Philip J. Lumley BDS,FDSRCPS,MDentSc,PhD,FDS RCS,FDSRCS

Dr. Philip is Head of the School of Dentistry, a member of the College of Medical Sciences Board and University Senate. He is also Professor of Endodontology and honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry with the Birmingham Community Health Trust.

Dr. Philip has published widely in the field of Endodontology and has written or contributed chapters to five textbooks on Endodontics. He contributes to the Undergraduate and Postgraduate teaching programmes of the School and maintains a clinical interest in Endodontics especially in regard to the use of the operating microscope which he has used routinely since 1996.
,br/. Dr. Philip is a former President of the British Endodontic Society and remains a Council member. He also serves on the editorial board of the International Endodontic journal.

Philip qualified at the University of Dundee in 1980 and worked in the Dundee Dental Hospital for two years in NHS House Officer and Senior House Officer posts. In 1982 he moved to Glasgow to join the NHS rotional training scheme working in Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Periodontics and Prosthetics gaining the Fellowship in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons and Physicians of Glasgow in 1983.,br/>,br/> In 1984 he moved to the University of Birmingham to take up a lectureship in Conservative Dentistry, obtaining his Certificate of Accreditation in Restorative Dentistry in 1989. Following this he was awarded a Master of Dental Science and a PhD following research into ultrasonics and sonics in endodontics. In 1996 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry and to a personal chair in Endodontology in 2004.