A/Professor Mark Schifter BDS, MDSc (Oral Med), FFDS RCSI (Oral Med), FRACDS (Oral Med)
Mark Schifter is an A/Professor in Oral Medicine School of Dentistry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney. He obtained his specialist qualifications in Oral Medicine, also from the University of Sydney, in 1998.
Mark is a Staff Specialist in Oral Medicine, Department of Oral Medicine, Westmead Hospital. He holds the following clinical appointments at Westmead: Blood and Bone Marrow Transplant Unit, Department of Haematology; Oral Immunology Clinic; and the Head and Neck Cancer Clinic, Crown Princess Mary Cancer Centre, Westmead Hospital. He has had over 20 years in specialist oral medicine practice and direct practical experience in the assessment and care of medically complex patients, both in the outpatient and in-patient setting. Mark also holds appointments as a Consultant in Oral Medicine with the Skin Hospital (Darlinghurst) and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse (Head and Neck Cancer Clinic).
He has contributed to the training of all the current oral medicine specialists in NSW and is involved in the teaching of trainee dermatologists, haematologists, immunologists and head and neck surgeons.
He has over 80 scientific publications, and is a contributor to the textbook, Burket’s Oral Medicine.
