Mr Colin Harrop

Professional statement

Mr Colin Harrop is a leading, highly-experienced consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon based in Kettering, who specialises in head, and neck skin cancer, oral cancer and wisdom teeth, alongside salivary gland disease, oral mucosa disease and facial pain. He privately practises at Ramsay Woodland Hospital and his NHS bases are Kettering General Hospital and Northampton General Hospital.

Mr Harrop is degree-qualified in both dentistry and medicine. He has a BDS (Comm) from the University of Glasgow and his MBChB (Hons) was achieved at the University of Glasgow in 1994. He went on to complete his specialist registrar training in the East Midlands.

Mr Harrop, who was the previous chairman of Head and Neck Cancer at MDT Northamptonshire and Maxillofacial Surgery Representative for Northamptonshire Oral Health Network, has been recognised for his teaching and training work. He was the Runner Up of British Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons' (BAOMS) Trainer of the Year 2013 award, has been an educational supervisor for maxillofacial specialist trainees from the Oxford region for around 12 years and is a member of the Maxillofacial Specialist Training committee for the Oxford region, where he is a clinical supervisor. 

His clinical research has been published in a peer-reviewed journal, while he is a member of various professional organisations including the Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of England (FRCS), the British Medical Association (BMA) and BAOMS.