Associate Professor Mark Shifter is a University of Sydney graduate, completing his MDSc in 1997. He is a specialist in Oral Medicine at The Skin Hospital, Darlinghurst and a Senior Clinical Lecturer and supervisor of the Masters Training Program in Oral Medicine at the University of Sydney.

Mark is also the Head of the Department for Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology and Special Care Dentistry and Staff Specialist in Oral Medicine at Westmead Hospital.