Mr Douglas Hammond
Qualifications
MSc , PhD , BDS, MFGDP , MBBS, MRCS, MFDS, MOral Surg , FRCS (OMFS)
GMC number: 6164260
Specialties
Oral and Maxillo-facial surgery
- Overview
About
Mr Douglas Hammond qualified in dentistry at the University of Wales in 2000, and later in Medicine at The University College London in 2007.
Mr Hammond is a Consultant Maxillofacial Surgeon. He is capable of managing all dental alveolar surgery (wisdom teeth, extractions, sedation of all complexity) and is a highly experienced implant surgeon. He is also a skin cancer surgeon and manages traumatic injuries. As such, he is very capable of managing any minor skin operations which might be required on any site of the body, including cyst removal, skin cancer and scar revision.
He has worked in professional, elite, and international sport as a doctor since 2009. This includes working across rugby union, rugby league and cricket, with both male and female teams/athletes.
Mr Hammond has a strong research background including his PhD and is national specialist research lead. He supervised and continues to supervise successful PhD students, mainly associated with Concussion and Computational modelling of fractures/ biomechanics. He has more than forty peer reviewed publications.
He has also been involved in setting national sporting guidelines with concussion.
He previously worked as the Head Doctor at Stoke City FC and
is the first team Doctor for the England Rugby League team.
Special interests
- Oral surgery including impacted wisdom teeth
- Implant surgery including bone graft surgery and sinus lifting
- The diagnosis and management of temporomandibular joint disorders
- The diagnosis and management of facial pain
- The diagnosis and management of oral lesions and disease
- The diagnosis and management of salivary gland disease
- The diagnosis of head and neck malignancy
- Removal of head and neck lesions
- Facial fracture fixation/management.