Rate My Professor Magdalen Foo

Dr. Magdalen Foo is a Senior Lecturer in Oral Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences at the University of Western Australia Dental School, a position she has held since 2016. She also serves as an Examiner and Lecturer in the Discipline of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery at Curtin Medical School within the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, commencing in 2016. Holding qualifications including BDS, MBBS, FDSRCS, FRCS(OMFS), and FRACDS(OMS), she is a UK-trained Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon with a specialized UK Interface Fellowship in Head and Neck Oncology from September 2011 to August 2012. This advanced training distinguishes her as the only surgeon in Western Australia with full UK Interface fellowship level expertise in head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery within her field. Her professional career encompasses clinical practice as an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in Perth, focusing on head and neck surgery, wisdom teeth extractions, dentoalveolar surgery in medically complex patients, oral pathology, salivary gland surgery, facial skin cancer surgery, and facial fracture management.

Dr. Foo's research specializations center on complications associated with oral surgical procedures, including post-extraction issues, lingual nerve damage during mandibular third molar extractions, and the management of dental patients on anticoagulant or antiplatelet therapy. Her key publications include 'Prevalence and risk factors of post-extraction complications in a Western Australian tertiary dental hospital: A retrospective cross-sectional study' (2025, Australian Dental Journal), co-authored with Dignam, P., Elshafey, M., Jeganathan, A., Foo, M., Park, J. S., and Ratnaweera, M.; 'Incidence of lingual nerve damage following surgical extraction of mandibular third molars with lingual flap retraction: A systematic review and meta-analysis' (2023, PLoS One), with Lee, J., Feng, B., Park, J. S., Foo, M., and Kruger, E.; 'Current practices of Western Australian general dentists regarding management of patients on anticoagulant/antiplatelet therapy' (2021, Australian Dental Journal), co-authored with Foo, M., See, L., Lee, J., Feng, B., and Kruger, E.; and 'Incidental finding of monoclonal B-cell lymphocytosis in the mandible' (2020, BMJ Case Reports), with Sundaresan, P. D. and Foo, M. Additional works cover topics such as prevalence and factors influencing post-operative complications following tooth extraction (2024), hearing hoofbeats in diagnostics (2015), and immune responses in periodontal disease (2012, 2010). Her contributions have garnered 54 citations on ResearchGate, reflecting impact in oral surgery and pathology.