Suhail Hani Al-amad D.Clin.Dent, FRACDs, GradDip For Odon

Suhail Hani Al-Amad is currently working as an Adjunct Associate Professor at Arab Gulf University - Bahrain. He received his bachelor's degree in Dentistry from the University of Jordan, and his Diploma in Forensic Odontology and a Doctorate in Oral Medicine from the University of Melbourne. Dr. Al-Amad holds the Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, and the Australian Dental Board Certificates in both Oral Medicine and General Dentistry. Between 2002 and 2006, Dr. Al-Amad worked as a Forensic Odontologist at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (Australia); then he relocated to Jordan where he established the Forensic Odontology services at the National Institute of Forensic Medicine. Between 2010 and 2013, he was summoned by the UAE’s Ministry of Interior to train and establish the country’s first Forensic Odontology team. In 2005, he joined the Australian Federal Police in identifying the victims of the tsunami disaster. In recognition of his work, Dr. Al-Amad was awarded the Australian Federal Police Operations Medal. Dr. Al-Amad is a trainer for the International Committee of the Red Cross ICRC in the field of human identification. He is also a trainer on Research Ethics for the University of Maryland’s MERETI program in the Middle East. He served as an expert witness in several criminal cases in courts in Jordan, Australia, and the UAE.