Eleni Besi

Eleni is a Senior Lecturer & Consultant Oral Surgeon at Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry. Following the graduation with honours from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece in 2010, she worked and trained at Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, at the Eastman Dental Institute, UCL and at the Edinburgh Dental Institute, NHS Lothian, where she completed her specialist training in Oral Surgery in 2018. Following the completion of her training she was subsequently appointed as an NHS Consultant in the same hospital.

​Eleni has a broad experience of clinical teaching and research in Oral Surgery. She has completed a Masters in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery from the prestigious Eastman dental Institute, UCL and a Doctorate in Dental Surgery in stem cells for bone and nerve regeneration from Edinburgh University alongside her NHS training. Her current job involves teaching and supervision of trainee dentists at various levels alongside her clinical work as a Consultant Oral Surgeon.

​Eleni has multiple publications in peer review journals and has presented her work Nationally and Internationally. She has a keen interest in education, and this has flourished through teaching postgraduate NHS and university trainees as well as being an external examiner both nationally and internationally. Eleni has represented prestigious organisations such as British association of oral surgeons and the Association of British academic oral and maxillofacial surgeons.

Her practice mainly involves complex teeth extractions including wisdom teeth, ectopic teeth in adults and children, surgical procedures to assist orthodontic treatment such as expose and bond of canines, implant placement and bone augmentation / grafting, management of cyst, soft tissue biopsies, IV sedation as well as treating facial pain patients.