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Dr. John Ludlow is a professor in the radiology section of the Department of Diagnostic Sciences and General Dentistry at the UNC School of Dentistry. He received his D.D.S. in 1978 and his M.S. in oral diagnosis and radiology in 1983 from the University of Michigan. Dr. Ludlow came to UNC from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry, where he taught in the Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology from 1983-89. He lectures on a variety of radiology subjects including quality assurance, imaging technology, and image interpretation. He became a diplomat of the American Board of Oral Medicine (ABOM) in 1986 and of the American Board of Oral Maxillofacial Radiology (ABOMR) in 1992. He is past president of the ABOMR, and past director of the ABOM. He is chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caring Dental Professionals of North Carolina. Dr. Ludlow's research projects have included effects of processing on radiographic interpretation, digital image enhancement, and image reconstruction for early detection of periodontitis and periimplantitis patterns of bone loss. He has also done research on outcomes and attitudes associated with web based radiology instruction. His current projects include assessment of dosimetry of cone beam CT units, and pseudocephalometric reconstruction of CT volumes for orthodontic diagnosis. Dr J Makdissi, better known as Jimmy, qualified in 1993 with DDS and completed a postgraduate diploma in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1995. He completed his Master of Medical Sciences degree (MMedSc) in Oral Surgery in 1996 from Queen's University in Belfast.

He then worked as a Senior House Officer in Leeds, Belfast and Cork. During this time, he obtained his Fellowship of Dental Surgery (FDSRCS) from the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1999.

Jimmy joined Guy's Hospital in 2000 as a specialist registrar in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology where he spent 4 years after which he obtained his Diploma of Dental Radiology from the Royal College of Radiologists (DDR RCR) and was awarded his certificate of completion of specialist training (CCST) in 2004. Subsequently, he joined Queen Mary School of Medicine and Dentistry and Barts and the London NHS Trust where he has been working as Senior Lecturer/Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology.

Jimmy delivers a number of lectures, seminars and practical classes to undergraduate BDS students, contributes to the design of the In Course Assessment and writes exam questions. He supervises Selective Study Modules for undergraduate MBBS students, delivers didactic and clinical teaching to postgraduate students in many disciplines, senior house officers and medical and dental Specialist Registrars.

He served on the education committee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology which published its report on undergraduate education in Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology in the Journal of DentoMaxillofacial Radiology.

He has been an invited speaker on number of national conferences (British Dental Association, British Association of Oral Surgery and British Association of Dental Therapists) and international conferences (Australia: The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Pakistan: Asia Pacific Dental Congress and Hungary: International Association of Head and Neck Radiology).

He publishes in many scientific journals and a list of his publications is available on the PubMed website.