Sajeev Koshy Explained

Sajeev Koshy
Death Date:21 February 2023
Education:MDS (Endodontics), MRACDS (Endodontics), MBA (Otago)
Occupation:Endodontist

Sajeev Koshy (1956-2023) was an Indian-born specialist endodontist residing in Australia. He was a public dentist, clinical director and a social advocate. He was a recipient of The Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).[1] [2]

Education

Koshy completed his schooling from St Joseph's High School, and graduated from Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum, Kerala, India. He completed his Bachelor of Dental Surgery degree from Kerala University, Trivandrum, and was the President of the Kerala Dental Students Association in 1978.[3]

He was an MDS in Endodontics, an MBA from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and an MRACDS (Endo) conferred by the Royal Australian College of Dental Surgeons.[4] He was a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.[5] Koshy also has an academic title with Griffith University.[6]

Career

From 1995 to 1996, Koshy was the President of the Indian Dental Association Kerala.[7] Koshy also served as the president of Kerala Dental Council, the statutory body for dental registration and regulation in the State of Kerala, with more than 20,000 registered dentists.[8] He was first elected as a council member and after three years, was elected as the Chairman of the Council consecutively for three five-year terms. He resigned in 1998 when he emigrated to New Zealand. He was the head of Endodontics, Prosthodontics, Implantology, periodontics and Specialist Endodontist at the Royal Dental Hospital Melbourne, Australia, the tertiary teaching hospital in Victoria.[9] Until March 2018, he served as the Clinical Director (Dental) of Plenty Valley Community Health.[10] Dr Koshy also assisted the rural health services in Victoria by working as Director of Dental Services for Boort District Health[11] and for SwanHill District Health Services . Koshy also worked as Clinical Adviser -Dental to the recently amalgamated new Central Highland Rural Health at Hepburn.

Philanthropy

Koshy worked to assist refugees and asylum seekers with oral health care in Victoria.[12] [13] He also worked abroad as a Rotary International dental volunteer with the UNHCR program in Hong Kong for Vietnamese refugees,[14] and Rotary programs with Kikuyu tribes in Kenya, Q'eqchi' Indians in Guatemala, and orphans in Colima, Mexico. He was the clinical advisor for Smile High Foundation which volunteers in Nepal.He was a former member of the Gippsland Dental Task Force Group, facilitated by Dental Health Services Victoria, which drafted the first Gippsland Oral Health Plan in 2008.[15] He was Chair of the North and West Metro Oral Health leadership group for Victoria,[16] and former Board Chair and Director of Platinum Cove Pty Ltd,[17] which is trading as Northern Dental Centre.

Awards and recognition

Notes and References

  1. Autumn 2016. Our Order of Australia Recipients – Dr. Sajeev Koshy. Freemasonry Victoria Magazine. 146. 5.
  2. Web site: Indian Origin Dr. Sajeev Koshy honoured with Medal of Order of Australia. 19 July 2021. SBS Your Language. en.
  3. Web site: IDA Kerala: History. idakerala.com. 17 April 2018.
  4. Web site: RACDS Yearbook 2016 – Flip Book Pages 1–50 | PubHTML5.
  5. Web site: Agenda – Company Director Magazine – AICD – Australian Institute of Company Directors. companydirectors.com.au. 17 April 2018.
  6. Web site: Academic Title Holders. 19 July 2021. griffith.edu.au. en.
  7. Web site: .:: IDA KERALA STATE ::. idakerala.com .:: Official website of IDA Kerala: Indian Dental Association. Dentaura.com. Site designed by. idakerala.com. 24 September 2018.
  8. Web site: .:: IDA KERALA STATE ::. idakerala.com .:: Official website of IDA Kerala: Indian Dental Association. Dentaura.com. Site designed by. idakerala.com. 3 July 2018.
  9. Web site: Dental Alumni Newsletter. University of Melbourne.
  10. Web site: Plenty Valley Community Health Organisational Chart. Community Health. Plenty Valley. Plenty Valley Community Health.
  11. Web site: Boort District Health – BDH Executive Team. bdh.vic.gov.au. 21 April 2020.
  12. Web site: Friends. Alumni &. International award winner a proud Otago graduate. 19 July 2021. University of Otago. en-nz.
  13. DENTAL HEALTH SERVICES VICTORIA. Annual Report. 2018–2019. 27. none.
  14. Web site: Master of universal care – Bite Magazine. 12 April 2017. bitemagazine.com.au. 17 April 2018.
  15. https://www.dhsv.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/2853/gippsland-oral-health-plan-march-2009.pdf
  16. https://www.dhsv.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/64629/DHSV_AnnualReport_2015-16-for-web.pdf
  17. https://info.thewest.com.au/westadvertising/feature/20160126/downloads/feature.pdf
  18. Web site: Development. Suburban. 27 August 2021. Northern Metropolitan Partnership. 11 September 2021. Suburban Development. en.
  19. Web site: Order of Saint John Australasia . 5 April 2021. en-AU.
  20. Web site: 5th Edition of Times NOW & ICICI Bank NRI of the Year Awards 2018 Honors Global Indians – TelevisionPost. televisionpost.com. en-US. 26 July 2018.
  21. Web site: Australia's highest civilian award for 3 PIOs. 27 January 2016. The Hindu.
  22. Web site: Dental Board of Australia – Honour for Board member. dentalboard.gov.au. 17 April 2018.
  23. Web site: Dental Board of Australia – Dental Board Members. dentalboard.gov.au.
  24. Web site: Dr Sajeev Koshy OAM to be appointed as Victorian Clinical Council member. sbs.com.au. 17 April 2018.
  25. 2012 MULTICULTURAL AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE RECIPIENTS . vic.gov.au . 7 March 2018.
  26. Web site: 2010 winners – Dental Health Services Victoria. dhsv.org.au.
  27. Web site: ADAVB > About Us > Our History > Awards. ADAVB. adavb.net.
  28. News: Home – health.vic, Department of Health and Human Services, Victoria, Australia. Services. Department of Health & Human. Victorian Public Healthcare Awards. 3 July 2018. en.

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