Francis J Hughes

Francis Hughes is Professor of Periodontology at Kings College London, and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Guys and St Thomas NHSTrust. He completed his undergraduate training at Guys Hospital in 1979 and then carried out his postgraduate clinical and research training at the London Hospital Medical School and as a Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Toronto. He was appointed Honorary Consultant in 1992 and to the Chair in Periodontology at Barts & The London in...See more

Francis Hughes is Professor of Periodontology at Kings College London, and Honorary Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at Guys and St Thomas NHSTrust. He completed his undergraduate training at Guys Hospital in 1979 and then carried out his postgraduate clinical and research training at the London Hospital Medical School and as a Postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Toronto. He was appointed Honorary Consultant in 1992 and to the Chair in Periodontology at Barts & The London in 1999. He took up his current position at KCL in 2009. Francis has an international reputation as a researcher and lecturer. He is past president of the British Society of Periodontology and of the Pan European Federation of the International Association for Dental Research. He currently sits on the executive of European Federation of Periodontology as Chair of Europerio 8, London 2015. He has served on the Editorial Boards of Oral Diseases, the Journal of Clinical Periodontology, the Journal of Dental Research and Journal of Periodontal Research. See less