Roger Matthews and a holocaust survivor honoured in New Year list
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Roger Matthews, formerly of chief dental officer of Denplan, becomes an MBE in the 2018 New Year Honours list. Those also honoured include Professor Jeremy Bagg (OBE) of Glasgow Dental School and three others honourd for work in the field of oral healthcare.
Well known to thousands of dentists, Roger Matthews has long been a proponent and fan of GDPUK. Prior to his work for Denplan, Roger gave dento-legal advice at The Medical Defence Union.
List of those honoured working in field of oral healthcare
OBE Professor Jeremy BAGG Head of Dental School, University of Glasgow. For services to Dental Education.
MBE John Bernard Roger MATTHEWS Trustee, Heart Your Smile. For services to Dentistry. (Isle of Wight)
MBE Ms Wendy Jane SMITH Community Engagement Strategic Lead, Peninsula School of Dentistry. For services to Oral Healthcare and Dental Education in the South West. (Gunnislake, Cornwall)
BEM Gillian Ward MILNE Senior Dental Nurse, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninewells Hospital, Dundee. For services to Maxillofacial Surgery Patients in Tayside. (Dundee)
BEM Ms Yasmin Jade ALLEN Clinical Fellow, NHS. For services to Oral Health. (London, TW10)
BEM: Dr Chaim Olmer, for services to Holocaust Education. Dr Chaim Olmer, who has spoken about his experience as a survivor for 20 years, has also been awarded a BEM for services to Holocaust education. Dr Olmer was sent to Buchenwald concentration camp in 1942 when he was 15, before being moved to Schleiben and then Theresienstadt, where he was liberated by the Russian army in May 1945. Despite speaking no English when liberated, he qualified as a dentist after arriving in Glasgow in 1945, and went on to serve in the British Army. Dr Olmer, 90, said: “I didn’t expect this award; I told my family and they were very happy – what’s important is telling people about the Holocaust so no one experiences it again. Our stories need to be told.”
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