R. Satish Ranka is a Consultant Occupational Health Physician with extensive experience in complex case evaluations and workplace health. As Director of R-Health Ltd and Lead Selected Medical Practitioner (SMP), he plays a pivotal role in ensuring high clinical standards in ill health retirement assessments and injury award determinations across UK police forces.
In addition to his expertise in occupational medicine, Dr. Ranka is a Responsible Officer (RO), overseeing the appraisal and revalidation of doctors to ensure compliance with professional standards and regulatory requirements. His role as an RO reflects his commitment to upholding the highest clinical and ethical standards within occupational health practice.
Dr Ranka is also a Deputy Chief Examiner for the Faculty of Occupational Medicine and a Portfolio Assessor for non-specialist pathways to the Occupational Medicine Consultant route. These two roles reflect his ongoing commitment to developing and supporting the Occupational Medicine community through education, mentoring, and quality assurance in professional standards.
Dr. Ranka has a wealth of experience in fitness-for-work assessments, long-term absence management, and disability evaluations under the Equality Act 2010. His meticulous and evidence-based approach has earned him recognition as a trusted SMP, ensuring fair and robust decision-making in accordance with police pension regulations.
Beyond his clinical work, Dr. Ranka is dedicated to shaping best practices in occupational health within the policing and public sector. He is an Examiner for the Faculty of Occupational Medicine at both diploma and specialist levels. He also serves as a portfolio assessor for the alternative pathway to specialist qualifications in Occupational Medicine and has authored national guidelines for colleague portfolio assessors on reviewing portfolio evidence. Additionally, he is an ARCP panelist for the Occupational Medicine trainee pathway review, supporting doctors in their progression toward specialist qualifications.
Qualifications and Specialisations
Edward is a full qualified Consultant Maxillofacial Prosthetist and full member and vice chairman of the Institute of Maxillofacial Prosthetists Technologists. He is also a registered Dental Technician with the GDC. Registration: 125530
Professional Journey
Edward started his career in 1997 at Guy’s & St Thomas Hospital as a Trainee Dental Technician and obtained his Diploma in Dental Technology in 2000. Between 2001 and 2003, Edward work as a Dental Ceramist, at the same time attended evening school at Lambeth college to complete his HNC in Orthodontics.
In 2004 he become a Senior Orthodontic Technician at the John Radcliffe in Oxford and then eventually Chief Orthodontic Technician in 2007 at Wexham Park Hospital. Here Edward obtained a certificate in Healthcare Leadership and Management at West London University.
In 2009 Edward attended Manchester Metropolitan University, studying Maxillofacial Prosthetics & Technology, becoming qualified as a Maxillofacial Prosthetist in 2011.
In 2013, Edward become the Laboratory manager of the Maxillofacial Laboratory at Luton & Dunstable Hospital. During this time he implement a 3D printing service, and obtained funding for a CBCT scanner at the trust. In 2020, Edward was awarded a level 5 Diploma in Management and Leadership of the Chartered Managers Institute.
Since July 2021 he is now the Maxillofacial Laboratory Manager at Healthcare Partners Ltd, which is a 100% wholly owned subsidiary company of the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford. Edward has since implemented BSI ISO13485 quality management systems into the laboratory which focuses on the quality custom made medical devices.
Areas of Expertise
His main interests include prosthetic rehabilitation of patients who have suffered facial injury or defects due to cancer, this includes Ocular, Auricular and Nasal silicone prostheses. Edward is also very experienced with Digital Orthognathic Planning and regularly attends joint planning with surgeons to virtual plan surgical moves. Edward is also expert at Prosthetic Obturation of head and neck cancer patients and has worked closely with Dr Ranka for many years to achieve excellent patient outcomes.
Contributions and Achievements
Edward currently works at the Royal Surrey Hospital in Guildford as a Consultant Maxillofacial Prosthetist and has implemented many new initiatives including digital surgical planning. He is a National and International speaker and has lectured on a range of topics including 3D Orthognathic Planning, 3D Medical Modelling and most recently at the British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons on the NHS England Getting it right first time (GIRFT) report for Maxillofacial laboratories.
Personal Interests
When not at work, Edward enjoys spending time with his wife and children. He loves to DJ whenever possible, this has always been his lifetime passion. He also works on building projects of his own, from house renovation to building model railways!
R-Dental
Bringing the speciality of Maxillofacial Prosthetics to R-Dental is a unique service usually only found within the NHS. This clinic provides expert care and custom made silicone prosthetics to aid rehabilitation of patients suffering with congenital, traumatic or post-operative facial defects. This service may also involve the speciality of Oral Maxillofacial rehabilitation of head and neck cancer patients, connecting highly complex devices via obturation to achieve not only function, but also aesthetics.
Mrs Ranka is a Specialist in Restorative Dentistry including Prosthodontics, Periodontics, Endodontics and Implantology.
Mrs Ranka’s main areas of interest include fixed and removable prosthodontics, management of complex restorative cases including oral rehabilitation of patients with head and neck cancer, treatment of toothwear (with a confirmative and reorganised approach), hypodontia (congenitally missing teeth) and implant dentistry.
Mrs Ranka has vast experience in periodontics and has treated numerous patients with periodontitis with a non-surgical and surgical approach where indicated. She has the experience of joint orthodontic-restorative treatment planning for treatment of patients with hypodontia and cleft lip and palate. She enjoys her work of restoring smiles and oral rehabilitation. She qualified as a dentist in 1997 and completed her MFDS in North-East England in 2005. She commenced her specialist training in Restorative Dentistry at the Liverpool Dental Hospital and attained FDS (Rest Dent) RCS in 2012 from the Royal College of Surgeons of England. Mrs Ranka was appointed as a Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the Royal Preston Hospital in July 2013 and was the Clinical Director of Dental Specialties from 2016 to 2018. She achieved clinical excellence awards for her work during this time in addition to a charitable grant from Rosemere Cancer Centre for treatment of head and neck cancer patients.
She was the Clinical Audit lead and regularly chaired the Evidence Based Dentistry Forums at the Hospital.
Thereafter, Mrs Ranka worked as Consultant in Restorative Dentistry at the Luton and Dunstable University Hospital for 6.5 years until June 2025. She was involved in the set-up of the Restorative Service for this region, with her specialist interest in Head and Neck Cancer. She regularly attends courses and conferences for continuing professional development and has completed an Advanced Implantology course at the Branemark Institute in Johannesburg, SA. She has published papers and guidelines in peer-reviewed journals. She is a member of the British Society of Prosthodontics and has been actively involved in the Restorative Managed Clinical Network. At home, she is a busy mum and enjoys spending her time with her husband and son. She plays badminton and her hobbies include crafts, travelling and cooking.
Having completed an honours degree in Biochemistry at The University of Birmingham in 1993, Dr Brock undertook a BDS Dentistry degree at the same institution in 1998, during which time he received a number of local and national awards. Following vocational dental training in Lincoln, he went back to Birmingham Dental Hospital and School to complete a PhD in Periodontology in conjunction with the well known company Unilever, under the supervision of Prof I Chapple. This led to the British Society of Periodontology’s Fish Prize for research. It is also during this period that he began teaching at undergraduate level in Periodontology and Prosthodontics disciplines, in addition to further postgraduate training in Oral Surgery and Prosthodontics. He went on to study for and gain his Diploma of Membership of the Faculty of Dental Surgery (MFDS Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh) in 2005. Subsequent time was spent working in a hospital maxillofacial unit, four months in an ITI programme in the United States and then private practice prior to five years clinical specialty training in Restorative Dentistry at Liverpool Dental Hospital and School. This extensive programme provided opportunities to teach both undergraduates in dentistry and hygiene therapy programmes, in addition to delivering undergraduate and postgraduate lectures and table clinics locally, nationally and internationally.
Following completion of specialist training and examination to be awarded his diploma of Fellowship in Dental Surgery in 2012 (Restorative Dentistry, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh), Dr Brock has undertaken both Dental Hospital and general hospital consultant posts in England, Scotland and Wales. As well as wearing a clinical hat he has continued to engage in undergraduate and postgraduate education delivery and training, including acting as an educational and clinical supervisor for Dental Core Trainees and Specialty trainees in Restorative Dentistry and its allied disciplines. He also acted as undergraduate BDS Year 2 tutor at the University of Manchester (2014-17) in addition to teaching on the postgraduate Periodontology programme. He is particularly motivated by seeing several students under his guidance go on to deliver clinical work, present it and receive national prizes!
He continues to examine for, and has taught on, the MFDS programme for the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. He has recently established a hospital Restorative Dentistry post in a busy maxillofacial unit in Cornwall and is an external examiner for University College Cork.
