The ICD has been honouring the world’s leading dentists since 1920, with over 12,000 members designated fellows in more than 140 countries.
Fellowship in the college is by invitation only and is granted in recognition of an individual dentist’s outstanding professional achievement, meritorious service and dedication to the continued progress of dentistry for the benefit of humankind. Before being recognised as a fellow of the ICD, the candidate’s qualifications and achievements are evaluated by a series of credential committees in order to ensure that the individual is deserving of this honour and will live up to the ICD motto of “Recognising service as well as the opportunity to serve”.
Twelve fellows were inducted into the International College of Dentists at the annual meeting of the European Section of the College in Limassol, Cyprus. They were introduced to the president of the European section, Dov Sydney, but the vice regent of the District of England, Scotland and Wales, Roy Morris. The induction ceremony included 51 fellows in total being inducted into the college from the 16 districts that constitute the European Section.
Sejal Bhansali
Sejal is a general dental practitioner in London and Board member of the British Association of Private Dentists and a board member of Women in Dentistry, UK. She set up the Dental Wellness Trust’s Kenya branch, which provides oral health products and instruction to 10,000 children in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum.
Pip Dhariwal
Pip is the chief executive officer of a nationwide group of dental practices. His personal clinical interest is in sedation on which he lectures and teaches. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine and is President of the Indian Dental Association. He is also the founder and a trustee of the Great Expectations Foundation which provides classrooms for 220 students in Elerai Masai School, Tanzania.
John Duthie
John has retired from clinical dentistry, where he lectured at Liverpool Dental School in restorative dentistry. He was a founder examiner for the Diploma in General Dental Practice. He still provides and teaches health professionals procedural hypnosis.
Michael Heffernan
Michael is a specialist prosthodontist in practice and teaches at the Eastman Dental Institute in London. He is an ITI fellow and co-founded a dental confectionery company and fund-raises for the Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Charity.
Vipul Kataria
Vipul is an endodontic specialist working in practice. He is a clinical lecturer in endodontics at the Eastman Dental Institute London and Kings College Dental School London.
Biju Krishnan
Biju limits his practice to orthodontics and is the inventor of the C-Fast system on which he lectures internationally. He is a board member of the British Academy of Restorative Dentistry, The Journal of Aesthetic Dentistry Today and The Orthodontic Practice magazine.
Adi Moran
Adi is a specialist endodontist. He is honorary lecturer and clinical fellow teacher to Warwick University. He is a guest lecturer at the Hebrew University, Hadassal and participates in the American–Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, Office of Hungary.
Ralph Pickup
Ralph is a general dental practitioner in Lancashire. He is a fellow of the College of General Dentistry and is actively involved in local Public Dental Health Committees.
Malcolm Prideaux
Malcolm is the associate dental dean for Peninsular Dental School. He also teaches general dentistry and orthodontics. He has served on missions on the Mercy Ships, Medic Malawi and the Christian Dental fellowship.
Davinder Raju
Davinder is a general dental practitioner. His practice, Dove Dental Care is focussed on sustainability and prevention. He holds a masters degree in advanced minimum intervention dentistry.
Nikolaos Vourakis
Nikolaos is in private practice in the UK as an implant and restorative dentist. A graduate of Thessaloniki Dental School, he holds a Masters degree in oral surgery and implantology.
Jocelyn Wen
Jocelyn is a specialist registrar in orthodontics at the Eastman Dental Institute, London. She holds fellowships in the International College of Continuing Dental Education and The International College of Dento-Facial Education. She has participated in the Common Grounds Community Outreach South Africa.
Once initiated, a fellow in good standing is authorised to use the title ‘FICD’ after their name.