Ian Gainsford

Sir Ian Derek Gainsford is a British retired dentist and academic. He was dean of King's College School of Medicine and Dentistry, King's College London and vice-principal of King's College London. He was president of the Maccabaeans, a friendly society.

Career

Junior Staff, King’s College Hospital, 1955–57
Member of staff, Dept of Conservative Dentistry, London Hospital Medical School, 1957–70
Senior Lecturer/Consultant, Dept of Conservative Dentistry, KCH, 1970–97
Deputy Dean of Dental Studies, 1973–77; Dir of Clinical Dental Services, KCH, 1977–87
Dean, Faculty of Clinical Dentistry, KCL, 1983–87

Other positions

President, British Society for Restorative Dentistry, 1973–74
Member: BDA, 1956–
President, American Dental Society of London, 1982)
President, Western Marble Arch Synagogue, 1998–2000
Honorary President, British Friends of Magen David Adom, 1995–

He wrote the standard textbook ''Silver Amalgam in Clinical Practice''

Honours

Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1967
Fellow in Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, 1998
He was knighted in 1995.