James Cook University Hospital

 

About the unit

The OMFS unit within this hospital consists of a team of highly skilled surgeons. The department is situated near the South entrance at James Cook. It is a new a spacious department providing home to maxillofacial surgery, orthodontics and their supporting services. The department has its own dental laboratory providing support for the orthodontic, restorative and maxillofacial services. The laboratory has a number of qualified technicians and assistants and is also equipped with a 3D scanner and printer.

 

The Consultant Team

Within the unit there are 6 specialised Consultants. They are:

Mr Richard Langford

Special interests:

  • Oral Maxillofacial trauma
  • Dentofacial deformity
  • Osseointegrated Implants

Mr Chris Bridle

Special interests:

  • Maxilliofacial trauma, dentoalveolar surgery, TMJ
  • Medical education, human factors and patient safety

Col Douglas Bryant

Special interests:

  • Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstruction
  • Salivary gland disease
  • Trauma Dentoalveolar surgery

Mr Colin Edge

Special interests:

  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Reconstruction
  • Facial deformity
  • Salivary gland disease
  • Lasers

Mr David Farr

Special interests:

  • Maxillofacial trauma
  • Facial deformity

Mr Nick Renny

Sepcial interests:

  • Head and Neck Cancer
  • Reconstruction
  • Salivary gland disease

The department has two full time Specialist Registrars in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery. Currently, there are three fulltime Middle Grade Specialty Doctors and two par-time Specialty Doctors. These clinicians provide a second on call rota to support the DCT on call rota.

There is a wide scope of practice with plenty of opportunity for trainees to gain experience in all areas. All trainees are able to perform in outpatient clinic, minor oral surgery, theatres and the accident & emergency  environments. Each trainee has an allocated educational supervisor with an emphasis being made on supervised training. Each of our trainees will have the opportunity to take part in a quality improvement  project and present their work at the regional audit meeting.

 

Regional Major Trauma Centre

The James Cook university hospital is the Major Trauma Centre (MTC) for the South Durham, East Cleveland, Tees Valley and North Yorkshire areas.

MTCs are specialist hospitals that are able to deal with injuries to all parts of the body and James Cook received both adults and children with significant injuries.

The hospital forms the hub of the regional Major Trauma Network. The network is made up of smaller trauma units including North Tees and Darlington hospitals.