Dentists and the American College of Dentists
- Presented 186 Papers at national and international
conferences and meetings.
Professor Rahimah Abdul
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Professor Rahimah Abdul
Professor Dr Rahimah Abdul Kadir, President of SEAADE
2006-2008 had been involved for more than 30 years as an
educator, administrator, clinician and researcher at
Faculty of Dentistry, Universiti Malaysia (1977 0 2007)
and later on as a contract professor with Universiti
Kebangsaan Malaysia.
She was the former Dean of Faculty of Dentistry UM prior
to her official retirement in January 2007 and had
contributed alongside her colleagues in the curriculum
development of both undergraduate and postgraduate
teaching in dentistry in several dental schools in
Malaysia.
She was also a member of the Malaysian Dental Council
and appointed assessor for Malaysian Quality Agency
(2008-2011) which monitors quality education training
programs. Currently she is President of the Asian
Academy of Preventive Dentistry and on the national
level is President, Malaysian Association for Dental
Public Health Specialists. Her involvement in SEAADE
goes a long way back for almost two decades. She is
partially responsible for the initiation and development
of SEAADE-GC Student Prevention Program. |