James Gallagher Personal Profile
Mr Gallagher qualified in Dental Surgery from Guy’s Hospital Dental School, London in 1989. He developed an interest in surgery from his time as a dental undergraduate and undertook a medical degree, qualifying from UMDS (Guys and St Thomas’ Medical School, London) in 1996. His basic surgical training was undertaken on the South Coast (Poole and Bournemouth). Higher surgical training was undertaken in Northern Ireland and Scotland. Mr Gallagher completed his higher surgical training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 2005 and started work as a Consultant in Northampton in 2006. He helped develop NHS OMFS Services there as well as working privately in the Three Shires Hospital. Mr Gallagher has an interest in medical education and training and clinical governance. He was the Training Programme Director for Dental Core Training in the East Midlands and since moving to Worcestershire has been appointed the education lead for OMFS training in Worcestershire. Mr Gallagher has also been the national lead for quality assurance in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery as Chair of the Clinical Effectiveness Subcommittee of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons from 2012 to 2015.
