Professor Crispian Scully CBE has died
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It has been announced that Crispian Scully has died at the age of 71. He was Emeritus Professor of Special Needs Dentistry and for many years was of Dean of the Eastman Dental Institute in London (1993-2008), gaining the Queen’s Award for Higher and Further Education in 2002/2003 - the first in dentistry. Among many awards he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).
Crispian Scully qualified in Dentistry at the University of London in 1968 and trained for a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry (1971: first class honours). He qualified in Medicine (1974) before undertaking research as a Research Fellow funded by the Medical Research Council. His Doctor of Philosophy, in Pathology, was awarded in 1979 and he was appointed Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in Oral Medicine and Immunology at the University of Glasgow, obtaining the Fellowship in Dental Surgery (Glasgow) in 1979.
In 1982 he was appointed to the Chair and Head of Department of Oral Medicine, Surgery and Pathology at the University of Bristol. He was appointed Dean from 1985-1990. He gained his Membership in Pathology (1983), Doctorate in Medicine (1987) and Mastership in Dental Surgery (1988) on the basis of research publications, the Fellowship in Oral Medicine (Ireland) by examination in 1989, the Fellowship in Dental Surgery (England) and Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists in 1992 and the Fellowship in Dental Surgery (Edinburgh) in 1998.
Professor Scully was appointed Dean, Director of Studies and Research, and Professor of Oral Medicine, Pathology and Microbiology at the Eastman Dental Institute for Oral Healthcare Sciences, University of London. Following his retirement as Dean he was appointed Director of Special Projects at the UCL-Eastman Dental Institute (EDI) and Professor of Special Care Dentistry, University College London.
His research interests were microbiology and immunology in relation to oral disease, in oral cancer, predominantly in the epidemiology and aetiopathogenesis of oral squamous carcinoma. He was the first to show a rise in oral cancer in Britain, and the possible associations with viruses (herpes simplex virus and human papillomavirus). He lectured widely throughout the World and was visiting Professor at the Universities of Bath, Edinburgh, Helsinki, Middlesex and West of England.
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