The Maxillofacial Club Study Day 2025

Thursday 6th and Friday 7th March, Royal Thames Yacht Club

For the first time this year the course will be held over two days with an informal session followed by a dinner at The Royal Thames Yacht Club on Thursday 6th March. The main sessions will take place on Friday 7th March and will review the best practises in key therapeutic areas of Maxilla Facial surgery. Industry parters will be welcomed to give presentations on the equipment you use every day and share their experiences in achieving the best outcome for patients.

Once completed delegates should have a clear understanding of rational emotive behaviour therapy in specific patients. Assess head and neck reconstruction and learn orthognathic surgery tips and tricks.

CPD points applied for

Meeting Highlights

  • TMJ Ankylosis  in children following neglected displaced condylar Fractures
  • The disco-malleolar ligament and TMJ disorders- an orthopaedic approach
  • Perspective from the UK national centre for SRS for trigeminal neuralgia
  • Law degree and medicolegal expertese for maxillofacial surgeons

Convenor

Luke Cascarini

Mr Cascarini is a Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial…

….Surgeon and Head and Neck Surgeon. He treats problems in the face, jaw, mouth, head and neck using a variety of surgical and non-surgical techniques. Deeply committed to innovation, Luke uses the latest techniques and methods and is one of the few UK surgeons to offer temporomandibular joint (TMJ) replacement and arthroscopic TMJ surgery. Luke is doubly qualified in medicine and dentistry and has considerable experience in complex dental techniques. Luke is the Chief of Service for the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial centre of excellence based at Harley Street Specialist Hospital in Central London.

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* The timetable is liable to changes on the lead upto the event.

Friday 7th March

08:15

Registration & Coffee

08:45

Introduction
Luke Cascarini
Session 1
9:00 – 10:30

09:00

Which surgical approach is the most effective yet remains inexplicably underutilised in managing ankylosis secondary to a TMJ displaced condylar fracture?
Dorrit Nitzan

09:30

Innovations in Cleft Lip & Palate Surgery
Ambika Chadha

10:00

Questions

10:30

Coffee Break

Session 2
11:00 – 12:30

11:00

The disco-malleolar ligament and TMJ disorders- an orthopaedic approach
Pierre Casconne

11:30

AMSJI or all on 4 for atrophic maxilla
Adam Slade

12:00

Questions

12:30

Lunch Break

Session 3
13:30 – 15:00

13:30

Update oral medicine
Barbara Carey

14:00

Paediatric Jaw Problems
Athanasios Kalantzis

14:30

KLS Martin Presentation

15:00

Coffee Break

Session 4
15:30 – 16:15

15:30

Law degree and medicolegal expertese for maxfac surgeons
Darryl Coombes

16:00

Questions

16:15

Summary and plans for 2026
Luke Cascarini

Debapriya Bhattacharyya

Mr Debapriya Bhattacharyya is a Consultant in…

…Neurosurgery and Spinal Surgery and has been preparing medical reports as an expert witness since 2007. Debapriya specialises in medical negligence, personal injury and compensation cases in general neurosurgery for Claimants and Defendants.

He has obtained the full Cardiff University Bond Solon Certificate and has previous Court experience.

Barbara Carey

Barbara Carey was appointed Consultant in Oral Medicine in 2019…

…and is dual qualified in both Dentistry and Medicine. Barbara works in the Head & Neck Surgical Oncology department and in the dermatology service at the world-renowned St John’s Institute of Dermatology managing patients with autoimmune blistering diseases. She is Honorary Treasurer of BISOM. She is oral cancer lead for Guy’s Cancer Academy. She is chair of the Head & Neck Cancer MDT in Guy’s Hospital.

Pierre Cascone

Bio to follow

Ambika Chadha

Ambika Chadha obtained her OMFS CCT in 2022 and was the nominated National TIG Fellow…

…in Cleft Lip & Palate from 2022-2024. After completing her post-CCT TIG Cleft Fellowship at Birmingham Children’s Hospital, she secured the 2024-2025 Craniofacial Fellowship (her current role) in the West Midlands Supra-regional Craniofacial centre – also in Birmingham.

Ambika is passionate about the deployment of 3D / 4D imaging technologies, AI and Mixed Reality technologies to improve the delivery and outcome of cleft services – both in the UK and in resource-poor settings. She undertook her PhD in Quantitative 3D cleft biomarkers and was the first candidate to be simultaneously awarded both the RCS Surgical Research Fellowship and the FDS Research Fellowship, as well as a Winston Churchill Memorial Travel Fellowship. She is currently reading a Masters in Healthcare Innovation and Systems Engineering in Cambridge University. Ambika sits on the Research Steering Committee of the CLEFT charity and is the section editor for Cleft in the forthcoming OUP book entitled 50 Landmark papers in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery. When not in ‘cleft mode’, she is usually to be found courtside in support of her three daughters’ burgeoning tennis careers….

Darryl Coombes

Darryl Coombes aims to provide…

…the highest quality level of care for all of his patients.

From the initial inquiry, the consultation, treatment and follow-up each patient is treated with respect, discretion and honesty.

Mr Coombes is known amongst his peers and patients for his outstanding surgical skills, artistic eye and his holistic friendly approach to his practice.

Most importantly, he strives to provide clear communication throughout the process by offering an accurate and realistic assessment of the treatment with your safety and well-being in mind.

Athanasios Kalantzis

Studied Dentistry in Athens and Medicine…

…in Sheffield. Completed basic surgical training and higher specialty training in Oxford; Paediatric OMFS training in Craniofacial Unit, Melbourne RCH. Extensively involved in teaching and training as tutor in multiple courses, as previous trainee representative at the British Association of OMFS (Members Rep and Fellows in Training Rep), as co-organiser of various trainee conferences, presenting scientific work and chairing meetings nationally and internationally, and as co-author of books (including Oxford Handbooks), book chapters and papers in peer-reviewed journals. Regular Intercollegiate FRCS examiner for OMFS. BAOMS SSIG Lead for Paediatric OMF Surgery and Co-Lead for TMJ Surgery. Appointed to Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 2013 with sessions at Manchester Royal Infirmary, Trafford General Hospital, Dental Hospital, Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and Salford Royal Hospital.

Dorrit Nitzan

Specialist in Oral and Maxillofacial…

…Surgery. Staff member, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem

Adam Slade

Dr Charles Adam Edward Slade…

…is a very experienced dental surgeon and owner of the successful 111 Harley Street dental practice Smile Architect. He has extensive experience in Prosthodontics and implant placement. Adam is a very enthusiastic and competent individual with excellent communication skills who prides himself on keeping abreast of, and investing in, appropriate knowledge and technology for dental clinical practice.

Adam was awarded Master of Clinical Dentistry (Prosthodontics) in 2004 from London University having studied at Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ Dental Institute to add to his other dental qualifications.

Adam has been privileged to be a Postgraduate Tutor for several UK teaching institutions and also, acts as Key Opinion Leader and lecturer for Biomet 3i, a premier global implant company, involved in teaching postgraduate dental students from all over the world.
In addition to winning the UK Aesthetic Patient Smile Award in 2013 he has more recently featured restoring patients on Channel 4’s ‘How Not To Get Old’ and is the resident dental surgeon on the Botch Up Bodies series including ‘Botched Up Abroad’, ‘Botched Up Bodies’ and ‘Celebrity Botched Up Bodies’ on Channel 5. He has also appeared on Good Morning Britain on GMTV.

Royal Thames Yacht Club

The maxillofacial club study day will be held at the Royal Thames Yacht Club. Please be aware there is a dress code, gentlemen must wear a collar and shoes, ladies must dress with equivalent formality. The address is below:

60 Knightsbridge
Knightsbridge
London
SW1X 7LF

There is no parking available at the venue, we recommend using public transport and the London Underground. The nearest tube station is Knightsbridge, this is a 2 minute walk from the venue.

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