Arshad Ali, clinical director of The Scottish Centre for Excellence in Dentistry in Govan, Glasgow, has been named businessman of the year at the Scottish Asian Business Awards.
The dental surgeon was presented with his award by Jim Shaw, senior partner at Clydesdale Bank at the ceremony at Glasgow's Crowne Plaza hotel. Since qualifying as a dentist in 1978, Arshad Ali has been at the forefront of restorative dentistry, and was one of the first dental surgeons to introduce implantology to patients in the UK. He is also internationally renowned for the rehabilitation of oral cancer and trauma patients.
In April 2009, Mr Ali opened the £3 million Scottish Centre for Excellence in Dentistry (SCED), a private dental clinic specialising in dentistry, implantology, facial rejuvenation, plastic surgery and hypnotherapy.
He said, 'It is an absolute honour to be awarded the top businessman award. Opening SCED earlier this year was a major milestone in my career and to be recognised with this prestigious award makes all the hard work worthwhile.'
