University of Glasgow (Scotland, UK)
Professional Qualifications: BDS Cairo University, Egypt, May 1982
MDS Oral Surgery and Anaesthesiology, Cairo University 1989 Soft Tissue Response to Surgical Correction of the Dentofacial Deformities in the Anterior Part of the Upper Jaw (Master Thesis)
FDS RCS Oral Surgery and Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1992
PhD University of Glasgow, 1993.
The American National Board Part I and Part II, Boston 1994
Full Registration with the General Dental Council (Statutory Examination, 1994)
Intercollegiate speciality assessment FDS RCS(OS) 1997
Certificate of Completion of Surgical Training (CCST) awarded July 1998
FDS RCPS Fellowship in Dental Surgery (without examination), The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. 2001 Current Position Professor /Honorary Consultant, in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow DentalHospital and School, University of Glasgow.
Head of Biotechnology and Craniofacial Section (BACS) (May 2003-Oct. 2009)
Head of BACS Research Group and Research Lead of Clinical Dentistry Section (Oct.2009-2013)
Director of the Master’s Programme of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow University (1999-Now)
Editor, Oral Surgery Section of the International Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery (2005-Now)
Visiting Professor, Dubai College of Dental Medicine, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, (April 2014-now)
Positions Held:
May- August 1979 Technical Assistant at Hellman Dental Laboratory, Iserlohn, Germany to practise the Recent Advances in Ceramics and Casting Technology.
1982-1983 Internship training at Cairo University Hospital and School.
1983-1986 Three years Residency, Oral Surgery Dept., Cairo University Hospital
1986-1990 Demonstrator/ Assistant Lecturer, Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Cairo University.
1990 -1993 PhD Student in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Glasgow.
1992 -1993 Part-time Instructor, Glasgow Dental Hospital and School, University of Glasgow.
1993 -1998 Lecturer in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, The University of Glasgow, Specialist registrar in academic Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, CanniesburnHospital, West of Scotland Regional Plastic & Maxillofacial Unit
1998-2003 Senior Lecturer/ Honorary Consultant in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Glasgow Dental Hospital & School
2005-2009 Glasgow DentalSchool Research Director
2005- 2008 Secretary General of the African Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
2004-2009 Chair of the Intercollegiate Speciality Examination Board in Oral Surgery
2003-now Professor in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Awards and Honours: 1. British Council Award for clinical training at Canniesburn Hospital (Glasgow), and Queen Mary's UniversityHospital (London), in 1988
2. Overseas Research Student Award given by the Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom to cover the tuition fees for the PhD for three years from 1990 to 1993.
3. Glasgow University Postgraduate Scholarship for maintenance and living expenses during PhD course from 1990 to 1993.
4. Scottish Hospital Endowment Research Trust Travel Grant of £1500 for collaborative Research with Dept. of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA, July 1994.
5. European Association for Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Scholarship of £1200 for Research Visit to Mexico in July 1998.
6. The Tom Gibson Memorial Award from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow for research in bone bio-engineering, 1999
7. Poster Prize (1st place) Gunter Russell Prize, British Orthodontic Conference 2001 Three dimensional soft tissue changes following orthognathic surgery – a preliminary report (M. Hajeer, D Millett, A Ayoub)
8. Poster Prize (3rd place) British Orthodontic Conference, Sept. 2001 on Clinical and three-dimensional assessment of cleft deformity(Al-Omari, D Millett, A Ayoub)
9. Best Young Researcher presentation at the International Meeting of the International Association of Paediatric Dentistry, Sept, 2002 on Facial Asymmetry-3D assessment in infants with cleft lip and palate (C Hood, M Bock, MT Hosey, A Ayoub)
10. A role for specialist nurses in a Maxillofacial outpatient clinic: delivery of a motivational interview package to patients with alcohol related facial injuries. Oaky F, Holland I, Goodall C, Crowfort A, Smith I, Gilchrist G, Bowman A, Russell A, Koppel D, Ayoub A. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons in Boston 2005. The presentation won a prize for being one of the 5 best abstracts at the meeting. 11. Logan G, Ayoub AF, Khambay BS. Soft Comparison of the superimposition of stereophotogrametry and laser scanned images of the facial soft tissues onto CBCT images of the craniofacial complex. MDDUS Student joint research prize winner 2008 12. Logan G, Ayoub AF, Khambay BS. Soft Comparison of the superimposition of stereophotogrametry and laser scanned images of the facial soft tissues onto CBCT images of the craniofacial complex. British Society for Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology, Henry Schien award winner 2009
13. The use of TCP & MSC for mandibular reconstruction. (R. El Fotawi, K. Naudi, A. Ayoub) The presentation won a prize of best post at the 4th International Saudi Conference held in Manchester June 2010.
14. O'Neil M, Khambay B, Moos KF, Barbenel J, Walker F, Ayoub A. Validation of a new method for building a three-dimensional physical model of the skull and dentition. First prize for oral presentation to Glasgow Dental Hospital & School best clinical research paper 2010.
15. Paul PE, Barbenel JC, Walker FS, Khambay BS, Moos KF, Ayoub AF. The Validation of an Improved Articulator System for Orthognathic Model Surgery. Best oral presentation, The Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthesis and Technologists, 25th scientific congress, 2011.
16. Shafi MI, Ayoub A, Ju X, Khambay B. The accuracy of 3D prediction planning for the surgical correction of facial deformities using Maxillim. TC Whaite lecture Award, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow 2011.
17. Shafi MI, Ayoub A, Ju X, Khambay B. Validation of surgical computer predictions for dentofacial surgery. Royal Society of medicine Odontology President’s Prize Award, Royal Society of Medicine, 2012
18. Short LJ, Khambay BS, Ayoub A, Erolin C, Rynn C, Wilkinson C. Validation of A Computer Modelled Forensic Facial Reconstruction Technique Using CT Data From Live Subjects: A Pilot Study. Third Prize at the University Teachers Group meeting at the British Orthodontic Conference 2012.
19. O'Neil M, Khambay B, Moos KF, Barbenel J, Walker F, Ayoub A. Validation of a new method for building a three-dimensional physical model of the skull and dentition. ‘The Wim de Ruiter Delft Plate Award’. International Maxillofacial Prosthesis and Technologists Conference, Inverness, 2013.
20. The University of Glasgow Best Undergraduate Student Teaching Award 2013/14
21. The University of Glasgow, Best research supervisor award, the university of Glasgow 2015
22. Editorial Committee and the American Scientific Publishers “JBT Best Paper Award” for the year 2016 for the published article: Randa AlFotawi, Ashraf F Ayoub, K Elizabeth Tanner, Matthew J Dalby, Kurt B Naudi, Jeremy McMahon. A novel surgical approach for the reconstruction of critical-size mandibular defects using calcium sulphate/hydroxyapatite cement, BMP-7 and mesenchymal stem cells - histological assessment. Journal of Biomaterials & Tissue Engineering 2016;6:1-11