BDS (Witwatersrand), ADC (Australia), DipOdont (Oral Surgery) (Pretoria) (cum laude), MChD (Maxillofacial and Oral Surgery) (Western Cape) (cum laude)
Senior Lecturer in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Contact details for Dr Mohammed Meer
Professional Biography
Mohammed Meer received his Bachelor of Dental Science from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in 1993. He completed the coursework for a Master of Science Degree in Dentistry at Wits University in 1995, with Paedodontics as a major before being awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Oral Surgery from the University of Pretoria in 1996 (with distinction). In 2000, he relocated to Cape Town to specialise in Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery at the University of Stellenbosch/University of the Western Cape, which he completed in 2004, cum laude.Mohammed has been involved in clinical teaching of undergraduate and postgraduate student in four of the five dental schools in South Africa. He was in private practice at Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands, Cape Town, and was a consultant at the Department of Maxillo-Facial and Oral Surgery of the University of the Western Cape before emigrating to Australia in 2007.
In 2008 and 2009, Mohammed was the Acting Discipline Lead in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Griffith University. During this time, he successfully completed the Australian Dental Council Examination.
Responsibilities
- Year 5 Course Convenor
- Course coordinator Comprehensive Care II (5000DOH)
- Module Coordinator (Clinical Dental Practice)
- Undergraduate teaching Year 3
- Graduate teaching Year 4 and Year 5
Research and consultancy
Research interest and research expertise
- Maxillofacial Traumatology – Penetrating knife wound injuries; Gunshot wounds.
- Implantology – Extra-oral implantology (ear and finger implants).
- Orthognathic Surgery – Adapting treatment protocols for developing countries.
Recent Publications
- M. Meer, A. Siddiqi, J.A. Morkel, P. Janse van Rensburg, S. Zafar, Knife inflicted penetrating injuries of the maxillofacial region: A descriptive, record-based study, Injury, Volume 41, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 77-81, ISSN 0020-1383, DOI: 10.1016/j.injury.2009.05.003.
- Oral Kaposi's sarcoma in a renal transplant patient: case report and literature review. Journal of the Canadian Dental Association. 2004 Oct ;70 (9):617-20.