Dr Jacob
John
Keynote Speaker
TOPIC: Solving an Age Old, Old Age Problem – Embracing a Dental Home Model to promote Healthy Aging
- Completed his basic dental training in 1994 and subsequently qualified as a
Prosthodontist in 1997 and has always been active in the field of oral health
care.
– In 2023, he also qualified as a Master in Medical Education from Universiti
Malaya.
– He had served as a Lecturer at the Tamil Nādu Dr MGR Medical University,
India and as a Dental Officer in the Ministry of Health, Malaysia before joining
as an academic at the Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Malaysia in
2009.
– He also holds an appointment as an Honorary lecturer at a few dental institutions
in India.
– Over the past 14 years, Dr Jacob has actively supervised and guided students
pursuing their Masters in Prosthodontics (MClinDEnt), Masters in Dental
Sciences, Masters in Oral Sciences and at the doctoral level besides the many
undergraduate dental students.
– Life Member of the Indian Prosthodontic Society, founding Secretary of the
Malaysian Association for Prosthodontics
– Currently the Honorary Secretary of the Asian Academy of Prosthodontics.
– He has been an active member of the International Association for Disability
and Oral Health since 2011 and was recently conferred its Fellowship
– Dr Jacob also works very closely with the Special Olympics Malaysia, as its
Clinical Director for Special Smiles, by providing oral health education and care
for its intellectually disabled members. As part of his academic career, Dr Jacob
has been actively involved in the field of research, collaborating within
Malaysia and globally.
– His special interest lies in the areas of Geriatric Dentistry and Dental Education.
He is appointed as an Academic Board member of the Federation of Special
Care Dentistry, India and as a Board Member of the American Society for
Geriatric Dentistry.
– He has to his credit over 50 peer reviewed, international publications as
scientific articles and book chapters with an H-Index of 15 and over 1800
citations in Google Scholar.
– Dr Jacob is very passionate about Community Outreach activities and he was
the first recipient of the prestigious Jan Andersson-Norinder Award by the
IADH in 2016 in recognition of his work among people with special needs and
the under privileged
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Event Location
October 19-20, 2024
Online
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