A/Prof Sue-Ching Yeoh is an AHPRA-registered Oral Medicine Specialist. She maintains a specialist private practice in Sydney and holds a clinical appointment at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, where she is a member of the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Oncology Team.

A/Prof Yeoh holds an academic position with the University of Sydney and is the current Stream Coordinator for the DClinDent (Oral Medicine) training program. She is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons (General and Special Fields Stream), the International College of Dentists, the Pierre Fauchard Academy, and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.

She currently serves as the President of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia (OMAA) and chairs the Australian Dental Association Therapeutics Committee. Additionally, she is a contributing author to the Therapeutic Guidelines: Oral and Dental V3 (2019).

A/Prof Yeoh is dedicated to continuing professional development and has been a frequently invited speaker for the Australian Dental Association’s CPD programs. She has presented at national and international conferences, published in peer-reviewed journals, and contributed to several Oral Medicine textbooks.

She has extensive experience managing oral conditions in medically compromised patients, particularly in Haemato-Oncology, Head and Neck Oncology, Immunology and Rheumatology, and Dermatology.

Her clinical interests include oral mucosal diseases, particularly oral potentially malignant disorders and vesiculobullous diseases, as well as odontogenic and salivary gland pathology, orofacial pain, and temporomandibular dysfunction.

Her research focuses on oral carcinogenesis and autoimmune oral blistering conditions.

• President, Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia (OMAA)
• Australian Dental Association (ADA)
• Chair, Australian Dental Association Therapeutics Committee
• NSW Oral Medicine Study Group (Co-founder)
• European Association of Oral Medicine (EAOM)
• International Association of Oral Pathologists (IAOP)

Associate Professor, Stream Coordinator (DClinDent Oral Medicine Program).

Sydney Dental School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney.

I am an Oral Medicine Specialist

I trained as a dentist through the University of Sydney and after working for several years, decided to do further training to become an Oral Medicine Specialist. I completed my Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons in both the General Stream as well as the Special Fields Stream of Oral Medicine. After working as a Fellow at Westmead Hospital, I was offered an Oral Medicine Specialist position at the Royal Prince Alfred and Liverpool Hospitals in Sydney, as well as a Visiting Specialist position at The Canberra Hospital.

A salesperson in David Jones, working in the confectionery department!

I manage conditions that affect the “skin” inside the mouth, a bit like a “dermatologist for the mouth”. The majority of this treatment is non-surgical.

Giving people bad news.

Building relationships with people. Many of my patients require long term follow up, and meeting on a regular basis gives us the opportunity to get to know each other quite well.

Being together with my husband, raising two wonderful daughters in a happy home environment.

Enjoying dancing to silly songs with my girls and then reading with them at bedtime.

I’ve had the privilege of working with the Lifehouse Head and Neck Cancer team for many years, and am now excited to be consulting onsite.

I have a role in identifying and monitoring pre-cancer of the mouth, and I am often the person who performs the initial biopsy which leads to the diagnosis of cancer. I am then responsible for facilitating the referral to the Head and Neck Cancer Multidisciplinary Team, and am involved in the treatment planning stage, particularly with regards to coordinating and addressing pre-treatment dental concerns. Once the initial cancer treatment is complete, I help patients to manage with some of the long term effects of treatment, such as dry mouth.