Professional Activities

Awards and Honours:

1. British Council Award for clinical training at Canniesburn Hospital (Glasgow), and Queen Mary's University Hospital (London), in 1988
2. Overseas Research Student Award given by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom to cover the tuition fees for the PhD for three years from 1990 to 1993.
3. Glasgow University Postgraduate Scholarship for maintenance and living expenses during PhD course from 1990 to 1993.                      
4. Scottish Hospital Endowment Research Trust Travel Grant of £1500 for collaborative Research with Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, July 1994.
5. European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Scholarship of £1200 for Research Visit to Mexico in July 1998.
6. The Tom Gibson Memorial Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for research in bone bio-engineering, 1999
7. Poster Prize (1st place) Gunter Russell Prize, British Orthodontic Conference 2001 Three dimensional soft tissue changes following orthognathic surgery – a preliminary report (M. Hajeer, D Millett, A Ayoub)
8. Poster Prize (3rd place) British Orthodontic Conference, Sept. 2001 on Clinical and three-dimensional assessment of cleft deformity  (Al-Omari, D Millett, A Ayoub)
9. Best Young Researcher presentation at the International Meeting of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry, Sept, 2002 on Facial      Asymmetry-3D assessment in infants with cleft lip and palate (C Hood, M Bock, MT Hosey, A Ayoub)
10. A role for specialist nurses in a Maxillofacial outpatient clinic: delivery of a        motivational interview package to patients with alcohol related facial injuries. Oaky F, Hollan I, Goodall C, Crowfort A, Smith I, Gilchrist G, Bowman A, Russell A, Koppel D, Ayoub A.  Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons in Boston 2005. The presentation won a prize  for being one of the 5 best abstracts at the meeting.
11. The use of  TCP & MSC for mandibular reconstruction. (R. El Fotawi, K. Naudi, A. Ayoub) The presentation won a prize of best post at the 4th International Saudi Conference held in Manchester June 2010.
    Best Undergraduate Student Teaching Award 2013/14

Clinical Experience:

1. House Officer:
   This one-year rotation offered a wide range of experience in various branches of dentistry.  My duties involved basic dental treatments in different departments.  The on-call commitment was 1 in 3, first on call. 
2. Three year Residency in Oral Surgery (Cairo University)
   Duties of this job included minor oral surgical procedures under local anaesthesia and conscious sedation. It also provided opportunity for assessment and treatment of severe oral and circum-oral infections with special interest in drug abusers and immuno-compromised patients.  The on-call commitment was 1 in 3, second on-call.
3. Higher surgical trainee in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
   I have gained experience in the diagnosis and clinical management of a wide range of cases treated at Canniesburn Hospital.  I have assisted and participated in the surgical management of various cases under the supervision of the consultant trainers.
4. Honorary Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
   I shared the on-call duties in 1 in 5 rota with the rest of the maxillofacial surgeons for 10 years (1999-2009). I trained Maxillofacial, Oral Surgery, and Surgical Dentistry trainees in Scotland.   I have a weekly full day operating session which enables me and my team to treat patients with facial deformities.  This is complimented with a multidisciplinary dentofacial deformity clinic which is the basis of my clinical research. I lead the academic department in providing research facilities and the needed supervision for my NHS colleagues and I encourage the specialist registrars to conduct research projects and register for postgraduate research degrees.

Research Strategies and Interests:

Research Posts:

• Head of the Craniofacial and Biotechnology Section at Glasgow Dental Hospital and School.

Research Director Glasgow Dental Hospital School, Jan 2004-March 2009

• Elected member to the research committee of the International Association of Oral & maxillofacial Surgery, March 2008
• Elected member of the United Kingdom Society of Biomaterials, April 2008
• Research Lead, Clinical Dentistry Section, Glasgow Dental School

Invited Research Lectures/Key Note Presentations:

1. The Millennium Prof. T N Chawla Memorial oration, “Recent advances in facial distraction osteogenesis” 2nd November 2000, King George’s Medical College, Lucknow, India
2. The use of BMP for mandibular reconstruction.  The second meeting of the Egyptian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, Cairo, Oct. 2001
3. Distraction osteogenesis of the facial bones, 2nd Oxford Distraction Symposium, 15th March, 2002
4. Recent advances in bone bioengineering, the annual meeting of the Indian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Mumbai, November 2002
5. The state of the art of surgical correction of dentofacial deformities, Cairo University, Jan. 2003.
6. BMPs the state of the art.  The Annual meeting of the Spanish Orthopaedic Society, Lanzarotte 3rd June 2004
7. Evidence based management of facial injuries, The Annual Meeting of the European Trainees in Oral, & Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow Oct. 2004
8. Recent advances in Orthognathic Surgery, the third international meeting of the Egyptian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, 29 Sept.-1 Oct 2004
9. 9.3D imaging and its use in measuring treatment outcome. The dental Colloquium, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Faculty of Dental Surgery. March 3rd 2005
10. Recent advances in the surgical correction of facial deformities. The fourth national meeting of the Alumni of the Faculty of Dentistry, Aleppo University, 5-7 April 2005, Aleppo
11. The application of BMP for mandibular reconstruction. The second UK BMP user group meeting. King’s College Hospital, London, 5,6 June 2005
12. Experimental and clinical application of BMP in the maxillofacial region. The joint meeting between the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and The Egyptian Association of oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons, Cairo, Egypt, 28-30 Sept. 2005
13. The application of the recent advances in bone bioengineering in the maxillofacial region. Bone Regeneration symposium of the British Institute of Orthopaedics, 7, 8 Nov. 2005, Oswestry, Shropshire.
14. 14.The use of 3D imaging in the maxillofacial region, The Annual meeting of the British Dental Association, Glasgow, 20th May 2005
15. The use of BMP for Maxillofacial reconstruction. XIV congress nazionale societa Italiana di chirurgia maxillo-faciale, Parma, 9-11 June 2005.
16. Changing faces in the 21st century, the quincentenial celebration of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 30th June 2005
17. Recent advances in bone bioengineering, the quincentenial celebration of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Cairo, 29-30 Sept. 2005
18. The application of MBP for Maxillofacial reconstruction, the International meeting “Bone 2005” Granada, Spain, 27-30 Oct. 2005
19. The state-of –the-art surgical correction of facial deformities. 17th Saudi International Dental Congress, 28-31 Jan 2006, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
20. The use of BMP in the maxillofacial region, the congress of the European Association of Carnio-maxillofacial Surgery, Barcelona, 13-15 Sept. 2006
21. 6th International conference on BMPs, from the lab to the patients, the use of BMP for Maxillofacial reconstruction. Dubrovnik, Oct 11-15, 2006
22. The surgical correction of dentofacial deformities, 15th International dental conference of Alexandria University, Egypt, 15-17 Nov. 2006
23. Alcohol and violence intervention in clinics.  Violence reduction alliance – Seminar 3, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, 27th November 2006
24. Evidence based management & recent advances in the treatment of facial trauma.  The British Association of Oral Surgeons.  The Royal College of Surgeons of England. 16th March 2007
25. A new dimension of analysing craniofacial morphology.  The 14th meeting of the Turkish association of oral & maxillofacial surgeons, Antalya, Turkey, 31st May-3 June 2007
26. Recent advances in bone bioengineering, The American Dental Society of Europe, Loch Lomond, Scotland, 25-29 June 2007
27. WHO meeting at Tullalan, Scotland on violence reduction, 17-19 July 2007.
28. TC White symposium on “technological advances in diagnosis & treatment: The impact of Hi-Tec in the dental specialities.  3D analysis of cleft lip & palate. The Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons, Glasgow, 9th May 2008.
29. The first meeting of the Syrian British Medical association:  Surgical correction of Dentofacial Deformities, Damascus, Syria, 18-22 June 2008
30. 15th International Conference of the Turkish Association of OMFS. Recent Advances in the management of facial trauma.  Anatoly, Turkey, Oct.32st -2nd Nov. 2008
31. The 33rd Annual conference of the Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India, Bone bioengineering, from the lab to the patient side.  Bone grafts, alveolar distraction & zygomatic implants. 26-30th November, 2008, Lucknow, India
32. The 1st International conference of Tanta University, Egypt in the period from 24-25 Dec. 2008.  Future Vision of Dentistry”
33. The 1st international conference of the Beirut Arab University (BAU) in Lebanon, May1-3, 2009
34. The 19th conference of the international association of oral & maxillofacial surgeons, Shanghai, China, 24-27 May 2009. Recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dentofacial deformities.
1. The surgical correction of dentofacial deformities
2. the third dimension in the diagnosis and management of craniofacial deformities
35. The 8th conference of the UK society of biomaterials, 2-3 July 2009, University of Ulster, “Reconstruction of the oro-facial region; challenges and opportunities”
36. The international meeting 3D Bologna Meeting & Workshop, Italy, 22-24 jan 2010, The use of 3D imaging to assess facial deformities.
37. 3rd International Congress & Workshops;  22-25 March 2010, Eindhoven, 3D virtual planning of orthognathic surgery: an actual overview of where we are.
38. The mission impossible of balancing clinical and academic career. Nexxus First meeting of the Glasgow Orthopaedic Research Initiative (GLO|RI). 6th May 2010, University of Glasgow.
39. Research advances in bone bioengineering. UKSB conference 2010, 1,2 July 2010, University of Glasgow.
40. The application of dental implants in compromised bony foundation. The international symposium of Nobel implants, London, 2-4 Sept. 2010
41. 3D orthognathic planning - a paradigm shift, the annual conference of the British Orthodontic Society, Brighton 19-21 Sept. 2010
42. Facial changes following orthognathic surgery, the annual conference of the British association of Oral Surgery and the European Federation of Oral Surgery Societies, Edinburgh, 23-25 Sept. 2010
43. The 10 commandments for successful research studies.  The 6th International conference of the Egyptian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons held in Cairo from the 14-16 Oct. 2010.
44. A new dimension for the diagnosis and management of facial deformities. The 6th International conference of the Egyptian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons held in Cairo from the 14-16 Oct. 2010.
45. The exciting future of 4D imaging. Joint conference of the Syrian British Medical Society and the International Association of Dental Research (IADR), Damascus, 28-30 Oct. 2010
46. The recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dento-facial deformities. The annual dental conference of the University of Jordan, Amman 2nd June 2011.
47. Critical appraisal of the literature, the international conference in oral and maxillofacial surgery, Santiago Chile, 2-5 November 2011
48. 2D, 3D, 4D assessment –prediction planning for correction of facial deformities. The 36th annual conference of the Association of Oral & maxillofacial Surgeons of India, Nov. 2011.
49. Innovation in the reconstruction of oro-facial region; challenges and opportunities.  Knowledge transfer through partnership meeting, Glasgow, 20th March 2012.
50. Professorial visit to the school of dentistry, the University of Maryland, Baltimore from 19-22 June 2012 giving lectures, presentations, participating in Grayson W. Gaver Memorial Lecture, as well as meetings with various faculty and visits to scientific groups who work on tissue engineering.
51. Professorial visit to the National University of Singapore sponsored by the Ministry of Health of Singapore as HMDP expert from the 31st July to 7th June 2012.
52. The 7th international conference of the Egyptian Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Cairo Egypt 26-28th Sept. 2012. 1. Continuous professional development a luxury or a necessity; 2. A new approach for the diagnosis and management of the oro-facial deformities.
53. Key note lecture at the World Conference of Aesthetic Dental Implants on the reconstruction of compromised bony foundation at the University of Warwick, 17th Oct. 2012
54. Key note speaker at the Tenth International Congress of Iranian Association of Orthodontics from 23-27 Oct. 2012 to lecture on; the recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dento-facial deformities; the combined orthodontic and surgical approaches; Tehran, Iran
55. The 11th International Congress of Iranian Association of Orthodontics, 16-18 Oct. 2013, Shiraz, Iran. “ The comprehensive orthodontic and surgical correction of dentofacial deformities.
56. The 21st International conference on Oral & maxillofacial Surgery, 21-24 Oct. 2013 Barcelona. “Ethics in scientific writing”.
57. The 12th international confernec of the Iranian Association of Oral & maxillofacial Surgeons, Tehran 28th Feb-1st March 2014:
1. The application of Distraction Osteognesis in the maxillofacial Region
2. The clinical application of tissue bioengineering
3. The recent advances in the diagnosis and management of dento-facial deformities

58. The third Bologna International Meeting & Workshops,  Bologna, Italy, 28-29, 4D stereophotogrammetry
59. Peking University scholl of Stomatology, China, 6th Sept 2015. Evidnece based management of facial deformities
60. The1ist international dental conference of Ain Shams University, Cairo, 24-26 Sept. 2014, Cairo Egypt. 

1. State-of-the art surgical correction of dentofacial deformities
2. Basic principles of research methodology