Jason Leitch: qualifications and clinical experience

On 9/25/15, Jason.Leitch@gov.scot <Jason.Leitch@gov.scot> wrote:

Dr Gordon,
I can assure you that not only did I receive and read your email of 8th June, I still have it. I noted its content and following our earlier correspondence didn’t feel it required a response. I also read our correspondence which you published on your blog.

I understand you have also sent an email to the Scottish Government’s Central Enquiry Service asking about my qualifications and clinical experience. I have summarised these below:

· BDS University of Glasgow, 1991
· FDS RCS (Eng.) 1996
· Diploma in Conscious University of Newcastle, 1998
· Sedation
· GDC specialist list in 2000
· Surgical Dentistry,
· FDS RCPS (Glas.) 2004
· FDS RCS (Edin) 2004
· DDS University of Glasgow, 2004
· Certificate in Academic University of Glasgow, 2004
· Practice
· Member of Higher 2004
· Education Academy
· MPH (Harvard) 2006
· FRCS (Edin) 2015

Aug. ’91 – Jan. ’92 : House Officer in Prosthodontics, Glasgow Dental Hosp.
Feb. ’92 – July ’92 : House Officer in Oral Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hosp.
Aug. ’91 – July ’92 : Part-time associate in general dental practice
Aug. ’92 – July ’93 : Vocational Trainee in General Dental Practice as part
of West of Scotland VT scheme
Aug. ’93 – July ’96 : Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Victoria Infirmary, Glasgow
Aug. ’96 – Jan. ’97 : Senior House Officer in Oral and Maxillofacial
Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hospital
Feb. ’97 – May ’97 : Senior House Officer in Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology,
Oral Microbiology
May ’97 – July ’01 : Staff Grade in Oral Surgery & Sedation
July ’01 – Oct. ’06 : Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Associate Specialist,
University of Glasgow
Oct ’06 – ‘14 : Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant, University of
Glasgow
July ’05 – Aug. ’06 : Quality Improvement Fellow, Institute for Healthcare
Improvement, Cambridge, MA, USA
November ’07 – May ‘10: National Clinical Lead for Safety and Improvement,
Scottish Government Health Directorates
May ’10 – Jan ’12: National Clinical Lead for Quality, Scottish Government
Health Directorates
January 2012 – January 2015: Clinical Director, Quality Unit, Scottish
Government Health and Social Care Directorates
January 2013 – present: Honorary Professor, University of Dundee
January 2015 – present: National Clinical Director, Healthcare Quality.
Scottish Government

Professor Jason Leitch
National Clinical Director

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