RAAF Dentist
Bachelor of Oral Health in Dental Science 2008
Graduate Diploma of Dentistry 2010
Ajitha Naidu Sugnanam graduated with a Bachelor of Oral Health in Dental Science in 2008 and a Graduate Diploma of Dentistry in 2010.
On graduating from Griffith, Ajitha joined the Royal Australian Air Force where she currently serves as Squadron Leader (one of only a handful of dentists Australia wide who hold this position). She strives daily for excellence in her chosen profession of dentistry, but also instigates and self-funds humanitarian work that changes people’s lives nationally and internationally.
From 2011 – 2013 she volunteered in Vietnam, India and Cambodia, where in conjunction with NGOs, she assessed and treated hundreds of children. She generously passes on her dental knowledge in various teaching capacities, including a humanitarian mission to Nepal in 2014, where she taught dental procedures to medical Interns. In addition, she returns to India annually on self-funded expeditions, to continue to maximise exposure in remote areas of India to basic health care.
“Griffith was a great place to gain a comprehensive training in dentistry,” says Ajitha. “We had some very inspiring lecturers teaching us and also a great exposure to the possibilities of a defence force career; something I had not seriously considered before.”
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