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Clinical Professor Bernard Koong
- (BDSc(W.Aust)
- MSc(OMR)(Toronto)
- FICD
- FADI
- FPFA
- MRACDS (DMFR)
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologist
About
Clinical Professor Bernard Koong is a highly experienced and internationally respected oral and maxillofacial radiologist. He is one of the founding partners of Envision Medical Imaging and the managing radiologist for Qscan WA.
Bernard is the only North American qualified oral and maxillofacial radiologist in Australia. He completed his specialist training with the world-renowned Professor Michael Pharoah at the University of Toronto, where he was the first oral and maxillofacial radiology registrar to win the prestigious Harron Award and Scholarship. His training also included Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto General Hospital, and Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto.
Other positions
- Bernard is a Clinical Professor at the University of Western Australia. He has a long history of teaching oral and maxillofacial radiology at several universities, including The University of Western Australia, The University of Sydney, The University of Hong Kong, and Griffith University. This includes providing the radiology course for the Master's Degree programme in implantology developed by the internationally renowned Prof Klaus Lang
- He was the inaugural President of the Australian Academy of Dento-maxillofacial Radiology and was a member of the Editorial Board of the Clinical Oral Implant Research journal for over 15 years, stepping down from this role in 2023
- He has presented more than 150 lectures to the dental and medical professions in Australia, USA, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, Switzerland, Hong Kong (SAR, China), and New Zealand
- He was the Vice Chairman and member of the Scientific Committee of the 33rd ADA Congress
- Bernard is the author of the Atlas of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology (Wiley-Blackwell 2017) He is also the author of the radiology chapter of the 6th edition of Lindhe and Lang's Clinical Periodontology and Implant Dentistry (Wiley-Blackwell, 2015)
- He is a contributing author for Zygomatic Implants (Springer 2020) and the Glossary of Preventive Dentistry and Periodontology (Quintessence Publishing 2015).
- Bernard has authored several publications for various professional Australian and international organisations, including the radiology guide for the Australian Dental Association (2019)