Dr. Alka Saksena is a consultant oral surgeonat University Dental Hospital Manchester,where she is leads in clinical effectiveness, patient safety, hospital sedation and cross Infection.She is the Training Programme Director for Dental Core Trainees in Health Education Northwest, Examiner for RCS England and was transformation lead for Central Manchester Foundation Trust.

She graduated in London, completed specialty training in Birmingham in 2007 and was president of the Birmingham Medical Institute,prior to taking up her current post in Manchester in 2008.

She has lead patient safety initiatives which have resulted in significant and sustained reduction in adverse surgical incidents and improved patient safety culture at at University Dental Hospital Manchester with the organisation being shortlisted for the National Patient Safety Awards in 2014.