24 February 2023

Dental School pathologist strikes gold with excellent trainer award


Professor Ali Khurram wins 2022 Golden Microscope Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion of high quality training and research in oral and maxillofacial pathology

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Professor Ali Khurram awarded prestigious Golden Microscope Award for outstanding contribution to the promotion of high quality training and research in oral and maxillofacial pathology
  • Oral and maxillofacial pathology is a clinical speciality dealing with the identification and management of diseases affecting the jaw and face, such as head and neck cancers
  • Professor Khurram has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of histopathology and oral and maxillofacial pathology and actively championed the needs of patients and the profession

 

Dental School pathologist strikes gold with excellent trainer award

Professor Ali Khurram, Professor and Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield, has been announced as the winner of the 2022 Golden Microscope Award.

The award is one of the highest honours bestowed by the Pathological Society, and is given in recognition of an excellent trainer who has made an outstanding contribution to the promotion of high quality training and research in pathology.

Oral and maxillofacial pathology is a clinical speciality undertaken by laboratory-based dentists dealing with the identification and management of diseases affecting the jaw and face, such as head and neck cancers, congenital or acquired diseases involving the teeth, and developmental disorders. The clinical and diagnostic component of Professor Khurram’s role falls under the department of histopathology within the Directorate of Laboratory Medicine at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital.

Professor Khurram has worked tirelessly to raise the profile of histopathology and oral and maxillofacial pathology – a speciality which he describes as the “cornerstone of patient diagnosis and treatment”.

Professor Khurram has actively championed the needs of patients and the profession through many national, international meetings, prestigious conferences, fundraising and Charity work. This is highlighted by the fact that he has been made a Patron for The Swallows Head and Neck Cancer Charity, the biggest patient led head and neck cancer charity in the world.

He is also keenly involved in research with numerous ongoing projects investigating head and neck cancer and pre-cancer including the use of artificial intelligence in diagnosis and prediction of prognosis. Professor Khurram is also the Training Programme Director Oral Maxillofacial Pathology for Yorkshire and the Humber, the Clinical lead for the Sheffield Diagnostic Oral Maxillofacial Pathology Service, and the Honorary Secretary for the British Society for Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology (BSOMP).

Dr Hannah Walsh and Dr Paul Hankinson, two of the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals trainees who nominated the Professor described him as “an excellent trainer” who instils great awareness of how the diagnoses they make impact patients and their families, who was a “role model” able to “inspire and support trainees to excel beyond their own expectations.”

Professor Khurram, Professor and Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield, said: “I am humbled and privileged to have been bestowed this award, which is a huge honour to me at both a personal and professional level. I have been involved in a number of educational roles at local and national level, so I am delighted that the quality of my work and its impact on trainees and their development has been recognised with this prestigious award as they are the future of the profession.

"It is also hugely inspirational to have been selected for this award by my peers, who I look up to as role models, and this sense of personal pride and achievement has motivated me to do even more to support trainees, patients and the profession in the future.”

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