Professor Michael Escudier
Executive Dean, Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
- Professor of Oral Medicine & Education
Research interests
- Craniofacial
- Dentistry
- Oral health
Biography
Professor Michael Escudier is the Executive Dean at the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences. Previously Deputy Dean for the Faculty, Professor Escudier has also served as Dean for the Royal College of Surgeons London.
Professor Michael Escudier is:
- Professor of Oral Medicine and Education King’s College London (KCL)
- Honorary Consultant Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT)
- Former Chair of College Assessment and Scrutiny Committee (KCL)
- KCL Education Strategy: Co-Chair assessment and feedback theme development group and implementation group
Other appointments:
- Dean, Faculty of Dental Surgery, Royal College of Surgeons of England
- Chair, Joint Committee for Postgraduate Training in Dentistry
- President Elect of European Association of Oral Medicine
Where trained: Professor Escudier completed undergraduate dental and medical training at Guy’s Dental Hospital and St Bartholomew’s Hospital before returning to KCL where he completed oral medicine specialist training in 2002 and was appointed Honorary Consultant to GSTT in 2003. He completed a doctorate on the use of lithotripsy in the management of salivary calculi and leads the multi-disciplinary salivary and orofacial granulomatosis clinics as well as an oro-facial pain clinic.
Areas of special interest: Clinical: oro-facial granulomatosis, salivary gland disease; Education: assessment
Research interests: Professor Escudier has published widely on the management of obstructive salivary gland disease, oro-facial granulomatosis as well as other oral mucosal diseases and assessment.
Research
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions
Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
News
Celebrating long serving members of the King's community
King’s Long Service Awards 2024 recognise academic and professional services colleagues who have achieved 25 or 40 years of service.
Annual Dental Alumni Association weekend takes place in London
The prestigious event welcomed current and former staff and students to meet and network over a two day programme in March 2023.
Online symposium showcases DentAlliance's accomplishments and future
DentAlliance’s progress as a unique international collaboration of four universities seeking to transform global dental care and education was celebrated...
14th Senior Dental Leadership conference held in London
The annual conference, hosted jointly between King's College London and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, addressed a diverse range of topics including oral...
REF 2021 results demonstrate impact of FoDOCS research
Results published today show combined strength of King’s profile for high-quality, impactful research within allied and applied health research, including...
Professor Michael Escudier appointed Executive Dean for the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
Professor Escudier will begin his five-year tenure on 1 May 2022.
King's wins for Digital innovation at Times Higher Awards
Last night, King's won the Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year trophy at the seventeenth annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
RCS Reflections
FoDOCS Executive Dean, Professor Mike Curtis interviews Professor Michael Escudier.
FoDOCS Deputy Executive Dean receives RCS Honorary Fellowship
Professor Michael Escudier has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Events
Dental Alumni Weekend 2025
We are delighted to welcome alumni and staff from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences to the Dental Alumni Weekend 2025. We hope to see...
Research
Centre for Host-Microbiome Interactions
Millions of microorganisms live in and on our bodies forming microbiomes on different surfaces. Researchers in the Centre for Host Microbiome Interactions study our relationship with these bacteria and fungi in health or in oral and systemic diseases such as periodontitis, candidiasis, oral cancer and Alzheimer’s disease.
News
Celebrating long serving members of the King's community
King’s Long Service Awards 2024 recognise academic and professional services colleagues who have achieved 25 or 40 years of service.
Annual Dental Alumni Association weekend takes place in London
The prestigious event welcomed current and former staff and students to meet and network over a two day programme in March 2023.
Online symposium showcases DentAlliance's accomplishments and future
DentAlliance’s progress as a unique international collaboration of four universities seeking to transform global dental care and education was celebrated...
14th Senior Dental Leadership conference held in London
The annual conference, hosted jointly between King's College London and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, addressed a diverse range of topics including oral...
REF 2021 results demonstrate impact of FoDOCS research
Results published today show combined strength of King’s profile for high-quality, impactful research within allied and applied health research, including...
Professor Michael Escudier appointed Executive Dean for the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
Professor Escudier will begin his five-year tenure on 1 May 2022.
King's wins for Digital innovation at Times Higher Awards
Last night, King's won the Technological or Digital Innovation of the Year trophy at the seventeenth annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards.
RCS Reflections
FoDOCS Executive Dean, Professor Mike Curtis interviews Professor Michael Escudier.
FoDOCS Deputy Executive Dean receives RCS Honorary Fellowship
Professor Michael Escudier has been made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
Events
Dental Alumni Weekend 2025
We are delighted to welcome alumni and staff from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral and Craniofacial Sciences to the Dental Alumni Weekend 2025. We hope to see...