Patrick has been involved in the wider profession for most of his career. He was elected as a State Councilor for the Australian Dental Association New South Wales Branch in 1988, stepping down only recently. He was elected as a member of the Dental Board of NSW in 1994, where he served as Chairman of the Complaints Committee for 4 years. He has held many positions within ADA NSW Branch, including a stint as Vice-President. He is quite proud of achievements there, which have included a re-writing of the Code of Ethics for the state branch, which for the first time incorporated reference to the ‘Four Principles’ of Bioethics.
Patrick was also instrumental in the creation of the ADA’s Centre for Professional Dental Development, as well as being a founding director of this company which creates material for continuing education, lectures for dentists and their staff, audio, and video training products for dentists all over Australia and New Zealand. This has helped combine his interest in advancing the general standards within the profession and his interest in teaching. One of the exciting projects created by this group was the ‘Digital Media Library’. This facility is kind of like YouTube for dentists, with a wide variety of educational videos and lectures, some of which Patrick created. It was eventually taken over by the National ADA and now serves dentists all over Australia. In 2016 he was elected as a Federal Councilor of the ADA. During his time in this position, he served as Chair of the National Dental Education and Training Committee, after also serving as a Clinical Media Advisor, interviewer and content developer for ADA, creating training resources including audio interviews, and training videos. He enjoyed his time as the lead interviewer for the Australian Dental Association’s ‘Dental Files’ series, an educational product that provides audio interviews and video lectures to dentists all over Australia. In 2016, Patrick was honored to receive the Federal ADA's Valuable Service Award for his work in continuing education and media. His most recent series is the popular 'PharmaAdvice' podcast where he and Clinical Pharmacist Dr Geraldine Moses AM conduct bi-monthly chats about all things pharmacological for Australian dentists. He also serves as an occasional interviewer and presenter for 'A Case In Points' video educational series for the ADA.
Patrick is the immediate Past-President of the Pierre Fauchard Academy, after having served as national secretary and treasurer since 2001. The Academy is an international dental honour society established in memory of an extraordinary French dentist, considered the father of modern dentistry.
Patrick receives his Life Fellow Award from Dental Council of NSW Chair Dr Deb Cockrell.
He was recently made a Life Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy in recognition of his deep involvement in the Academy and the profession at large.
He is also a fellow of the International College of Dentistry. and was recently admitted as a fellow of the Academy of Dentistry International.
