About Dr Bob
Prof Dr Bob Khanna
Bob Khanna is registered on the GDC (General Dental Council Website) website as Rajesh Khanna, registration number 68541.
Renowned for his expertise and trusted by doctors worldwide, a significant number of DrBK’s patients are medical professionals themselves, earning Prof Bob Khanna the well-deserved title of “The Doctor’s Choice” in Facial Aesthetics.
Since 1992, Prof Khanna has built a formidable career carrying out advanced cosmetic and oral surgical procedures in combination with aesthetic medicine. His expertise spans the latest innovations in Oral Implantology, including soft and hard tissue grafting, TMD rehabilitation, and treatments for head and neck pain. With nearly 30 years of pioneering work, he has been a trailblazer in the development of concepts and techniques utilising botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, PRP, and thread lifting.
After becoming the first dental surgeon in the world to embrace Facial Aesthetics, Dr Khanna opened his first clinic in in 1997, alongside launching The Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute, aesthetic training courses for Registered Medical Professionals. Since then, he has opened the prestigious DrBK Clinics in Reading and London’s Harley Street. His state-of-the-art Training Institute went on to become the first Aesthetics Training Institute for Medical Professionals to be approved by the Royal Society for Public Health and is the leading course provider for medical professionals in Aesthetics.
As well as providing the leading Training Service for Facial Aesthetics in the UK, Prof Khanna is an invited speaker and chairman of the most senior aesthetic medical and dental conferences in the world, including IMCAS, FACE, CCR and more. Since 1996, he has advised and acted as International KOL for leading aesthetic brands, such as Merz, Teoxane, Q-Med, Allergan, Galderma, Filorga, Croma, Pluryal, Erchonia and the Baldan Group. Prof Bob has authored numerous offline/online articles and webinars which have been featured in dental and medical publications and websites, as well as local, national and international media outlets, including many cosmetic surgery related television documentaries (Cosmetic Surgery Live Channel 5, The Ruby Wax Show BBC one, Silicone Chicks Discovery Health and Plastic Surgery Laid Bare Sky One).
Due to his global achievements, Professor Bob Khanna was appointed Visiting Professor of Facial Aesthetics at the University of Sevilla (2012), Visiting Professor of Facial Aesthetics at the University of Vienna (2022) and has established a solid reputation for leadership in the field of Facial Aesthetics. He was recently awarded with the prestigious Global Recognition in Cosmetic Medicine Award at the 2024 NI Cosmetic Medicine Awards.
In 2005, Professor Khanna launched the International Academy of Advanced Facial Aesthetics (IAAFA); a non-profit organisation that aims to bring medical aesthetic clinicians together with the aim of regulating the aesthetics industry and enhancing patient safety, whilst simultaneously raising £380,372 for children’s charities through the annual IAAFA Charity Ball.
Key Achievements
- Clinical Director of the Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute
- CEO and Principal of DrBK – The Ultimate Dental & Medical Aesthetics Clinic (Reading and Harley St London)
- President of the International Academy of Advanced Facial Aesthetics (IAAFA)
- Appointed (Visiting) Professor of Facial Aesthetics – University of Sevilla, Spain (2012 – current)
- Appointed (Visiting) Professor of Facial Aesthetics – University of Vienna (2022 – current)
- Named Tatler’s ‘Doctors’ Choice’ for Facial Aesthetics & Dentistry 2023
- Awarded Global Recognition in Cosmetic Medicine Award – NI Cosmetic Medicine Awards (2024)
Accolades
- 1996: First Dental surgeon in the world to embrace facial aesthetics
- 1997: Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute opened for dentists, doctors and surgeons all over the world, and has since trained thousands on the topic of facial aesthetics
- 2003: Awarded with a Fellowship from the ‘International Academy of Dental Facial Aesthetics’ in New York, an accolade shared by some of the world’s most eminent Dental surgeons
- 2005: Founded ‘International Academy of Advanced Facial Aesthetics’ (IAAFA) which has raised over £380,272 for local charities. IAAFA is supported by many Internationally accomplished Dentists, Doctors, Plastic surgeons and Dermatologists.
- 2007 – current: FACE Conference UK – Invited lecturer and conducting live demonstrations
- 2008: ‘Best Training Course Provider’ – Aesthetic Medicine Awards (as voted by the profession)
- 2009: Awarded ‘UK Private Dental Surgeon of the Year’, as voted by his peers
- 2009: DrBK Clinic and Training Institute opened in Reading – a state of the art facility dedicated to clinical excellence
- 2009: Appointed as Lead Clinical Director in the FGDP Facial Aesthetics Masterclass at the Royal College of Surgeons, London
- 2010: Author of the Facial Aesthetics Module of the Aesthetics MSc at Kings College London
- 2010: Q-Med masterclasses in Sydney, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore
- 2010: Appointed Clinical Course Director and Chairman – IMCAS (France, Far East, India)
- 2011 – current: Appointed Clinical Chairman and Director at the Aesthetic Medicine World Congress (AMWC) – Monaco, Berlin, Moscow, South America, Far east
- 2021: Dr Bob Khanna Training Institute becomes first in the UK to be approved by the Royal Society for Public Health
- 2022: Chair of the New Agenda at CCR – “A Dentist’s Guide to Aesthetics”
- 2022: Appointed Professor and Chair of the Advanced Non-Surgical Module of the International MSc in Aesthetic Medicine at the Medical University of Vienna
- 2023: Named Tatler’s ‘Doctors’ Choice’ for Facial Aesthetics & Dentistry – Beauty & Cosmetic Surgery Guide 2023
- 2024: Masterclasses in: Paris, Mexico, Miami, Dubai, London, Monaco, Seville, Vegas, Lisbon, Indonesia, Thailand, Egypt, Peru, Brazil, Colombia
- 2024: Awarded Global Recognition in Cosmetic Medicine Award – NI Cosmetic Medicine Awards 2024
