Welcome to the 2nd Annual Joint DOCTRC Retreat

C-DOCTOR & MPWRM Resource Center

December 7, 2021 (Tu)

Zoom link will be provided via email to registered attendees

11:00 am (EST)/ 8:00 am (PST) Welcome Remarks

Dr. David Kohn (MPWRM Resource Center)/ Dr. Yang Chai (C-DOCTOR)

11:15 am (EST)/ 8:15 am (PST) ITP Progress Presentations

11:15 am (EST)

8:15 am (PST)

Tissue Engineering Functional Human Lips, Stephen Feinberg, DDS, PhD (University of Michigan)

11:30 am (EST)

8:30 am (PST)

Ostiio: A Smart, Fully-Implantable CMF Distractor, Ari Wes, MD (Ostiio LLC)

11:45 am (EST)

8:45 am (PST)

Calvarial bone regeneration using BMA & 3D-printed scaffold, Yang Chai, DDS, PhD (University of Southern California)

12:00 pm (EST)

9:00 am (PST)

BREAK

12:15 pm (EST)

9:15 am (PST)

Commercialization of Vital-Dent, Juan Taboas, PhD/ Herb Ray DMD (University of Pittsburgh)

12:30 pm (EST)

9:30 am (PST)

AmpliMag Mesh and Mesh Fixation System, Andrew Brown, PhD (Emergence Dental) / Stephen LeBeau, PhD (nanoMAG)

12:45 pm (EST)

9:45 am (PST)

Immunomodulatory Strategies to Treat Periodontal Disease (CCL22), Steven Little, PhD (University of Pittsburgh)

1:00 pm (EST)

10:00 am (PST)

REGEndogel: A Bioinspired Hydrogel System for Endodontic Therapy, Luiz Bertassoni, DDS, PhD (Oregon Health and Science University)/ Pamela Yelick, PhD (Tufts University)

1:15 pm (EST)

10:15 am (PST)

BREAK

1:30 pm (EST)

10:30 am (PST)

Prevention of scar formation in the skin using topical focal adhesion kinase inhibitors, Geoffrey Gurtner, MD (Stanford University)

1:45 pm (EST)

10:45 am (PST)

Transdermal deferoxamine to enhance fat graft retention for reconstruction of irradiated soft tissue defects, Derrick Wan, MD (Stanford University)

2:00 pm (EST)

11:00 am (PST)

Non-viral Aquaporin-1 Gene Therapy to Restore Salivary Flow in Patients Suffering from Radiation-induced Xerostomia, Isabelle Lombaert, PhD (University of Michigan)/ Michael Passineau, PhD (Allegheny Health Network)

2:15 pm (EST)

11:15 am (PST)

BREAK

2:30 pm (EST)/ 11:30 am (PST) Dr. Lara Ionescu Silverman

A Keynote Talk: Translating Novel Therapies from Concept to Clinic: Lessons Learned from Cell Therapy Development

3:00 pm (EST)

12:00 pm (PST)

Adjourn