Professor Coulthard is Dean & Director of the Institute of Dentistry, and Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, at Barts & The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London. He is President of the British Association of Oral Surgeons. He is a Consultant Oral Surgeon with Barts Health NHS Trust having previously been a consultant at Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for 18 years and Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery since 2004.

Professor Coulthard was previously Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Head of the School of Medical Sciences at the University of Manchester that consisted of the Research Institutes of ‘Cancer Sciences’, ‘Cardiovascular Sciences’, ‘Developmental Biology & Medicine’, ‘Diabetes, Endocrinology & Gastroenterology’, and the ‘Manchester Medical School’ and ‘Manchester Dental School’. He has significant financial management experience, is a strategic thinker and influencer. Prior to this he was Dean of the Manchester Dental School of five years. He is past President of the ‘British Dental Association Hospital Group’. Professor Coulthard was Chair of Dental System Leadership Group responsible for the oral health of Greater Manchester’s 3M population. He is an Honorary Consultant Advisor to the Office of the Chief Dental Officer NHS England and NHS Improvement.

He has published over 200 scientific papers and has an international research reputation in the fields of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Implantology, and the Control of Pain and Anxiety. His PhD is in neuroscience. Professor Coulthard has Chaired a number of influential committees for NHS England, and contributed to the Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme (SDCEP), publishing clinical guidance. He has been a Cochrane Collaboration Editor since 2002 and was Editor-in-Chief of Oral Surgery 2013-2018.

Professor Coulthard is actively involved in teaching and learning and been External Examiner at a number of UK and international institutions. He is passionate about Evidence-Based Practice and teaching this concept to students. He is principal Author a popular textbook with the fourth edition published in 2021 and also a number of book chapters for other textbooks.

Since his appointment as Dean of the Institute of Dentistry, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, in January 2019 the QS World University Rankings has escalated from more than 75^th in the world to being ranked 11^th in the world in 2020. The Ranking is based on an Overall Score composed of scores for Employer Reputation, H-Index Citations, Citations per Paper and Academic Reputation. Dentistry scored a perfect 100% on the citations element of the rankings confirming the globally leading work that is being carried out, published and having a real impact on improving global health. The Institute was ranked 1^st in the world in 2020 QS World Rankings for the Citation metric for Dentistry.

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