Author: Ping

The Alan Rickman Professorship of Facial Surgery

Posted on 2nd August 202421st August 2024 by Ping

Read about the aims of the campaign below or download the PDF version here.

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Mr Ian Martin

Posted on 30th May 202430th May 2024 by Ping

30
May

Saving Faces are sad to hear of the passing of Mr Ian Martin, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon.

Mr Martin was a friend of Saving Faces Chief Executive, Professor Iain Hutchison, was President of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) in 2018, and Chair of NCEPOD.

Mr Martin was also a key speaker at The National Facial, Oral and Oculoplastic Research Centre (NFORC) launch in 2014.

With deepest condolences to Mr Martin’s family – may he rest in peace.

Photo courtesy of BAOMS

https://x.com/BAOMSOfficial/status/1795771622823235959

Saving Faces and the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial-Facial Surgery (EACMFS) partnership

Posted on 14th May 202414th May 2024 by Ping

14
May

Saving Faces will be partnering with the European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial-Facial Surgery (EACMFS) for 3 years to serve education and excellence in clinical practice in the UK and across Europe.

The themes of the project will cover fields such as guidelines and protocols related to oral and maxillofacial surgery.

Mr Nick Kalavrezos, Senior President (Elect) of the EACMFS will formerly announce the project during their General Assembly in Rome in September 2024.

The Chief Executive of Saving Faces, Professor Iain Hutchison, is delighted about this new partnership and looks forward to working with the EACMFS.

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Professor Bob Woodwards

Posted on 2nd April 20244th April 2024 by Ping

02
Apr

Saving Faces are sad to hear of the passing of Professor Bob Woodwards, Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon.

Professor Woodwards was a friend of Saving Faces Chief Executive, Professor Iain Hutchison, and was President of British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) in 2011.

Our thoughts are with his wife Claire during this challenging time. May he rest in peace.

Photo courtesy of BAOMS

https://x.com/BAOMSOfficial/status/1772224050250522667?s=20

Fellowships

Clinical Fellow Profile – Atheer Ujam

Posted on 18th October 202318th October 2023 by Ping

Mr Atheer Ujam is a Oral Maxillofacial Consultant who undertook his PhD at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Mr Ujam focused his project on “Cartilage Engineering from Autologous Fat for Oro-Facial Deformity Reconstruction – Focus on the Nose.” Saving Faces part-funded Mr Ujam’s PhD.

This project aimed to engineer a cartilage-like product that could be inserted into paediatric patients with nasal deformity as a result of tumour resection, post traumatic or congenital deformity. This novel product would reconstruct normal function and aesthetics of the nose by utilizing stem cell technology to generate missing nasal cartilage, and could replace current surgical techniques that use costochondral rib grafts to replace missing or deformed nasal cartilage. 3D printing technology was used to fabricate the nasal product.

Mr Ujam PhD thesis can be found here.

Latest News, Past Events

Christmas Carols Concert – 11th December 2023

Posted on 18th October 202313th November 2024 by Ping

18
Oct

Update 12/12/2023 – We hope everyone who attended our Christmas Carols enjoyed the event at the St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield yesterday. Thank you to Chelsea Opera Group for providing the beautiful music and thank you Jon Snow for the festive readings.

We are back with our annual Carols at Christmas concert on Monday 11th December 2023 at the beautiful Saint Bartholomew the Great in London.

The service will commence at 6.30pm. This will be a great chance to meet up with friends and other supporters, many of whom are patients and their families. This is also our way to say thank you to all our supporters for their continued support of our important work.

Click here to view the full invitation and donation form. If you would like to make a donation, please print and return the form to info@savingfaces.co.uk or by post to: Saving Faces, 71 Tonbridge Street, London, WC1H 9DZ.

How to get to the Priory Church of Saint Bartholomew the Great

Bus: The 17, 45, 46, 63, 8, 25, 56, 4, 153, 242, 521, 100, 243 and 341 buses are all within walking distance of the church.

Tube: Barbican or Farringdon (Circle, Metropolitan and Hammersmith & City lines) / St Paul’s (Central line)

Elizabeth Line (Crossrail): The Farringdon Elizabeth Line Station has an exit called “Barbican” in Long Lane, West Smithfield.

Parking: The nearest car parks are in Beech Street (under the Barbican) and West Smithfield.

RSVP

The event is free but spaces are limited (250 attendees). Please RSVP with our friendly team at info@savingfaces.co.uk or ring 07487 235 438 / 020 3417 7757.

Latest News, Research News

Ground breaking UK research by Saving Faces on early mouth cancer saves 30,000 lives world wide every year

Posted on 27th April 202323rd May 2023 by Ping

27
Apr

The Findings Of the Research Study (SEND) – Update 27/04/2023

Original post can be found here.

The findings of the Selective Elective Neck Dissection (SEND study) funded by Elliott Bernerd, Robbie and Lisa Tchenguiz in memory of their mother Violet, Cancer Research UK, and Saving Faces, was published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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