Professor Piet Haers

 Professional experience

• More than 25 years of experience
• Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Harley Street Clinic (present)
• Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Nuffield Health Guildford (present)
• Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, The Portland Hospital for Women and Children (present)
• Clinical director and cleft and oral maxillofacial surgeon, South Thames Cleft Service, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital (past)
• Consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon, Royal Surrey County Hospital (past)

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 Sub-specialties

• Orthognathic surgery (jaws, alveolar)
• Obstructive sleep aponea
• Chin reshaping (Genioplasty)
• Facial deformity
• Cleft lip and palate surgery
• Cleft surgery including facial contouring and lip/nose revisions
• Facial plastic surgery
• Facial surgery
• Dermal fillers and Botox
• Bone graft
• Dental implants
• Pre-implant surgery
• Oral rehabilitation in cleft patients
• TMJ surgery
• Paediatric oral surgery
• Dento-alveolar surgery
• Removing wisdom teeth
• Tooth extraction and ridge preservation

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 Positions in public associations

• Member, National Clinical Reference Group, Commission of cleft lip and palate services
• President, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2014 - 2015)
• Editor in chief, International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (1999 - 2011)

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 Teaching posts

• Faculty member, Specialist Dental Diploma Course, FGDP, Royal College of Surgeons (2005 - present)
• Honorary visiting professor, Postgraduate Medical School, University of Surrey (past)
• Assistant Professor (Oberarzt), Department of Craniofacial Surgery, University Hospital Zurich (1991 - 1999)

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 Education

• MD, Medical degree, University of Leuven (1999)
• DMD, Doctor of medicine in dentistry, University of Leuven
• FDSRCS, Fellowship in dental surgery, Royal College of Surgeons
• PhD 
• FEBOMS, Fellowship, European Board of Oro-Maxillo-Facial Surgery

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 Prizes and awards

• Fellowship ad eundem, FDSRCS, London (1999)
• Elected fellow, International College of Dentists (ICD) (2002)
• Elected fellowship, Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina (2004)
• Elected fellow, Viking OMFS Study Club (2006)
• Prize of best paper, International Cleft Palate Foundation (ICPF) Conference: The floating septum: a new approach in primary correction of UCL (2006)
• Distinguished Service Award, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2007)
• Fellowship ad eundem, FGDPRCS, UK (2010)
• Honorary fellow, Australian and New-Zealand Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2014)
• Honorary fellow, Royal Belgian Scientific Society of Maxillofacial Surgery (2014)
• Honorary fellow, Italian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2015)
• Distinguished teacher award, European Orthodontic Society (2015)
• Honorary fellow, Italian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (SICMF) (2015)
• Honorary fellow, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons Association of Turkey (ACBID) (2015)
• Rene Le Fort Order of Merit, Brazilian College of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (2015)
• Honorary Fellow IBCSOMS, FIBCSOMS hon (2015)
• Distinguished fellow award, IAOMS (2017)

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 Professional membership

• Member, British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Member, Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Member, European Association for Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
• Fellow, European Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
• ​Member, International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons
• Elected fellow, International Academy of Oral and Facial Rehabilitation
• Member, ITI implant study group

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