Mr Ross Elledge

Mr Ross Elledge is a highly regarded and skilled consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon who has subspecialty interests in temporomandibular disorders (including temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthroscopy and TMJ replacement) and skin cancer. He also practices the full scope of general oral and maxillofacial surgery including dentoalveolar surgery, wisdom teeth removal, impacted teeth removal, treatment for cysts and benign tumours of the jaws, salivary gland disorders, maxillofacial trauma and oral medicine.

Mr Elledge is one of only a handful of surgeons nationally to provide advanced arthroscopic (keyhole) surgery for the TMJ and total alloplastic TMJ replacement. He is a former National Lead of the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons (BAOMS) TMJ Subspecialty Interest Group (SSIG), has lectured internationally on various aspects of TMJ surgery and care, is a section editor for TMJ papers for the British Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and is a Full Member of the European Society of TMJ Surgeons (ESTMJS). Mr Elledge graduated in dentistry with distinction at the University of Malta in 2003, finishing first in his year.

Following a few years working for the state health service in Malta, he relocated to the United Kingdom in 2005, initially working in paediatric dentistry and orthodontics. Following junior posts in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the West of Scotland, he completed the Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow in 2006.

In 2007, Mr Elledge started an accelerated medical degree at the University of Birmingham, completing this in 2010 with distinction, coming first in his year and being awarded the Sir Arthur Thomson Gold Medal and the Chancellor's Prize, awarded annually for outstanding achievement and contributions to the general life of the University. Junior doctor jobs followed around the West Midlands, including Core Surgical Training in Plastic Surgery and completion of the Membership of the Royal College of Surgeons exams in 2012.

He was then granted a place on a higher surgical training programme in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in the West Midlands, training in the whole remit of the specialty and successfully completing his exit Fellowship exams in 2017, as well as gaining a Masters in Medical Education with distinction from the acclaimed programme at the Centre for Medical Education, University of Dundee.

Mr Elledge rounded off his training with two nationally awarded Training Interface Group (TIG) Fellowships in Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery and the Management of Skin Cancer in Nottingham and Leeds respectively in 2018, prior to taking up the post of Consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust.

He also holds an honorary consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery contract with Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust. As well as being a clinician in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, he is also an academic, being an honorary senior clinical lecturer at the University of Birmingham, where he is responsible for the Human Disease module within the undergraduate dental degree (BDS) programme. Mr Elledge currently practices privately at The Priory Hospital in Birmingham (Circle Health), The Harborne Hospital in Birmingham (part of HCA Healthcare UK), Spire Parkway Hospital in Solihull, as well as The Westbourne Centre in Birmingham (Ramsay Health).