Speakers and Keynote Presenters

Keynote Speakers Topic
The Chuck Milam Memorial
Keynote Lecture:

Larry Wolford
Overview of TMJ disorders and treatment
Abass Alavi Revolutionary Impact of Molecular Imaging with PET on Biological Sciences and Practice of Medicine
Dan Gazit Stem cell based Skeletal Tissue Engineering
Paulette Spencer Structure/Property Imaging of the TMJ Disc
Speaker Topic
Kyriacos Athanasiou Tissue engineering conundrums with the TMJ disc
Michael Detamore Gradient-based strategies for osteochondral regeneration
Sidney Eisig PRP or TMJ ankylosis or reconstruction in hemifacial microsomia patients (as needed)
Jim Fricton Advances in the Understanding and Outcomes of TMJ implants: Research from NIDCR's TMJ Implant Registry and Repository
Luigi Gallo Ex vivo effects of energy density on chondrocyte biology
Julie Glowacki TBA
Scott Hollister Mandibular condyle reconstruction in pigs using computationally designed and manufactured PCL scaffolds
Clark Hung Tissue engineering of anatomically-shaped osteochondral constructs
Howard Israel Pathogenesis of Inflammatory & Degenerative Temporomandibular Joint Disease: The Role of Synovial Fluid Analysis
Laura Iwasaki Differences in TMJ loads between healthy subjects and subjects in RDC-TMD subgroups
Jan Harm Koolstra Biomechanics of the TMJ and its disc (can focus as necessary)
Helen Lu Role of heterotypic cellular interactions in the repair and maintenance of soft tissue-to-bone interfaces
Jeremy Mao TBA
Jeff Nickel Joules in the TMJ: differences in work densities between TMD subjects and healthy individuals
Tony Ratcliffe Biotechnology approaches to repair of articular joints Ð a research endeavor or product opportunity?
Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic TBA
Beth Winkelstein Persistent neck pain from mechanical joint injury: Mechanistic insights from the whiplash problem
John Zuniga Intra-articular analgesia of the temporomandibular joint