Dr Dipali Shah

Dipali graduated in 2001 from the University of Manchester  and after completing her vocational training in Lytham St Annes, went onto general dentistry in practice for 5 years.  She had a wide patient base with NHS and private patients, and also helped train vocational trainees with her principal and went onto completing postgraduate exams to be awarded the Membership of the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners in 2007.  
After taking a career break to travel for 8 months, Dipali went onto acquire surgical experience by working at UCH, Great Ormond Street and the Eastman Dental Hospital in a Maxillofacial surgery post where she also helped and taught junior colleagues.  She went onto an oral speciality doctor post at Kings College Dental Hospital where she was in help runt he DF2 training in oral surgery.  She completed thousands of extractions including surgical teeth, impacted wisdom teeth and carried out biopsies under local anaesthetic, sedation and general anaesthetic.  She also taught undergraduates and lectured in oral surgery as well as helping post graduates.  She carried out numerous audits in the department and presented these at local and national level.  
As part of her scope of work included a lot of sedation, she completed a postgraduate qualification in Conscious Sedation and Pain Management at UCL in 2011 and her dissertation was on the gag reflex.  She has a passion for teaching and taught 3rd, 4th and 5th year undergraduates and also completed her postgraduate qualification in Teaching in Academic Practice in Higher Education in 2013.  She presented some of her work in the Annual KCL teaching conference in 2013 on digital technology and blended learning in dentistry including use of haptic technology.  
Whilst still at Kings, she decided to embark on a leadership journey where she did the Mary Seacole programme in Leadership and worked with many consultants from different fields in Medicine and Dentistry.  
She will be starting a post in the Royal Free Trust in the Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery Department shortly.  Outside of work, she leads a children’s organisation for 2.5 – 5 years old  to teach cultural values through play and songs.  She has a love for travelling, reading, swimming and art.