Honorary Staff Member of the Plastic and Maxillofacial Surgery Unit
Associate Professor Nicky Kilpatrick
has been a specialist paediatric dentist for over 20 years and completed her
training, including her PhD, in the United Kingdom. She has a particular interest in the impact
of oral health on children with additional medical, intellectual and
oral/craniofacial conditions.
Nicky remains
research active, leading several projects bringing together a wide range of
expertise from basic science and genetics to clinical and public health
research to improve understanding of both the cause and effects of orofacial
clefting She is a member of the American Cleft Palate Association and the
Craniofacial Society of Great Britain and Ireland and is currently involved in
establishing an international consortium to improve understanding of and
outcomes for infants born with Robin Sequence.
Education
BDS: 1985
University of Birmingham
PhD: 1993
University of Newcastle upon Tyne
FDS RCPS:
1989 Royal College of Physician and Surgeons Glasgow
FRACDS
(Paeds): 2007 Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons
Current Appointments
Clinical Lead, Cleft Program - Royal Children’s Hospital
Melbourne
Senior Research Fellow - Murdoch Children’s Research Institute
Associate Professor - Department of Paediatrics, University
of Melbourne