Personal Profile
Terry Lowe is on the General Medical Council Specialist Register for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and on the General Dental Council Specialist Register for Oral Surgery.
He completed his dental degree at the University of Sheffield in 1983,followed by oral surgery posts in Sheffield and Humberside and gained my FDS RCPS in 1990.
He subsequently completed his medical degree at the University of Sheffield in 1995. He completed his House officer posts in NE Derbyshire and pursued General surgery training, obtaining FRCS in General surgery in 1998.
He commenced Higher surgical training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the West of Scotland Programme in 1997, where he developed a specialist interest in Head and Neck Oncology including Reconstructive surgery.
Terry took up his current post in Dec 2003 in Grampian, as Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon with specialist interest in Head and Neck Oncology/Reconstructive surgery. He currently work in a multidisciplinary team of Maxillofacial surgeons and allied specialties including ENT and plastic surgery.
As well as sharing emergency on call for Maxillofacial trauma and providing services generally across the breadth of the specialty, he has a specific interest in the surgical management of patients presenting with Head and Neck cancer including Head and neck reconstructive surgery using free tissue transfer and 3D planning which he introduced in Aberdeen 15 years ago and has developed ever since.
Terry Lowe also has a specific interest in Medical Education and training and is an Educational and clinical supervisor for surgeons in training and a member of the Faculty of surgical trainers of the Royal college of Surgeons in Edinburgh.
He obtained a Diploma in Clinical Education in 2014 and is an honorary Senior Lecturer at Aberdeen University. For over 10 years he has been the Aberdeen representative on the OMFS Surgical training committee for NHS Education for Scotland. In recent years he has also served as a member of the National selection panel for Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
Mr Lowe has a broad experience in Examining at the following levels:
BDS MBChB, MRCS (Gen Surgery) and has examined internationally for MRCS in general surgery.
Main areas of current Practice:
- Head and Neck Oncology/Reconstructive surgery
- Salivary Gland surgery
- Maxillofacial Trauma
- H&N skin oncology
- All aspects of oral surgery/dento-alveolar surgery
