The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) conferred 819 healthcare with postgraduate awards at a conferring ceremony held in Dublin on 1 July. The Faculty of Dentistry RCSI conferred 556 new Fellows, Members and Diplomates at the ceremony.

The Faculty of Dentistry awards included 247 Diplomas in Primary Care Dentistry, 293 Memberships of the Faculty of Dentistry, 11 Fellowships of the Faculty of Dentistry and 5 Ad Eundem Fellowships of the Faculty of Dentistry.

The Ad Eundem Fellowships of the Faculty of Dentistry were awarded to:

• Dr Phillip Atkin, Consultant in Oral Medicine, University Dental Hospital, Cardiff, Wales
• Dr Charlotte Eckhardt, Dean of the Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Professor Nicola Innes, Dean, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University
• Professor Gerry McKenna, Professor of Oral Health Service Research and Gerodontology, Queen’s University Belfast.
• Professor Robert Witton, Professor of Community Dentistry, Peninsula Dental School, UK.

Commenting on the conferring, Professor Christopher Lynch, Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry RCSI said “As Dean, I was delighted to be able to confer so many colleagues from around the globe. Your successes are to be congratulated and we really appreciate that you wish to be associated with RCSI.”

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