Southern Tasmanian Study Group Meeting

Speakers for this event

• Dr Melinda Newnham

  Dr Melinda Newnham

  Specialist Periodontist- BDSc, DClinDent (Melb)

  Dr Melinda Newnham has been a dentist for 16 years, having completed her BDSc in Western Australia (1995), specialist training in periodontics in Melbourne (2006), and was awarded the ANZAP medallion in 2007. Throughout her professional career, Melinda has enjoyed presenting lectures and tutoring undergraduate hygiene and dental students, Australian Dental Council (ADC) examination candidates, general dentists, postgraduate periodontics students and periodontists. She enjoys all aspects of periodontics, including regeneration and augmentation procedures, aesthetics and implants. Melinda is in private practice in Moonee Ponds and is also the consultant periodontist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne.

  Specialist Periodontist- BDSc, DClinDent (Melb)

• Professor Ivan Darby

  Professor Ivan Darby

  BDS PhD Glas, FRACDS (Perio)

  Prof Darby is the current Head of Periodontics and is responsible for the school’s specialization program in Periodontics, DClinDent(Perio). In addition, he also has involvement in the Grad Dip Clin Dent (implants), DDS, BDSc and BOH periodontics and implant surgery components. Ivan is also Director of Postgraduate Research and Education and Head of Population Oral Health & Periodontics. He also practices as a Periodontist in Moonee Ponds. Ivan is a past President of the ANZ division, Periodontal Research Group and Asia Pacific Region of the IADR. He is also Editor of the ASP journal, Periodontology.

  BDS PhD Glas, FRACDS (Perio)