Mr Alan V Parbhoo
Consultant Oral Maxillo-Facial Surgeon
Qualifications
FRCS(OMFS Gold Medal) MBBS BSc BDSYear Qualified
2001GMC Number
6027909Main NHS Base
NHS Bedford Hospital South WingMember Of
- British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons
- European Association of Craniomaxillofacial Surgeons
- Strasbourg Osteosynthesis Research Group
- General Medical Council
- General Dental Council
- Royal College of Surgeons of England (Fellow)
- Royal College of Surgeons of England Examining Board
- Clinical Human Factors Group
- International Dermoscopy Society
- East of England NHS TMJ Service Commissioning Group (Clinical Chair)
Scope of Practice
- Management of painful jaw joint conditions;
- limited jaw movement
- jaw locking
- jaw joint arthritis
- hypermobility
- Ehlers-Danlos
- Management of facial growth problems;
- jaw to short or long
- face too short or long
- facial asymmetry
- abnormal bite
- breathing difficulties due to nasal obstruction or jaw position
- sleep apnoea
- Management of facial skin lesions;
- Benign skin lesion removal
- Skin cancer surgery – BCC, SCC, melanoma etc
- Scar improvement
- Vascular lesions or facial vascular malformations
- Management of salivary gland problems;
- Salivary tumours
Areas of Expertise
- TMJ / jaw joint surgery
- • Joint pain treatment (joint injections)
- • Neuralgia (nerve pain) treatment
- • Jaw joint washout and arthroscopy
- • Jaw joint resurfacing
- • Jaw joint replacement
- Cosmetic surgery
- • Ear pinning (pinnaplasty)
- • Eyelid surgery or eyebag removal (blepharoplasty)
- • Nose reshaping (rhinoplasty)
- • Genioplasty (chin reshaping or repositioning)
- • Scar revision
- • Mole, cyst, wart and skin tag removal
- • Jaw alignment surgery (Orthognathic)
- Sleep apnoea surgery
- • Sleep apnoea surgery
- • Sleep apnoea appliances
- General oral & maxillofacial surgery
- • Jaw cyst removal
- • Wisdom teeth removal
- • Removal of teeth
- • Removal of oral lesions
- • Salivary gland removal
- • Facial trauma / injuries
- Skin surgery
- • Treatment of benign and malignant skin lesions
- • Laser treatment of facial vascular malformations
Training & Background
Mr Alan Parbhoo is a Consultant Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, Lead for the East of England Regional TMJ Centre (Luton), Chair of the East of England TMJ Commissioning Steering Group and Deputy Chair of the Skin Cancer Service (Bedford).
He holds leadership roles as Educational Supervisor for Higher Surgical Trainees and as a Clinical Supervisor for Dental Core Trainees.
He has a particular expertise in jaw joint disease, skin cancer, facial growth problems and deformities (jaws, chin, nose) and facial aesthetics.
Mr Parbhoo began his education by studying Medicine and then Molecular Medicine & Molecular Oncology at the Royal Free Hospital. Following this, he undertook training in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery, and studied Dentistry at King's College London. He completed higher surgical training before undertaking a Royal College of Surgeons fellowship in Cosmetic & Reconstructive Surgery. He was awarded the Gold Medal in the FRCS specialty examination and was appointed as a Consultant in 2015.
Apart from his clinical work, he has a longstanding interest in patient safety and is a Clinical Human Factors in Healthcare Trainer. He teaches on international patient safety courses and has published his work in several articles. He is actively involved in ongoing research in post-traumatic facial reconstruction, TMJ disease and skin cancer. He has published a book and chapters in medical textbooks.
He is an examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He is a keen cyclist, hill walker and rock climber and both his children have inherited his enthusiasm for the latter.