2025 DOCTRC Retreat Agenda
Tuesday, December 9
*All times listed below are in Pacific Time (PT)
Tuesday, December 9
*All times listed below are in Pacific Time (PT)
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast, Registration, & Networking
9:00am - 9:30am Opening Remarks
Yang Chai, DDS, PhD | David Kohn, PhD | Jeffrey Lotz, PhD
9:30am - 10:45am ITP Presentations, Part 1
9:30-9:45am
REGEndogel: A Bioinspired Hydrogel System for Endodontic Therapy
Luiz Bertassoni, DDS, PhD (Oregon Health and Science University)
Pamela Yelick, PhD (Tufts University)
9:45-10:00am
Targeted Remineralization Treatment Using Mineral Loaded Starch Nanoparticle
Steven Bloembergen, PhD (GreenMark Biomedical)
10:00-10:15am
Calvarial bone regeneration using 3D printed scaffold and bone marrow aspirate
Yang Chai, DDS, PhD (University of Southern California)
10:15-10:30am
Stem cell-based therapies for bone regeneration around ailing dental implants
Tara Aghaloo, DDS, MD, PhD (University of California Los Angeles)
10:30-10:45am
Commercialization of Vital-Dent
Juan Taboas, PhD | Herb Ray, DMD (University of Pittsburgh)
10:45am - 11:00am Break
11:00am - 12:45pm Workshop: Milestones & Mindsets Across the Founder Journey
Rosemary Kiser, PhD | Tariq Warsi, PhD | Harriet Posner, JD | Gila Jones, JD | Robby Lane, MBA | Chelsea Bahney, PhD
12:45pm - 1:45pm Lunch & Networking
1:45pm - 2:45pm ITP Presentations, Part 2
1:45-2:00pm
Amend Tissue Tape™ for Oral Wound Care
Jamie Shaikoski, PhD (Amend Surgical, Inc.)
2:00-2:15pm
Drug loaded, bioprinted fibrin scaffolds for use during cranial nerve repair surgery
Jon-Paul Pepper, MD (Stanford University)
2:15-2:30pm
Suture-less Trigeminal Nerve Repair Device
Noah Ferson, PhD (Amend Surgical, Inc.)
2:30-2:45pm
Prevention of scar formation in the skin using topical focal adhesion kinase inhibitors
Geoffrey Gurtner, MD (University of Arizona)
2:45pm - 3:05pm Break
3:05pm - 5:00pm Science, Startups, and Success: Presentations and Breakout Discussion
Thomas Chen, MD, PhD (USC) | Zhen Xu, PhD (University of Michigan)
5:00pm - 5:30pm Break
5:30pm - 7:30pm Networking, Reception, & Dinner