Welcome
Western Oral Medicine Group is a specialist oral medicine practice in Kalamunda and Mount Lawley.
Our specialists together with our entire clinical and support team, are dedicated to delivering the highest standard of evidence-based, compassionate care.
We work collaboratively to ensure every patient receives thoughtful, personalised treatment grounded in current best practice, with respect, empathy, and continuity of care at the centre of everything we do.
Dr Janina Christoforou
Dr Janina Christoforou is an oral medicine specialist with expertise in the management of mucosal disease and orofacial pain. Trained in Western Australia, she is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Dental Surgeons and the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia, and also holds Fellowships with the Academy Dental International and the Pierre Fauchard Academy.
Janina is actively involved in teaching and research as a Senior Lecturer and Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia, contributing to numerous research publications and book chapters. She holds consultant positions in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, the Maxillofacial Department at Perth Children’s Hospital, and she also maintains a private practice at Western Oral Medicine Group. Committed to community service, she volunteers her time to provide oral medicine care to disadvantaged populations.
An engaged member of the Australian Dental Association, Janina has served as a Federal Councillor, contributed to multiple Federal and State committees, and currently holds the position of Vice President of the Australian Dental Association of WA.
Dr Renae Alford
Dr Renae Alford is a specialist in Oral Medicine having completed a three year Doctor of Clinical Dentistry (Oral Medicine) degree at the University of Western Australia. Prior to specialising she had more than 30 years’ experience as a general dentist and has worked overseas and in Australia, both in the public and private sectors.
Her training included clinical roles at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth Children’s Hospital and the Oral Health Centre of WA as well as undertaking research and contributing to peer reviewed publications. She is a Fellow of the Oral Medicine Academy of Australasia and member of the Australian Dental Association.
Dr Alford is committed to providing an empathetic, patient-centred and evidence based approach to facilitate the best outcomes for her patients.
