Alison Downing

Bachelor in Dental Surgery BDS Honours (Univ. of London) 1983.
FDSRCS Edinburgh 1988.
MOrthRCS England 1991.
MSc Newcastle University 1991.

Present Posts

• 1995 – to present
  Consultant Orthodontist at The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough and The University Hospital of North Tees, Stockton on Tees.
  Honorary Clinical Lecturer Newcastle University
  Clinical Orthodontic lead
  Educational supervisor
• 2004 - to present
  Examiner Membership in Orthodontics Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
  Examiner MSc Orthodontics Newcastle University
• 2005 - to present
  COG representative Clinical Standards committee of the BOS
• 2007 - to present
  Faculty Speciality Advisor for Orthodontics Northern region

Main Orthodontic interests

Orthognathic surgery, straightwire fixed appliances and functional appliances. Teaching and training.