Dr. Richard Balmer

Dr Richard Balmer is an Associate Professor/Honorary Consultant at the University of Leeds and Associate Postgraduate Dental Dean for Yorkshire and the Humber. He has recently taken over as lead for the Postgraduate Programme in Paediatric Dentistry at Leeds University. His very first publication in 2002 was on the oral health of children with congenital heart disease and this interest has continued through his career. More recently he sat on the 2015 NICE committee to consider the use of antibiotic prophylaxis for infective endocarditis and has been involved in substantial regional revisions to care pathways for children with congenital heart disease.