Director General Army Medical Services

Brigadier Ewan Carmichael BDS MBE, who qualified in Glasgow in 1982 and is late of the Royal Army Dental Corps, has been appointed to be Director General Army Medical Services in the rank of major-general from September 2012.

Edinburgh graduates

Mikaella Papastylianou has received a master's degree in oral surgery and Mr Nick Malden has received a doctorate in dental surgery from the University of Edinburgh. Mr Malden also teaches on the programme.

BMPA President

David Hillam, retired Consultant in Restorative Dentistry (Periodontology), has been elected to serve for two years as President of the British Medical Pilots Association (BMPA). Mr Hillam got his private pilots licence in 1992 flying mainly four-seat Piper Cherokees and built a two-seat Europa over a period of eight years, completed in 2003. Last year he had an aerobatic lesson for his 70th birthday.

Distinguished scientist

Professor Helen Worthington has received the 2012 International Association for Dental Research (IADR) H. Trendley Dean Memorial Distinguished Scientist Award. Professor Worthington is Professor of Evidence-Based Care in the School of Dentistry at the University of Manchester and is an international leader in evidence-based dentistry with over 40 years of experience.