Red Lesions

Red Lesions

After last year’s successful dinner meeting, oral medicine specialist Dr Suma Sukumar returns this year to continue the saga on oral tissue alerts for the dental practitioner, this time focusing on red lesions.

Suma's presentation will cover common oral lesions, including an approach to forming a differential diagnosis, undertaking appropriate investigations in addition to management of the lesions once a definitive diagnosis has been established.

When: Monday, 24 February 2020 | 6:30pm

Where: The Lakeside Marquee, Southern Cross Yacht Club,

Lotus Bay, Mariner Pl, Yarralumla

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Suma Sukumar:

Dr Suma Sukumar completed her undergraduate training in Adelaide and has completed her postgraduate specialist training in the field of Oral Medicine/Oral Pathology at the University of Sydney. She currently works as a conjoint Staff Specialist in Oral Medicine (Westmead Hospital) and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney. She is involved in clinical and academic teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate dental students as well as dental officers.

Suma is a fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons, and a member of the Australasian and European Academies of Oral Medicine.

Dr Sukumar has undertaken research into Sjögren’s syndrome at Westmead Hospital and continues to be involved in clinical research at this institution.