Gerry Mckenna BDS, MFDS RCSEd, PhD, PgDipTLHE, FDS (Rest Dent) RCSEd, FHEA, FDTFEd

Dr. Gerry McKenna is a specialist clinician working as a consultant in Restorative Dentistry for the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. He is a senior member of the teaching staff within the Centre for Dentistry and a Principal Investigator within the Centre for Public Health. His research is focused on improving treatment for patients, particularly older adults, which positively impacts their oral and systemic health and quality of life. He holds leadership positions in a number of national and international organizations including President of the Geriatric Oral Research Group (GORG) within the International Association for Dental Research, Past President of the European College of Gerodontolgy, and Chair of the Northern Ireland Hospitals Group for the British Dental Association (BDA).

Dr. Gerry graduated from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 2004. After a number of hospital positions in Edinburgh and Dundee, he became a member of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2006. Gerry spent 7 years working at University College Cork where he completed his Ph.D. and specialist clinical training in Restorative Dentistry and Prosthodontics. He became a fellow of the Faculty of Dentistry at the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh in 2014.