Dr Andrew completed his Bachelor of Oral Health and Graduate Diploma of Dentistry from Griffith University in 2008. Dr Andrew received Awards in Academic Excellence for both degrees. Upon completion, he then worked for a decade in North Queensland. During this time, Dr Andrew completed a Graduate Diploma of Dental Implantology, became a Diplomate of the International College of Oral Implantologists, and presented dental implant lectures both within Australia and as far away as the USA and Croatia.

Moving to Sydney, Dr Andrew completed a Graduate Diploma of Clinical Dentistry in Surgical Dentistry and a Doctor of Clinical Dentistry in Oral Surgery, both at the University of Sydney, fulfilling a long-term dream of registering as a specialist Oral Surgeon.

Dr Andrew was granted the inaugural Award for Academic and Clinical Excellence for his specialty training from the Australian and New Zealand Association of Oral Surgeons. Dr Andrew is also a Member of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and a Lecturer at the University of Sydney.

Dr Andrew has a particular interest in the management of wisdom teeth, dental implantology including dental implant placement and bone grafting, and the complex patient. Dr Andrew’s research endeavours have principally focused on Oral Surgery education and evidence based Oral Surgery practice.

Andrew is also the current president of the AAAD.

Tom graduated from The University of Queensland with a Bachelor of Dental Science. After working in both the private and public dental sectors, he undertook a three-year specialist training program at the University of Queensland and graduated with a Doctorate of Clinical Dentistry specialising in Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology. It included training at Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, private radiology practices and at the School of Dentistry.

He has held positions of visiting lecturer, clinical supervisor and external examiner at the University of Queensland, School of Dentistry and the University of Western Australia, School of Dentistry. Tom has also presented topics in radiology and radiography internationally and continues to have research interests in Cone Beam Computed Tomography. He was the Australian regional director for the International Association of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology (2016-2022) and is currently the president of the Australian Academy of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology (2023-2024) and a member of the RACDS WA Regional Committee (2021-2025).

Tom has published papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a contributing author of the publication Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (Wiley-Blackwell, 2017). He is also a co-author of the ADA’s Practical Guide to Dental Radiology (2019)