Consultant List
Dr. Jeffrey Lovell, Program Director:
Dr. Lovell graduated from the University of Western Ontario Doctor of Dental Surgery Program with his DDS and then completed a General Practice Residency Program in Hospital Dentistry at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry with London Health Sciences Centre/St. Joseph’s Health Care London. After a few years as a general dentist, he returned to his alma mater and completed his residency program in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, MSc in Pathology, and medical school MD at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry. Dr. Lovell is an assistant professor in the Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and the current Director of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry General Practice Residency Program in Hospital Dentistry.
Dr. Michael Shimizu:
Dr. Shimizu graduated from the University of British Columbia Doctor of Dental Medicine Program with his DMD and then completed a General Practice Residency Program in Hospital Dentistry at Vancouver General Hospital and the BC Cancer Agency. After a few years as a general dentist in Vancouver, he moved to Halifax and completed his residency program in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, MSc in Oral and Maxillofacial Science, and medical school MD at Dalhousie University. He stayed on at Dalhousie as a Fellow to further his training in cleft lip and palate surgery and then joined the faculty at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry in 2000. He is a founding faculty member and Program Director of the Graduate Residency Program in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Chair of the Division of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and is the Chief of Dentistry at St. Joseph’s Health Care London and Head of Dentistry at London Health Sciences Centre/Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. Dr. Shimizu is also an examiner in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery for The Royal College of Dentists of Canada.
Dr. Christina McCord:
After obtaining her DDS from Western, Dr. McCord completed her specialty training in oral pathology and oral medicine as well as her MSc at the University of Toronto. Currently, Dr. McCord is an oral pathologist and assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Western University, where she teaches in the undergraduate dental and post-graduate oral and maxillofacial surgery programs. She also maintains a clinical oral pathology practice at University Hospital.
Dr. Mark Darling:
Dr. Mark Darling is Associate Professor, Division of Oral Pathology in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University. He graduated from the University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, with a BChD degree in 1985. He has also received an MSc (Dent) from the University of the Western Cape in 1990, an MSc (Med) in Experimental Oral Pathology from the University of London, United Kingdom in 1991, and an MChD (Oral Pathology) from the University Of Stellenbosch, South Africa in 1998. He is a member of the International Association of Oral Pathologists, the American Association for Oral Medicine and Pathology and the International Association for Dental Research. He has 58 publications in peer reviewed Journals, 26 published abstracts and 84 presentations at scientific meetings.
