Mr Albert Yeung has been appointed as Consultant in Dental Public Health at NHS Lanarkshire from 1 October 2007, replacing Miss Margie Taylor who took up the post of Chief Dental Officer for Scotland in May 2007.

Mr Yeung has a diverse background of dentistry work experience in the UK, including general dental practice, hospitals, community dental service and teaching in dental schools. Before joining NHS Lanarkshire, he worked for five years as Clinical Lecturer in Dental Public Health at The University of Manchester.

Born in Hong Kong, Mr Yeung came to the UK to study dentistry and graduated from Glasgow University in 1989. He gained a MMedSci in Paediatric Dentistry at Sheffield University in 1999 and a Masters degree in Public Health at Manchester University in 2004.

He is a Fellow in dental public health of both the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, a Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom and a Fellow of The Higher Education Academy. Mr Yeung also holds the post of examiner of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, and of the Overseas Registration Examination.