Simon’s career has been built on supporting struggling practices and teaching both dentists and medics. Outside work, he’s a keen sailor, rugby enthusiast and spends time with his family.
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Simon graduated with honours from University College Hospital London in 1978 and qualified as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1979.
His career started in Maxillofacial Surgery at University College Hospital London, after which he returned to medical school and qualified as a doctor in 1984. He then did 5 years of medical rotations in London hospitals before returning to dentistry.
His special interest, both as a tutor and in practice, is sedation dentistry – helping nervous patients through treatment using sedation techniques. He’s a member of the board of SAAD, the institution for sedation dentistry in the UK. Simon was Senior Partner at Park Surgery medical practice in Chandler’s Ford, an NHS medical practice with around 17,000 patients, for 25 years.
