Sleep Disorders and Medicine

Professor Sona Nevsimalova has devoted the greatest part of her life to sleep medicine. She has published over 200 scientific papers, 5 monographs and 30 monographic chapters. Her main interest is focused on narcolepsy and childhood sleep disorders. She received many scientific awards (including one from the American Academy of Neurology) and honorary prizes for her research, and participated in the Scientific Committees of the ESRS and WASM. At present, she is the Vice-President of the Czech Sleep Society, and President of the Czech Society of Child Neurology. She has organized several International Congresses, the main organizing effort is now focused on the World Sleep 2017 to be held in Prague.

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Dr. Hall’s research bridges two traditionally independent fields, biobehavioral medicine and sleep medicine. Biobehavioral medicine research has made important discoveries regarding the pathways through which psychological, social and environmental factors influence health and functioning. Yet, until recently, this research has focused almost exclusively on factors measured during wakefulness. Similarly, sleep research has not systematically considered the influence of psychosocial or environmental factors on normal sleep or on the pathogenesis and clinical course of primary sleep disorders. Dr. Hall’s biobehavioral sleep medicine research program integrates theoretical concepts and methods from both fields in order to address fundamental questions about the pathways through which psychological and social factors affect sleep and their downstream consequences to health and functioning, with an emphasis on cardiometabolic disease risk. She has evaluated these relationships in diverse populations including healthy and depressed children, adolescents, adults, and elders; caregiver populations; health care workers; women during the menopausal transition; adults with bereavement-related depression; and veterans. Dr. Hall has used an array of study designs including experimental laboratory studies; cross-sectional and longitudinal naturalistic studies; and, most recently, intervention research, with a focus on modeling causal mechanisms. During the course of this research, she has developed innovative methods for enhancing the ecological validity and reliability of sleep studies and the assessment of nocturnal physiology during sleep. She is an internationally-recognized expert on the stress-sleep relationship and the use of heart rate variability as a continuous and non-invasive tool for assessing autonomic tone during sleep and in relation to health and functioning. Currently, Dr. Hall’s two main projects are focused on (1) sleep’s role in the prospective link between major depression and cardiovascular disease, and (2) the impact of psychological stress on the neurobiology of insomnia. She is a widely-sought mentor and educator. A member of the graduate training faculty in the School of Medicine and the Department of Psychology, Dr. Hall has trained and mentored undergraduate, graduate and medical students, post-doctoral fellows, and junior faculty in diverse components of clinical and translational sleep medicine, with an emphasis on the sleep-health relationship.

sleep disorders,insomnia,pediatric sleep medicine

Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Ph.D. is a Professor Emeritus and Professor of Research in the Departments of Psychiatry and Medicine at the University of California San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine, Director of the Gillin Sleep and Chronomedicine Research Center, and Director of Education at the Sleep Medicine Center at UCSD. Dr. Ancoli-Israel received her Bachelor’s Degree from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, a Master’s Degree in Psychology from California State University, Long Beach and a Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Ancoli-Israel’s expertise is in the field of sleep disorders and sleep research in aging. Her current interests include the longitudinal effect of sleep disorders on aging, the effect of circadian rhythms on sleep, therapeutic interventions for sleep problems in dementia, and fatigue, particularly the relationship between sleep, fatigue and circadian rhythms in cancer and other chronic illnesses. Dr. Ancoli-Israel is Past-President of the Sleep Research Society (SRS), Past-President of the Society for Light Treatment and Biological Rhythms, and was on the founding Executive Board of the National Sleep Foundation. She was honored in 2007 with the National Sleep Foundation Life Time Achievement Award and the SRS Mary A. Carskadon Outstanding Educator Award, in 2012 with Society of Behavioral Sleep Medicine Distinguished Career Award and in 2014 with the SRS Distinguished Scientist Award. Dr. Ancoli-Israel is published regularly in medical and psychiatric journals with over 400 publications in the field.

Sleep disorders

Dr Markström is since 2009 working as an Associate Professor and Senior Consultant at the Centre of Sleep and Breathing at Uppsala University Hospital, Sweden. She works full time with taking care of diagnostics in persons with insomnia, parasomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, hypersomnia, narcolepsy and people with breathing sleep disorders. She works as a consultant at the Department of Women's and Children's Health at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden and is a national expert in initiating CPAP and home mechanical ventilation in children. Her research interests lie in the fields of sleep, particularly in the treatment of insomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, concrete delayed sleep phase disorder and sleep breathing disorder. During the years 1999 to 2009 she was Head of the National Respiratory Centre, Karolinska Institutet Dr Markström got her Authorization to practice medicine (The Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare) in 1985. She began her career as an Anaesthetist in 1992 and obtained a PhD in Anaesthesiology five years later. In 1995 she became a specialist in Ear, Nose and Throat Medicine at Uppsala University and she is, since 2005, an Associate Professor in Anaesthesia and Intensive Care medicine at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm Sweden.

insomnia, parasomnia, circadian rhythm disorders, hypersomnia, narcolepsy

Dr. Rosenfeld is Board Certified in Neurology and Sleep Medicine. He is currently Neurology Department Head and Medical Director of the Sleep Center at SouthCoast Health in Savannah, Georgia. He received his Medical Degree from Emory University and completed Internal Medicine at Alton Oschner Medical Foundation, followed by a Neurology Residency at University of Miami where he was Chief Resident. Dr Rosenfeld then completed a Fellowship in Electrophysiology and Critical Care Neurology at U.C.L.A. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Cottage Hospital, as well as the Medical Director for Neurophysiology at Cottage Hospital and Medical Director for Sleepmed of Santa Barbara before joining SouthCoastHealth in Savannah, Georgia.

Katie L. Stone, Ph.D. is Senior Scientist at California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute. As an epidemiologist with over 25 years of experience designing and directing multi-center research studies, her research is focused on the health consequences of disturbed sleep in older adults. In particular, she has published on the relationship of objective and subjective sleep disturbance and risk of falls, cognitive and functional impairment, cardiovascular disease and mortality. Dr. Stone is Principal Investigator of the Outcomes of Sleep Disorders in Older Men (MrOS Sleep) Study and the Changes in Sleep and Cognition in Older Women (SOF Sleep and Cognition) Study. Together, these projects have measured actigraphy in more than 6000 and in-home polysomnography in more than 3000 older adults. She also directs the Data Coordinating Center for the Multi-Center Trial of Limiting PGY2&3 Resident Work Hours on Patient Safety.

Dr Vural Fidan has recieved his MD and PhD in Hacettepe University. He is deputy director of ENT department. He is an Otorhinolaryngologist at Yunus Emre Goverment Hospital. He worked as a visiting scientist at Yale University ENT and Allegry departments. He has more than 20 SCI indexed articles.

Research interests are pulmonary hypertension, allergy, otology, rhinology and sleep medicine.

Maxime ElBaz is a specialist engineer in sleep technology. He holds a diploma of the School of Electrophysiology Techniques, Paris and a Diploma in Sleep Technologies from the University of Paris. He also holds a Certificate in Sleep Medicine from Stanford University, USA and an M.A. in Bioengineering from the University of Paris. He is currently undertaking a PhD in Sleep in Intensive Care Settings at the University of Paris. He is also the founder of French Society of Sleep Technicians and is President of the European Society of Sleep Technicians.

Dr. Badr is a leading, national expert in pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders. He is board certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine and Internal Medicine. He graduated from Damascus University Medical School in Syria and completed his internship and residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago. Following two fellowships at the University of Wisconsin, he was appointed to the school’s faculty. Since 1996, he has served as Director of the Sleep Disorders Center at Wayne State University and in many teaching and faculty positions at the school. He currently serves as Chief of the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine at Harper University Hospital and as a Professor of Medicine at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Badr has been the principal investigator on many grant-funded research efforts and clinical trials. He holds several patents for biomedical devices.

Lung Diseases, Pulmonary Medicine, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Medicine

Sudhansu Chokroverty, MD, FRCP, FACP, is Professor and Co-Chairman of Neurology for Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine and Program Director of Clinical Neurophysiology and Sleep Medicine at the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center in Edison, New Jersey. Dr. Chokroverty is also Professor of Neuroscience at Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education in South Orange, New Jersey, and Clinical Professor of Neurology at Robert Wood Johnson University Medical School in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He is the author of Sleep Disorders in Medicine, 3rd Edition and a co-author of Restless Legs Syndrome and the Atlas of Sleep Medicine, 2nd Edition. Dr. Chokroverty is the Founding and Past President (two terms) of the World Association of Sleep Medicine, an international organization devoted to promoting sleep health throughout the world. Dr. Chokroverty is also the Founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal, Sleep Medicine, an international journal dealing with clinical sleep disorders. He is the co-editor of the Journal of the New Jersey Neuroscience Institute, and he has been on the editorial boards of 13 scientific journals and an ad-hoc reviewer for 28 national and international journals.

Blink reflex excitability in Restless legs Syndrome and narcolepsy-cataplexy; Neurophysiologic investigation of myoclonus and tremor; Startle reflex study in normals and RLS patients; PLMS actigraphic study correlating with overnight PSG study; Abnormal motor activities during REM sleep; Transient phenomena at sleep onset: A clinical and PSG study; Cyclic alternating pattern in the PSG, sleep apnea and CPAP titration; Actigraphic study in insomnia.

Mr. Morin joined the School of Psychology in 1994, after completing an internship in clinical psychology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (1985-86) and a postdoctoral fellowship (1986-87) at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he then worked as director of the Center for the Study of sleep disorders and professor in the Department of Psychiatry from 1987 to 1994. His research program focuses on sleep disorders and more particularly on the epidemiology, risk factors and therapeutic approaches insomnia. His work is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Canada and the National Institute of Mental Health of the United States. He holds a Canada Research Chair in sleep disorders. He is associate editor of the journal Sleep and Behavioral Sleep Medicine and is part of the editorial board of several scientific journals. He was President of the Canadian Sleep Society and the Clinical Section of the Canadian Psychological Association. He heads the Centre for Study of sleep disorders and is a member of the Research Centre of the University Mental Health Institute of Quebec. It was part of a working group of the American Psychiatric Association with a mandate to revise diagnostic criteria for sleep disorders for DSM-5. Mr. Morin has received several awards for his outstanding contribution to psychology including the Distinguished Scientific Award for an Early Career Contribution of the American Psychological Association (1995), Christmas-Mailloux Prize Order of Psychologists of Quebec (2004) Adrien Pinard Price of Quebec Society for Research in Psychology (2006), the Donald O. Hebb Award from the Canadian Psychological Association (2009), Marcel Vincent Price Francophone Association for Knowledge (in 2012) and Glory Medal Escolle Price Great graduates Alumni Association Laval University (2014).

Clinical health psychology and behavioral medicine. Sleep, alertness and chronobiology. Special Interests: sleep disorders and more particularly insomnia (epidemiology, assessment, treatment).

Dr Krystal is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham N.C.He is also Director of the Brain Stimulation Program,Director of the Sleep Research Laboratory,the Insomnia Clinic and the Quantitative EEG Laboratory at D.U.M.C. He is an internationally-recognized expert in the areas of mood and sleep disorders. He has more than 25 years of clinical and research experience in these areas. The main foci of his work have been the development of means to improve the risk-benefit ratio of brain stimulation therapies for mood disorders and studies on the pathophysiology of treatment of sleep disorders. Dr Krystal obtained his B.S. and M.S.E. from M.I.T. followed by an M.D. from Duke University in Durham N.C.He completed his psychiatric residency at the Duke University Medical Center followed by a fellowship in sleep disorders and clinical neurophysiology. He is the recipient of several awards including the APA residents scholarship, Laughlin fellow from the American College of Psychiatrists, NARSAD Young Investigator Award, NIMH Scientist Development Award for clinicians and the APA Research Mentorship award.He currently serves as the Deputy Editor of the journal SLEEP,Chairman of the Research Committee of the Sleep Research Society,and on the Board of Directors of the International Society of ECT and Neurostimulation.

My research is focused on better understanding the pathophysiology of sleep disorders and mood disorders and developing improved treatments for these conditions. My primary research tools are: electroencepahlography (EEG), polysomnography (PSG), computer signal analysis and modeling, functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), and positron emission tomograophy (PET). Nearly all of my projects have been carried out with humans, however, projects are ongoing with gene knock-out models in mice, and lemurs in collaboration with the Duke Primate Center. A few representative current studies are: 1) Defining physiologic (EEG, PSG, PET, fMRI) correlates of sleep complaints and subtyping insomnia on the basis of the associated pathophysiology, 2) Studying the relationship of EEG data recorded during non-REM sleep, daytime function, and insomnia treatment response, 3) Developing new pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments for insomnia, 4) Studying the relationship of natural sleep and hibernation-like phenomena (torpor), 5) Predicting depression treatment response on the basis of pre-treatment EEG and structural MRI data.

Michael J. Breus, Ph.D., is a Clinical Psychologist and both a Diplomate of the American Board of Sleep Medicine and a Fellow of The American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He was one of the youngest people to have passed the Board at age 31 and, with a specialty in Sleep Disorders, is one of only 163 psychologists in the world with his credentials and distinction. As the subject of sleep continues to gain momentum in our sleep-deprived society, Dr. Breus has become a widely recognized leader in this ever-evolving field. Dedicated to raising awareness of both medically diagnosed sleep disorders and the importance of quality sleep for all, Dr. Breus is on a mission to develop innovative education and communication programs. Dr. Breus has provided editorial services for numerous medical and psychology peer-reviewed journals and has given hundreds of presentations to professionals and the general public. Among his numerous national media appearances, Dr. Breus has been interviewed on CNN, Oprah, The View, and The Doctors. He also appears regularly on Dr. OZ and Sirius XM Radio.

Dr. Kathy sexton-Radek has received her Doctorate of Philosophy degree from Illinois institute of Technology in 1989 and interned at Rush Medical University 1988-1989 in Sleep Medicine, Behavioural Medicine, Geriatric Psychology and Health Psychology rotations. Currently, she is working as Professor in Elmhurst College, Psychology Department since 1988. She received her board certification in Behavioural sleep Medicine. She completed a two year post- Doctorate Certificate program in Clinical Psychopharmacology which included a year long preceptor ship with psychiatry and pulmonary medicine rotation.

Behavioral Medicine/Health Psychology, Sleep quality in young adults, Factors particular to cognitive functioning, personality style, and health practices have been examined with regard to sleep quality in emerging young adults aged 18-25 years old, Examination of the utility of conflict-resolution programming in school settings.

Harneet Walia, MD, DABSM is an Assistant Professor in the Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University (CCLCM) where she subspecializes in diagnoses and treatment of complex sleep disorders. She is a staff at the Center for Sleep Disorders in the Neurological Institute, Cleveland Clinic. Dr. Walia received her MD degree from the Kasturba Medical College, India. She completed her residency at Saint Elizabeth Health Center and fellowship training at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Walia's research focuses on the association of obstructive sleep apnea and cardiovascular disorders particularly resistant hypertension. She is currently involved in several clinical trials elucidating the relationship between sleep disordered breathing and resistant hypertension to devise new interventions for effective management of hypertension in this patient population. Her results have been presented nationally and have resulted in over 20 abstracts, manuscripts and book chapters. Dr. Walia serves as reviewer on multiple journals including Sleep and breathing and Journal of Clinical Sleep Research.

Circadian Rhythm Disorders, Hypersomnia, Insomnia, Narcolepsy, Rem Sleep Behavior Disorder, Restless Leg Syndrome, Sleep Apnea, Sleep Terrors, Snoring

Clinical Sleep Medicine, Narcolepsy, Restless Leg Syndrome, Insomnia, Parasomnias and Sleep Apnea.

Dr. Laxmi T Rao received her post doc from Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany in 2002. She is the Secretary of APPI Bangalore Chapter. She is also a member of Society for Neuroscience (SfN), USA. Her research concentrates on cellular mechanisms and cell damage involved in various neurological disorders. She is currently an Associate Professor in Department of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS, Bangalore.

Extinction as a Therapeutic Tool for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and for various Mood Disorders. Use of Early Maternal Separation Stress as an Animal Model to Unravel the Neural circuits and the cellular mechanisms underpinning passive (extinction) and active (emotion regulation) strategies to regulate adult behavioral changes. Pavlovian Classical Fear conditioning as an animal model. Brain plasticity mechanisms and functional recovery following ischemic injury.

James E. Jones attended the University of Kentucky, graduating with a Bachelor and Master of Science degree in Zoology (1973, 1977).He attended the University Of Louisville School Of Dentistry and received the Doctor of Dental Medicine degree (1978). Following the completion of his dental degree, he completed a residency in Pediatric Dentistry (1978-1980) at the James Whitcomb Riley Hospital for Children at Indianapolis, Indiana. He received a Certificate of Specialty in Pediatric Dentistry form Indiana University School of Dentistry. From 1980-1983, he was in the private practice of Pediatric Dentistry in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

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Associate Professor Leonie Short is the Discipline Lead for the Bachelor of Oral Health degree at CQUniversity, Australia. She has completed a Certificate in Dental Therapy from the Westmead School of Dental Therapy in 1977, a Diploma in Clinical Hypnotherapy from the NSW School of Hypnotic Sciences in 1983, a Bachelor of Arts degree with a double major in Education and Sociology from Wollongong University in 1986, and a Masters of Health Planning from the University of NSW in 1987. She is a registered dental practitioner, dental therapist in Australia,has numerous publications and research grants in excess of $1m. She is Treasurer and serves on the editorial board of the Australia and New Zealand Journal of Dental and Oral Health Therapy as well as on the editorial board of Australian Options.

Leonie is keen to progress the oral health therapy profession in terms of knowledge and skill development. She is a strong advocate for oral health therapists to assist patients and communities in the prevention, management and treatment of dental and periodontal diseases.

Boyen Huang obtained his DDS degree at Kaohsiung Medical University (Taiwan, 1994) and PhD degree in paediatric dentistry/dental public health at Queen Mary, University of London (UK, 2004), respectively. He is currently appointed as the Head of School of Dentistry and Health Sciences at Charles Sturt University.

1. Craniofacial and orodental development 2. Dental traumatology 3. Behavioural dentistry

Dr Marget's journey began in 1972. Since then he has done clinical hypnosis, chiropractic, myotherapy, orthodontics and implant surgery. His real passion is pain control and orthodontics. Dr Marget graduated from Adelaide University and has worked all over Australia. He loves helping people with bad breath.

Krystal is a qualified dental assistant with a particular passion for educating dental teams. She has been involved in the dental industry for most of her life, witnessing first-hand the ‘behind-the-scenes’ running of her family’s 2 dental practices and working in the industry for more than 14 years. Her passion for the dental world has grown as she has cemented her presence in the online forum with her successful dental blog Extreme Dental Practice.

Dr Sigal Jacobson maintains a private dental practice in Melbourne Australia. She has over 20 years of clinical experience and enjoys the pursuit of teaching and advancing the skills in conservative cosmetic dentistry. Dr Jacobson is the inventor of the patented UVENEERâ„¢ Dental Template System for creating direct composite veneers. The Uveneer was launched in February 2014 in Australia, USA and globally thereafter. The system is a unique way to create predictable polished restorations and has stirred great interest from thousands of dental offices worldwide along with an array of key opinion leaders as well as distributers. Jacobson has contributed clinical case studies and interviews to dental magazines including Dentistry Today, Australasian Dentist Magazine and Bite Magazine and has appeared on Australian national television. She lectures domestically and internationally on conservative cosmetic dentistry techniques using the Uveneer System . Jacobson is a fellow of the American Academy of dental facial esthetics and a member of the Australian Dental Association, Australian Academy of Dental Facial Aesthetics, the American Academy of Cosmetic .

Lise Slack is an International speaker, clinical dental hygienist, published author, inventor/developer/patentee of two oral care products and director of the charity i-Hope. The love of teeth comes from her dentist dad in South Africa which is also Lise’s country of birth and education. Lise spent five years in the UK working for SmithKlein Beecham promoting/distributing Amoxil antibiotics for prevention of dental bacterial endocarditis. At the same time Lise was in the project designing/marketing the brand/logos for Corsodyl Chlorhexidine Gluconate 2mg/ml antimicrobial mouthwash. Eleven years ago Lise, her husband and two young daughters immigrated to Australia where she continues the battle against periodontitis and peri-implantitis. Lise has written several articles on the long term maintenance of the periodontal health and dental implants. After three decades of data collecting from her patients she invented the unique X-Floss and XRibbon now available in several countries. Lise’s innovative character and passion for the work as dental hygienist has opened doors to see Lise speak/teach at international dental/hygiene conferences on implant/perio maintenance. Lise is an active member of the Dental Hygienists’ Association in Australia. Lise is also passionate about rescuing orphans and her charity i-Hope is currently building their second safehouse in Asia.

Geoff Parkes is a founder and director of the Australian College of Dental Education. The college was established in 2013 to provide dental graduates and practicing dentists with post-graduate level business education. Students can elect to undertake study towards formal post-graduate qualifications, or else enrol in individual subjects of their choosing. All study is conducted on-line over 15-week semesters, and features high-level interaction for students with highly qualified educators and dental professionals across a variety of disciplines. Geoff’s background includes an MBA from Monash University, and many years of healthcare experience with GE Medical Systems and as Director of Equipment for Henry Schein Halas in Australia. Geoff is also a Director of Dental Advantage Consulting Group, and is committed to helping dentists align the objectives of ethical and profitable dentistry, with optimal patient health outcomes at the forefront. He owns and operates two successful dental practices in Australia, and has had numerous articles published in the dental industry press relating to the business of dentistry.

Dr. Kazuhiko Nakano completed his D.D.S. degree at Osaka University and received a Ph.D. from Osaka University. Later, he was appointed as Chief of the Outpatient Clinic of the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic, Osaka University Dental Hospital. More recently, Dr. Nakano became Professor of the Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry as well as Head of the Pediatric Dentistry Clinic of Osaka University Dental Hospital. Dr. Nakano is a trustee of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Dentistry, and a member of the International Association of Dental Research. He has authored and co-authored many original research articles and clinical reports, as well as several book chapters in the field of pediatric dentistry and clinical oral microbiology.

Terry Whitty is the owner of Truline Dental, a Specialist Dental Laboratory in Sydney that he has run for over 21 years. He is a skilled technician and lectures regularly nationally and Internationally on a variety of subjects including Orthodontic Appliance Construction , Dental Material Science and Laser Welding. He is also the Technical editor for eLaborate Magazine, Australia's leading Dental technology publication which he has over 30 articles published on a variety of dental subjects.

Alex have over 20 years’ experience across multiple industries, from hands on IT between 1991-2000, to IT recruitment and owning/running to his own recruitment company from 2006. In 2014, utilising his experience gained both in the UK and Australia, with his business partner he formed Dental Prac Sales, a fully licensed business brokering company specializing in Dental Practices, citing a consolidation in the industry along with strong demand from both sellers and buyers, both local and from overseas. Having established strong relationships with both corporate and individual buyers, Dental Prac Sales is rapidly becoming the first stop for anyone buying or selling a dental practice in Australia.

Dimosthenis Mantokoudis has completed his graduate studies at the University of Berne, Switzerland. After his doctor thesis in the field of Periodontology at University of Berne and several years in private practice he completed the postgraduate program of Prosthodontics at the Department of Prosthodontics, University of Berne and was appointed in the same department as an Assistant Professor and Research Coordinator. His activities, both in clinical practice and clinical research, cover the field of oral Implantology and implant Prosthodontics. Dimosthenis initiated with the support of the Global Microsurgery Foundation and in collaboration of the University of Hong Kong a novel type of postgraduate course in implant dentistry with the strong focus on clinical training in part-time delivery at a new purpose built teaching facility: The Australian Institute of Dental Education and Research - AIDER. He is currently Senior Lecturer at the University of Queensland and appointed from the Global Microsurgery Foundation as Chief Executive Officer of the AIDER.

Dr. Said has been teaching at the School of Dentistry since his January 6 arrival from the University of the Pacific’s Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry where he served from 2009 as associate professor in the Pathology and Medicine Department, and director of the Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Laboratory and Clinical Oral Pathology and Medicine. He had previously served as the director of the oral and maxillofacial pathology laboratory at the University of Alabama, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and at UAB School of Dentistry where he closely collaborated with the departments of otolaryngology head and neck surgery and oral and maxillofacial surgery. He has been managing clinical oral pathology/oral medicine patients for over 15 years. Dr. Said received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Marquette University's School of Dentistry and a Master of Science degree in oral biology at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He completed two residencies in oral and maxillofacial pathology: one at the University of Illinois at Chicago and another at Long Island Jewish Hospital. He also completed an advanced Head and Neck/ENT pathology fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. As part of his academic leadership and involvement, Dr. Said has spearheaded numerous research studies, has presented numerous national and international continuing education courses, is a member of 16 professional societies (including being on the past executive council of the North American Society of Head and Neck Pathology) and currently is on the council of the American Academy of Oral Maxillofacial Pathology. He sits on a dozen councils and committees (including past chair of the finance committee for The American Academy of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology), serves as a reviewer for eight academic journals that address oral, head and neck pathology, and sits on the editorial board of three other publications. He also serves on the American Dental Association’s National Board part II test construction committee. For personal and political reasons, Dr. Said left Iraq in 1985, after completing four years of dental training at the University of Baghdad College of Dentistry. He is most grateful to Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, for accepting his translation of his personal transcript copies from Arabic—a trust that permitted him to begin dental school there as a freshman and earn his DDS in 1989. Dr. Said has a seven-year-old daughter, nine-year-old fraternal twins (boy and girl), and an eleven-year-old daughter. He expresses joy regarding his marriage to Neda, a stay-at-home pharmacist who spends much of her time guiding their four children through the early years and caring for Dr. Said’s elderly mother and father who have resided with them for the last 18 years. When life normalizes and some injuries heal, Dr. Said would like to resume playing soccer and practicing Martial arts.

Dr. S. Prabhu, Senior lecturer in oral bio-dental sciences is an oral pathology and oral medicine specialist with about 30 years of teaching experience in different parts of the world. Dr. Prabhu has published scientific papers in international professional journals and authored chapters and edited books in oral medicine, oral diagnosis and oral and maxillofacial anatomy/histology for dental undergraduate and postgraduate students. Dr. Prabhu is a Fellow of all four surgical colleges in the UK and Ireland and is an examiner for the membership examinations of the faculty of dental surgery of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Scotland.

Neil O’Brien-Simpson has an interdisciplinary background, combining organic and peptide chemistry with microbiology and immunology to develop novel vaccines and therapeutics and investigating the immune response to pathogens. Thus his field of research is in chemical biology/immunology and host/pathogen (bacteria/fungi) mucosal interaction. He was originally trained in biological sciences and management at Edinburgh Napier University (Edinburgh, Scotland) and worked at I.C.I Chemicals and Polymers Division (Grangemouth and Runcorn) as a research organic chemist. In 1993 he was awarded an Overseas postgraduate research scholarship and a CRC for vaccine technology scholarship to study for his Ph.D at The University of Melbourne, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. During his Ph.D he was trained in peptide chemistry and immunology and developed in his thesis a method of producing a multi-valent peptide vaccine, which resulted in several publications and a patent. After being awarded his Ph.D he went to the Melbourne Dental School, The University of Melbourne, to do postdoctoral research with Eric Reynolds on the development of a vaccine against the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis a causative agent of periodontitis. At the Melbourne Dental School A/Prof O’Brien-Simpson has established a peptide/organic chemistry laboratory and a microbial-immunology laboratory to conduct research into AMPs, vaccines and bacterial immunity. He was part of a team in 2003 and 2009 that was awarded a Co-operative Research Centre grant for establishing the CRC for Oral Health Science and Oral Health CRC, respectively served as a Program Leader (2003-2009) and currently as a Project Manager for vaccine design and therapeutic development. For the past 3 years (2011-present) he has been a member of the Australian Dental Research Foundation (ADRF) research awards committee that awards grants and scholarships pertaining to oral and dental research. A/Prof O’Brien-Simpson has published over 50 peer reviewed journal articles and is an inventor on 11 patents, 6 of which have been licensed. Further his research into vaccine design and periodontitis has resulted in Neil being awarded: the Colgate Prize for Dental Research (1999), The IADR Hatton Award (2000) and the Oral Biology Award (2003). In 2003 he was awarded a CR Roper Fellowship and in 2004 he became program co-leader for the Novel Diagnostics, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals Research Program in the newly formed Co-operative Research Centre for Oral Health Science.

He is currently engaged in several research programs, notably in Design, development and delivery of sub-unit vaccines, Understanding the mucosal immune response to bacteria. How microbes and their products e.g. outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) interact with mammalian cells. Synthesis of antimicrobial peptides to combat microbial infection and targeting antibiotic resistant bacteria. Nanomaterial and particles for vaccine and drug delivery.

Professor Paul Tipton is an internationally acclaimed Specialist in Prosthodontics who has worked in private practice for more than 30 years. He is the founder of Tipton Training Ltd, one of the UK’s leading private dental training academies and the author of over one 100 scientific articles for the dental press. He was voted in the Top 20 ‘most influential dentists in the UK’ by his peers in Dentistry Magazine in April 2012, the leading Prosthodontist in the poll and was voted in the top 5 dentists in Private Dentistry’s Elite 20 poll, January 2012.

Dr. Dave Singh is the Founder of the field of pneumopedics and craniofacial epigenetics, including epigenetic orthodontics, having realized a few years ago that there is a natural way for the body to remodel the upper airway, reshape bone and move teeth into their correct positions painlessly without the use of surgery, drugs or injections. Dr. Dave Singh was born, educated and trained in England, UK EDUCATION D.D.Sc. Orthodontics, Dundee University, UK. Ph.D. Craniofacial Development, Bristol University, England, UK. B.D.S. Dental Surgery, Newcastle University, England, UK. Validated as Doctor of Dental Medicine (D.M.D.) University of Puerto Rico, USA.

Lynette Wallace graduated from University of Sydney in 1994 with Honours. She has been in private practice in Bowral since 1994. She takes a multi-diciplinary approach to patient care, studying both in the USA and Australia in orthodontics and neuromuscular dentistry and kinesiology. She is currently enrolled in the MClin Dent program with BPP University City of London. Her key area of interest lies in looking at the whole body physiological coherence and its links with mouthbreathing and dental caries, using biofeedback computer monitoring.

Dr. Yi-Hao Huang is the vice president of Dr. Signal Biotechnology. He is also the Director of Dr. Huang's Periodontology and Dental Implant Specialty Clinic, a part-time clinical instructor at National Taiwan University Hospital, Department of Periodontology, Taipei, Taiwan. He belongs to the scientific staff of the Laboratory for Applied Periodontal & Craniofacial Regeneration, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, USA since 2004. Dr. Huang is an executive officer of administrative commitees for Taipei Congress of Oral Implantologists (TCOI). Dr. Yi-Hao Huang received his DDS from Kaohsiung Medical University Dental School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (1997) and an MS in Oral Biology from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (2003). He also received certification for advanced training in Periodontology at Temple University School of Dentistry in 2003. Dr. Yi-Hao Huang focuses his research on tissue engineering evaluating applications of bone morphogenetic proteins for implant dentistry within the Laboratory for Applied Periodontal and Craniofacial Regeneration, National Defense Medical Center and National Taiwan University Hospital. He has been working with Dr. Xin-Wu Mi and Ming-Cheng Li in stem cell clinical applications since 2010. He gives lectures frequently in great China region focusing dental implant and stem cell clinical applications.

Hatem A. Alhadainy, BDS (Egy), MSD (Restorative, Egy), PhD (Endo, Egy-USA), MS (Epidemiology, USA) is a professor and Chairman of Endodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University. His work was concentrated on Endodontic research with extension in periodontology and Epidemiology. Dr. Alhadainy finished his Bachelor (1982) and Master degrees (1989) from Tanta University, Egypt and PhD degree as a channel program between Tanta University and University of Memphis, USA (1995). He also earned a MS Degree from Colorado State University, USA (2006). He is currently the Chairman of Endodontics Department in Tanta University from Aug. 2013. He was course director of postgraduate courses for several years. Dr. Alhadainy published more than 40 researches in National and International journals and reviewed several articles for international journals. He also presented researches in several international conferences including: Memphis, Chicago, Dallas (USA), Damarcus (Syria), Budapest (Hungary), Florence (Italy) Sanaa (Yemen) and Egypt.

Dr. Nabeel Al Nahass is the Head of Department at the Super Dental Specialty Center, Ajman, UAE and has also been the Assistant Professor of Fixed Prosthodontics at the college of Dentistry, Gulf Medical University. He is the Consultant “A” for Fixed Prosthodontics. Dr. Nabeel Al Nahass has a promising career in Dentistry and has been Chairperson for various College and hospital Committees.

Abou-Rabii has received his PhD in Dental Pharmacology from Auvergne University (France) in 2004. He obtained his Master of Research in Biology and Medicine from Joseph Fourier University in France in 1998. And and his postgraduate Diploma in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in 1993. Dr Abou-Rabii has is the course director of the MSc in Implant Dentistry in Warwick University in UK, he is leading multiple researches and has published several papers. He is a fellow of The Academy for Dental Facial Esthetics (IADFE) and the Vice President of the PTT group in the International Association of Dental Research (IADR).

International Association of Dental Research
USA
International Association of Dental Research, USA

Mohamed Awad, BDS (Egy), MSc (Egy), PhD (Eng) is an Associate Professor, Fixed Prosthodontic Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Tanta University, Egypt and Visiting Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia. His work was concentrated on Fixed Prosthodontics researches. He published several papers at international dental journals. Dr. Awad is the president of Egyptian Association of Dental research section of international association for dental research since July 2010. He fi nished his Bachelor (1983) and Master degrees (1989) from Tanta University, Egypt and PhD degree from University Dental hospital of Manchester, United Kingdom in 1996. He was head of Fixed prosthodontics Department in King Abdulaziz University from Sept. 2003 for one year. He gave several courses to Saudi Board students and he was course director for fixed prosthodontics for preclinical and clinical courses for several years.

Mark Bowes spent 20 years in private practice in London focusing mainly on Aesthetic and Complex Restorative Dentistry. He was a member of the British Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and have been a Fellow of the International Congress of Oral Implantologists from 1997. Since 2005 he have been in Private Practice in Cape Town where his practice is limited to Aesthetic Dentistry. In 2010 he founded the South African Academyof Aesthetic Dentistry for which he is now President. He is the Congress President for the World International Federation of Esthetic Dentistry ( IFED ) to be held in Cape Town 2015. He is also on the Scientifi c committee. He is the member and registered speaker for the ITI. He lecture extensively in Southern Africa on all aspects of Aesthetic Dentistry and run Restorative courses with the respected Implant Aesthetic Academy in both Johannesburg and Cape Town.

M. S. El Attar have completed his dental bachelor's degree 1976, univ of alexandria, followed in 1980 by master's degree in prosthodontics, then another master's degree 1984 from school of dental medicine, pittsburgh univ., USA, followed by a Ph.D. degree 1987, Alex, Egypt. He is the founder and chair of the ALEXANDRIA ORAL IMPLANTOLOGY ASSOCIATION, AOIA, www. aoiaegypt.com he is a chapter author in the book "dental implantation and technology" nova publishers, USA, 2009 he is the author of the book "how to become a unique dentist" VBW publishers, USA, 2012 www.uniquedentist.net he published some articles, in the journal of prosthetic dentistry, and the journal of implant dentistry, both in usa he spent two years as the dean of pharos dental school, Alex, Egypt he is now a Professor of prosthodontics, University of Alexandria, Egypt and he is an ICOI ambassador.

Alexandria Oral Implantology Association
Egypt
Alexandria Oral Implantology Association, Egypt

Nabil F Bissada is Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. He is the Director of the Postdoctoral Graduate Program in Periodontics at the School of Dental Medicine and also maintains a private practice in Cleveland Ohio. In addition to his BDS degree from Cairo University and DDS degree from Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Bissada has MSD degree in Periodontics and also has a certificate in Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Bissada has authored and coauthored over 120 articles published in various peered journals and has lectured extensively at local National and International levels. His expertise is in prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases. He also published numerous articles related to the link between periodontal diseases and systemic health in medical and dental journals.

Case Western Reserve University
USA
Case Western Reserve University, USA

Marie M. Tolarova, Professor and Executive Director of Pacific\'s Craniofacial and Cleft Prevention Program, has led the dental school\'s efforts to help individuals with cleft lip and palate for many years. She has produced extensive research regarding clefts and has taken part in dozens of International mission trips to help individuals with congenital anomalies. In 2011, Tolarova organized an International Conference in San Francisco which brought together surgeons, dentists, geneticists and others to work towards an effective approach to cleft lip and palate prevention.

Paul van der Stelt graduated as DDS in 1974 and has obtained his Ph.D. in 1979 from Vrije University, Amsterdam. He was appointed chairman of the department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology in 1982 and became professor in 1986. He was president of the International Association of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiology in 2007-2009 and was Honorary Secretary of the European Academy of Dento-Maxillofacial Radiology from 2004 until 2010. He has published more than 150 papers in peer reviewed journals and is serving as editorial board member on several scientifi c dental journals.

Anas H. Al-Mulla graduated from King Saud University Dental School, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2003. He obtained his Specialty in Orthodontics and his Masters in Cariology in 2009 from University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. His Ph.D. degree in Cariology was obtained from the same university in 2010. Dr. Al-Mulla has devoted his time for research and applying modern orthodontics, caries risk and prevention in orthodontic patients has been his major concern. He is a reviewer in few orthodontic journals, such as Angle Orthodontics, American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Orthodontics - The art and practice of dentofacial enhancement (formerly World Journal of Orthodontics) and Journal of Orthodontics.

Dr. Trotman received her dental degree from the University of Dundee, Scotland; a certificate in Orthodontics and MA (Oral Biology) degree from Columbia University, NY; and a MS (Clinical Research) from the University of Michigan. She has also completed Fellowships in Craniofacial Anomalies and Clinical Research and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics. Dr. Trotman has had an active research program throughout her career and her currently NIDCR-funded research efforts are focused on the outcomes of cleft lip surgery. She has published extensively, served on several NIDCR panels and study sections, and is a recipient of numerous awards and honors.

Evelyn V. Gopez is the Associate Vice President for Inclusion, Health Sciences at the University of Utah and the Chief Diversity Offi cer for the Health Sciences. She is also the Associate Dean in the School of Medicine, Offi ce for Inclusion and Outreach. Dr. Gopez oversees the recruitment, retention and promotion of faculty, students and staff in the Health Sciences, and the creation of programs and initiatives to facilitate the recruitment, retention and support of underrepresented minority faculty, students and staff. She has obtained her medical degree from the University of Santo Tomas, Manila Philippines. She obtained her residency training in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology at Berkshire Medical Center in Massachusetts and didtwo fellowships in Cytopathology and Surgical Pathology at the Hospital of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA. she has been in academic practice for 20 years, doing clinical service work, teaching medical students, residents and fellows in addition to her administrative functions are Director of Pathology Residency Program (2005-2012), Medical Director of Cytology Laboratory at ARUP (2009-2012), and Fellowship Director for Cytopathology (2009-2012). She is also a Fellow of the prestigious program at Drexel University called Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM).

Fazeli has obtained a Doctor of Dental Medicine degree with highest honour from Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy in 2009. He has also completed a Clinical Ordinator Course in Prosthetic Dentistry at Ukrainian Medical Stomatological Academy in April 2010 and worked as a clinical assistant professor of prosthodontics in the department of Prosthetic Dentistry and Implantology of UMSA. He was a head of scientific circle at Normal Physiology Department and an active member of scientific circle at Microbiology and Surgical Dentistry Departments in UMSA. He has published over 45 papers in international scientific journals (such as "World of Medicine and Biology" and "Ukrainian Military Medicine"), conferences and 3 books (such as "Asymmetry in maxillofacial region: some theoretical and practical aspects")He has received many scientific awards including: a diploma for the best conference paper at the "New Technologies in Dentistry" scientific conference in Poltava-Ukraine, a bronze medal at the Biology Olympiad and a diploma for the best conference paper at the "Actual problems of Clinical and Theoretical Medicine" scientific conference in Poltava-Ukraine. He currently works as academic director and clinical research coordinator of the London School of Facial Orthotropics and his research interests mainly include orthotropic approach to facial growth guidance, prosthodontic and orthotropic treatment of TMJ problems, aetiology of malocclusion, orofacial myology, myofunctional therapy and asymmetry in the maxillofacial region.

London School of Facial Orthotropics
UK
London School of Facial Orthotropics, UK

Dr. Tien-Min Chu received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Kaohsiung Medical College in Kaohsiung Taiwan in 1989. He later received his PhD degree in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Michigan in 1999. He is currently an Associate Professor of Dental Biomaterials at the Indiana University School of Dentistry where he also holds adjunct appointments at Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Orthopedic Surgery. He has published more than 40 papers in peer-reviewed journals and is a co-author on three US patents.

Indiana University School of Dentistry
USA
Indiana University School of Dentistry, USA

Dr. Hani T. Fadel obtained his clinical certificate in Periodontology and his Ph.D from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. He is currently Assistant Professor of Periodontology at the Taibah University College of Dentistry in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, where he serves as Assistant Vice Dean for Academic Affairs alongside other administrative appointments. Dr. Fadel published several articles in peer-reviewed journals. He currently serves as Editor for the American Journal of Dentistry and Oral Hygiene and Journal of the Indian Society of Periodontology. He is also an External Reviewer for a number of journals, including Journal of Periodontology, European Journal of Oral Sciences and Oral Diseases.

M. Omer Gorduysus (DDS, PhD, Professor) was born in Istanbul,1963. Graduated from Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry in 1986 with the degree of DDS, completed his Post-graduate Program in Endodontics in the United States at the University of Southern California with the scholarship of Turkish Goverment and received the title of \"Specialist in Endodontics (1990-1992) later received his PhD degree in Endodontics from Hacettepe University, Ankara-Turkey in 1993, went to ACTA of Amsterdam with the scholarship of the Goverment of the Netherlands (given by NUFFIC) in 1998, in the same year became invited professor and clinical instructor at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Endodontics in Canada (1998-2000).Studied in the field of research and has many publications in SCI covered besides the some local and international journals.Actual position is Professor at Hacettepe University, Faculty of Dentistry Department of Endodontics and giving national and international lectures,editorship and convener of graduate endo.

Dr. Carroll Ann Trotman is Professor and Associate Dean for the Office Academic Affairs at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry. She also is adjunct Professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she maintains her research laboratory. Dr. Trotman's main research is on treatment outcomes. Specifically, outcomes of rehabilitative soft tissue surgery in patients with craniofacial anomalies, and three-dimensional modeling and quantification of soft tissue deficits and functional impairment.

Clinical trials,Craniofacial biology, Tissue regeneration.

Alpagot is a Professor of Department of Periodontics at the University of Pacific School of Dentistry. Dr. Alpagot performs state of the art surgical periodontal procedures as well as implant dentistry. He is a member of American Academy of Periodontology, American Dental Association, California Dental Association, San Francisco Dental Society, American Association of Dental Research. Dr. Alpagot gives continuing education courses to the general practitioners.

Periodontics

Nabil F Bissada is Professor and Chair of the Department of Periodontics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland Ohio. He is the Director of the Postdoctoral Graduate Program in Periodontics at the School of Dental Medicine and also maintains a private practice in Cleveland Ohio. In addition to his BDS degree from Cairo University and DDS degree from Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Bissada has MSD degree in Periodontics and also has a certificate in Oral Medicine and Oral Diagnosis from the University of Minnesota. Dr. Bissada has authored and coauthored over 120 articles published in various peered journals and has lectured extensively at local National and International levels. His expertise is in prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases. He also published numerous articles related to the link between periodontal diseases and systemic health in medical and dental journals.

Prevention and treatment of periodontal diseases

Tien-Min Chu received his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Taiwan in 1989. Dr. Tien-Min Chu later received his PhD degree in materials science and engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1999. He obtained his post doctoral training from the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan from 1999-2001. In 2001, he became Assistant Research Scientist in Biomedical Engineering and Assistant Clinical Professor in Prosthodontics Dentistry at the University of Michigan. In 2003, Dr. Tien-Min Chu started his career in Indiana as an Assistant Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. He later joined Indiana University School of Dentistry in 2007 and became Associate Professor in Restorative Dentistry where he also holds adjunct appointments at Biomedical Engineering and Orthopedic Surgery.

His current research interests are in bone tissue engineering and in vivo dental implant evaluations

Ashraf F. Fouad is currently the Chair of the Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry at the University of Maryland. He served as Assistant then Associate Professor of Endodontology at the University of Connecticut Health Center from 1992 - 2004, and Director of the Division of Endodontics at the University of Maryland from 2004 - 2005. Ashraf F. Fouad received his Master of Science degree and certificate of Endodontics in 1990, and D.D.S. degree in 1992 from the University of Iowa. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics.

Endodontic molecular microbiology, effectiveness of antibiotic therapy, endodontic treatment outcomes and the pathogenesis and healing of periapical lesions in the host with normal and compromised systemic health

Zina Aaron is a graduate of the Medical College of Georgia School of Dentistry, and completed her General Practice Residency training at the VA Medical Center in Miami, FL. Subsequently, she practiced dentistry in Miami, FL, and then returned to private practice in Atlanta, GA, where her family resides. In 2011, she relocated to New York to split her time between being a part-time clinical instructor at NYU College of Dentistry and private practice.

New York University
USA
New York University, USA

Scott S. DeRossi received his D.M.D. from the University Of Pennsylvania School Of Dental Medicine in 1995 and completed his post-doctoral training in Oral Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in 1997. He achieved Diplomate status from the American Board of Oral Medicine in 1999. He is a 2008 recipient of the GHSU Otolaryngology Consultant of the year award and the 2011 recipient of the International Association of Dental Research Innovation in Oral Care Award for his research on dry mouth. He is a 2012-13 Fellow in the American Dental Education Association Leadership Institute. He is currently the Director of the multidisciplinary Center for Oral Medicine at Georgia Health Sciences University.

Treatments for oral mucosal disease, cancer therapy mucositis and xerostomia, migraine headache and TMD, salivary gland disorders

Marie M. Tolarova, Professor and Executive Director of Pacific's Craniofacial and Cleft Prevention Program, has led the dental school's efforts to help individuals with cleft lip and palate for many years. She has produced extensive research regarding clefts and has taken part in dozens of International mission trips to help individuals with congenital anomalies. In 2011, Tolarova organized an International Conference in San Francisco which brought together surgeons, dentists, geneticists and others to work towards an effective approach to cleft lip and palate prevention.

Cleft lip and Palate prevention

In addition to his position as Dean, Dr. Polverini is a Professor in the Department of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, Division of Oral Pathology,Medicine and Radiology. He is board certified in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology and a pathologist with the Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Biopsy Service at the U-M School of Dentistry.

Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Alexander Carroll received his dental degree from USA in 1981 and is currently Director of Clinical Care Coordinators at Midwestern University Dental Health Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor. Dr. Alexander Carroll also served as a Preclinical Assistant Professor at Midwestern University College of Dental Medicine, Assistant Professor at USC and had a private practice in Germany for 22 years focusing on occlusion, implantology and full mouth rehabilitations.

Midwestern University
USA
Midwestern University, USA

Sorin Uram-Tuculescu is originally from Timisoara, Romania, where he received his Ph.D and DMD Degree. He served as faculty at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara School of Dental Medicine, while maintaining a private practice in general dentistry. Once in the United States he attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he obtained his American DDS as well as MS and Certificate in Prosthodontics. He has contributed to numerous publications, journals, and textbooks. Dr. Uram Tuculescu is the recipient of the G. Randolph and Ann Babcock Fellowship, the Freedland Advanced Dental Education Fellowship. Dr. Sorin has received recognition from the Academy of Prosthodontics Foundation, Research Grants Committee, and has also been awarded the Helicon Editor Prize as well as the Romanian Academy Prize Gheorghe Marinescu.

Biomaterials/implants, digital dentistry, dental esthetics, and patient-health care provider interaction

Vincent S. Gallicchio has 42 years experience in academic medicine and research covering experimental hematology, immunology, and developmental therapeutics for human diseases such as AIDS and cancer. He has earned national and international respect and recognition for his efforts. In a first time study reporting on academic scholarly productivity in the Journal of Clinical Laboratory Science, Gallicchio was rated the number one academic biomedical laboratory science researcher in the United States. In addition to his passion for research, Gallicchio is equally passionate to teach, mentor and advise students. He has mentored many doctoral and post-doctoral students, dozens of master’s level students and hundreds of undergraduate students both foreign and domestic, many of whom are now esteemed researchers themselves at institutions such as: Oxford University, Eastern Kentucky University, University of Cincinnati, University of Florida, University of Kentucky, University of Limpopo (South Africa), Jewish and Mercy Hospitals in Cincinnati and major pharmaceutical companies such as Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. As a board certified medical laboratory scientist by the American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP), Gallicchio also serves as the Clinical Laboratory Director of the Lab Tree Clinical Biochemical Research Laboratory in Greenville, SC. He also serves as a consultant to Minerals Resources International, Inc on matters related to the health benefits of trace elements; and is a consulting Vice-President of Technology Development for Conversion Laboratories, LLC, and West Columbia, SC. He has served on the faculty and academic staff at the Yale University School of Medicine, the University of Kentucky Medical Center, the University of Central Lancashire (England) and the University of Wolver hampton (England). He has served as President of Alpha Eta Honor Society, the International Society for Lithium Research, International Federation of Biomedical Laboratory Science and currently serves as Vice President of the Educational and Research Centers in Trace Elements program operated under the auspice of UNESCO.

Personalized Medicine, cell science, Trace elemts, biology, Biomedical Laboratory

Dr Sergey Suchkov, MD, PhD was born in 11.01.1957, a researcher-immunologist, a clinician, graduated from Astrakhan State Medical University, Russia, in 1980.Suchkov has been trained at the Institute for Medical Enzymology, The USSR Academy of Medical Sciences,National Center for Immunology (Russia), NIH, Bethesda, USA) and British Society for Immunology to cover 4 British university facilities. Since 2005, Dr Suchkov has been working as Faculty Professor of I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University and Of A.I.Evdokimov Moscow State Medical & Dental University. From 2007, Suchkov is the First Vice-President and Dean of the School of PPPM Politics and Management of the University of World Politics and Law. In 1991-1995, Dr Suchkov was a Scientific Secretary-in-Chief of the Editorial Board of the International Journal“Biomedical Science” (Russian Academy of Sciences and Royal Society of Chemistry, UK) and The International Publishing Bureau at the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1995-2005, Suchkov was a Director of the Russian-American Program in Immunology of the Eye Diseases.Dr Suchkov is a member of EPMA (European Association of Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine,Brussels-Bonn), a member of the NY Academy of Sciences, a member of the Editorial Boards for Open Journal of Immunology and others. Dr Suchkov is known as an author of the Concept of post-infectious clinical and immunological syndrome, co-author of a concept of abzymes and their impact into the pathogenesis of autuimmunity conditions, and as one of the pioneers in promoting the Concept of PPPM into a practical branch of health services

Predictive, Preventive and Personalized Medicine,Immunology, Medicine, Pathology

Ananda S. Prasad was born in Buxar, a small town in the state of Bihar, India. After graduation from high school, he joined Patna Science College, Patna University where he was top student in chemistry and received B.Sc degree with honors in mathematics. Prasad entered the Patna Medial College in Bihar, graduating there in 1951 with high distinction in physiology. In 1952 Prasad went to St. Paul’s Hospital, Dallas, Texas, for residency training in pathology, accompanied by his wife, who sought further training in obstetrics and gynecology. Contrary to the route taken by his classmates, Ananda Prasad decided not to seek Membership in the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP), England, and looked for additional training in the USA. He was accepted by Dr. C.J. Watson, a well known outstanding Professor of Medicine, for training in internal medicine at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He was trained at Minnesota to be a clinical scientist with research interests in calcium and magnesium metabolism. Thus began a lifelong interest in the metabolism of various elements, including zinc. Prasad then went to Iran at the invitation of Hobart A. Reimann, who had preceded Dr. Watson as Chief of Medicine in Minnesota, and was Chief of Medicine at the Nemazee Hospital of Pahlevi University in Shiraz, Iran. He was a personal friend of the Shah of Iran. Prasad left Iran in January 1961 and joined the department of Biochemistry and Medicine of Vanderbilt University under Dr. William J. Darby. Although Dr. Darby wanted Prasad to study porphyrin metabolism in Pellagra in Egypt, Prasad shared with Darby his speculation that zinc deficiency in the Middle East was prevalent and was responsible for widespread growth retardation. Darby approved plans to investigate zinc metabolism in growth-retarded subjects and Prasad was able to join the U.S. Naval Medical Research unit No.3 (NAMRU-3), in Egypt. Studies in Egypt showed that the growth retardation and gonadal hypofunction in these subjects were related to zinc deficiency. The anaemia was due to iron deficiency and responded to oral iron treatment. Ananda S. Prasad, M.D., Ph.D., has been at the WSU School of Medicine since 1963, when he took a position as director of the Division of Hematology. Dr. Prasad was appointed a Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Division of Hematology- Oncology, in 2000. Ananda Prasad has published over 300 papers and fifteen books. He was founding editor of two journals,American Journal of Hematology and Journal of Trace Elements in Experimental Medicine. Prasad has received much recognition for his contributions. These include AMA Goldberger Award, American College of Physicians Award for outstanding work in science as related to Medicine, Medal of Honor from Mayor of Lyon, France, First Raulin Award for pioneering research in zinc from International Society for Trace Elements Research in Humans (ISTERH), Robert H. Herman Award from American Society of Clinical Nutrition, Mastership from the American College of Physicians, inducted in the Heritage Hall of Fame, International Institute Foundation, Detroit, Michigan and Asian Academy Hall of Distinction Award, Washington, DC. Most importantly Prasad received the 2010 Prince Mahidol Award from Bangkok.

Medicine

María A. Pajares completed her PhD from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain) in 1986, and her postdoctoral studies from the Harvard Medical School (Boston, USA) in 1989. She is a Senior Research Scientist from the CSIC since 2006, where her own group works in the structure/function relationships that govern methionine metabolism in health and disease. She has authored more than 60 original papers in reputed international journals, she serves as referee for a large number of journals and several grant agencies and is now also serving as an Editorial Board member for the World Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Editorial Board member for the World Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Anatoly Victorovich Skalny was born on the 12th of April, 1962 in Ivano-Frankovsk-City (Ukrain). Graduated school in Olyka village of Volynskaya oblast and medical faculty of Ivano-Frankovsk Medicine State Institute (1985) with honours. Began to carry aout scientific researches from 1979 in a student scientific society under the leadership of professor G.A. Babenko, a leading specialist in medicine elementology in Soviet Union. Ph.D. in Medicine (from 1990). Member of Council on trace elements in agriculture, biology and medicine in AS USSR and RAS (from 1987), Executive Committee of Moscow department of physicians-assistants' Society (from 1989), Boards in ecology and natural recources, science, culture and public health Political Consulting Council under the President of Russian Federation (from 1997), Member of advisory committee in ecology at Moscow City Parliament, co-founder of public movement "Healthy City - health of moscovites" (from 1998). In 1985–1991 worked as a research assistant, Junior Researcher and Researcher in department of restoration treatment of children with cerebral paralysis of Research Institute of common and justice psychiatry by V.P.Serbsky of HM USSR, department of alcoholism genetics in State Scientific Center of narcology of HM USSR. In 1988 he founded scientific-medical center "Element" that is the base to carry out researches of biosubstrates elemental content for medicine purposes during 11 years (for population, health and sanitary-hygienic organizations), scientific institutes such as Research Institute of pediatrics of RAMS, Center for perinatology, obstetrics and gynaecology of HM RF, Navy Institute of Hygiene of HM RF, colleges of medicine of Moscow, Ivanovo, Irkutsk, N.Novgorod and other cities. Center for Biotic Medicine, - autonomous non-profit organization (CBM), - was founded by A.V.Skalny in 1995 that is the unique scientific-methodical Center for problems of applied medicine elementology in RF and UIS. On the 19 of January, 2001 "Russian Society of Medicine Elementology" (RUSTEM) was founded to provide the strongest evolution of trace elements paradigm. During the period from 1982 about 200 scientific articles and thesis' were published by A.V.Skalny in special issues in Russia and abroad as well as manuals and mini-monographs in problems of practical medicine elementology. A.V. Skalny with co-authors registered 3 certificates of authorship and 3 patents of RF and Ukrain in the branch of producing new biologically active compounds of trace elements (Se, Zn) to treat and make prophylaxis of human diseases, methods of treatments of zinc deficiency states, alcohol coma and schysophrenia. To date new line in medicine and ecology, - medicine elementology, - is established by A.V. Skalny in Russia and UIS and developed successfully that studies peculiarities of human organism elemental composition in different functional states and disorders and the ways to increase organism adaptative functions with the help of trace elements metabolism correction. In SMC "Element" and CBM more than 20 Ph.D.'s and 5 D.Sc.' in medicine and biology were trained who develop different applied aspects of medicine elementology in branches of perinatology, endocrinology, urology, nephrology, labour medicine, nutrition hygiene, narcology in leaders clinics of Russia, Ukrain, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan. In 1998-1999 production of new generation of effective major and trace elements' preparations (compounds with aspartic, spirulina) was organized under the methodic management of organizations headed by A.V. Skalny that awoke interest of specialists and consumers home and abroad. On April, 2003 A.V. Skalny opened the first chair of nutritiology and bioelementology in Russia and became its leader. From September, 2003 Bioelementology Institute, the first in the world, being founded by A.V. Skalny under support of Orenburg State University rectorate and RUSTEM, began its activity.

Internal Medicine (General Medicine)

After medical studies at Aristotelian University in Greece, Constantin Polychronakos specialized in pediatric endocrinology in Canada and had post-doctoral research training at McGill University in Montreal, where he is now full professor in the Department of Paediatrics with cross-appointment in Human Genetics. He is credited with the discovery of the effect of the INS locus in the thymus in type 1 diabetes, with two of the first GWAS for type 1 and type 2 diabetes and one of the first uses of exon capture combined with NGS to elucidate the cause of a rare monogenic form of diabetes

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Dr. Farid Menaa is an inter- and multi-disciplinar professional (director, professor, researcher and entrepreneur) with increasing international recognition. His strong background is mainly related to medecine, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, biochemistry, biophysics and genetics. Dr. Menaa has studied and worked for/with several reputed institutions worldwide, including Sorbonne (Paris, France), CNRS (France), INSERM (France), CEA (Ministry of Defence, France), SKCC/sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (USA), Schools of Medecine of Paris (France), Wuerzburg (Germany) and Campinas (Unicamp, Brazil). Among other responsibilities he carried out, Dr. Menaa has been, for several years, the R&D director of Fluorotronics, Inc. San Diego, CA, USA, a premier company specialized in fluorine chemistry and nanotechnology. Dr. Menaa was also a principal investigator in projects related to Oncology, Dermatology, Stem Cells, Genetics and Hematology. Dr. Menaa is currently an international consulting expert in healthcare and biosystems for a number of organizations and serves as an editorial board member for a large number of esteemed journals in medecine, sciences and business. Dr. Menaa holds dozen of peer-reviewed manuscripts and is a respected member of prestigious scientific/medical organizations and meetings where he is often invited as a chairman.

Medicine; Genetics; Fluorine Chemistry; Nanotechnology; Biophysics; Biochemistry

Adrián LLerena is the Director of the Clinical Research Center in the University Hospital Infanta Cristina en Badajoz Spain. He is also Professor of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology in two Medical Schools in the University of Extremadura Spain and part time in the University of Beira Interior, Portugal. He earned his PhD at University of Extremadura in 1988 and between 1989 to 1993 did his post doc at Karolinska Institute Sweden focusing on Clinical Pharmacogenetics of antidepressant and antipsychotic drugs. His teaching experience is of more than 20 years in Spain and of about 9 years in Portugal. He has supervised more than 10 PhD thesis

pharmacology, personalized medicine

Andreas Scherer is the Project Director for Institute for Molecular Medicine Finland (FIMM)and previously he was a founder and CEO of Spheromics, a company focused on consultancy in biomarker development, as well as analysis and interpretation of complex biomedical datasets. Dr Scherer is a molecular and computational biologist with long experience in gene expression profiling and biomarker development and qualification. Before founding Spheromics in 2007, Dr Scherer worked in various positions for Novartis in Basel, Switzerland. In 2011 he accepted the position Bioinformatics Manager at the Australian Genome Research Facility (AGRF) in Melbourne, AU, from where he returned to Finland in 2013. Dr Scherer is author and co-author of a number of articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters, and editor of a book about unwanted variation in microarray datasets. He is advisory board member of the journal “OA Bioinformatics”.

Bioethics, Genomics, Biomarkers

Dr. Stephen Wang received his training in pharmaceutical sciences at the Texas Medical Center under Professor Ming Hu. Dr. Wang currently serves as a senior principal scientist in the Pharmacokinetics, Dynamics and Metabolism Division of Pfizer in Cambridge, MA. Previously, Dr. Wang served as a biotransformation group leader responsible for enzymology drug-drug interactions for Millennium Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Cambridge MA. In addition to this, Dr. Wang also served as a senior scientist in the department of Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics at Schering Plough Research Institute which was later acquired by Merck. Dr. Wang’s research interests focus on mechanistic PK/PD modeling for both small and large molecules as well as physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling for the assessment of drug drug interaction potential. Dr. Wang has made significant contributions in the field with a consistent publication track record of manuscripts in peer-reviewed scientific journals and various book chapters.

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Dr. Candida Fratazzi has worked in biomedical research for over 25 years. Prior to her full commitment to Boston Biotech Clinical Research, LLC, she served as Vice President of Clinical Research at MediVector, Inc. Dr. Fratazzi has also held management positions at Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceuticals, Altus Pharmaceuticals Inc., Shire HGT, and Vitex Inc. and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. During her carrier, Dr. Fratazzi developed clinical strategies and plan developments for many drug candidates, presented in INDs and end-of-phase2 briefing documents. Furthermore, Dr. Fratazzi devoted a special attention to drug safety and risk management recognizing its critical value in the contest of clinical development. Her work resulted in the market approval of Tigecycline® IV (Wyeth), Velaglucerase alpha® (Shire), Replagal® in Canada, and submission of Lipoprotamase (Alnara).She is also chairman of Women in Bio of Greater Boston.

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Luiza Spiru, MD, PhD is Professor of Geriatrics and Gerontology at Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy and beginning with 1999, the Head of the Geriatric and Geronto-Psychiatry University Department, to Ana Aslan National Institute of Geriatrics Gerontology (1999-2003) and “Elias” University Emergency Hospital in Bucharest (2003 – in present). After doctorate (1997) she acquired multiple specializations in Molecular Medicine, Geriatrics Gerontology and Old Age Psychiatry and therewith several competences in: Cell Biology, Neuro-PsychoPharmacology, Abdominal and Heart Ultrasound-Investigations, IT in medical services, Standardized Geriatric Evaluation, Diagnosis and Treatment of Memory Impairment Diseases, Differential Diagnosis of Alzheimer Dementia’s and other related Dementia, Health Services Management, MBA - British Council, Leadership Management International - Effective Personal Productivity, Texas USA.

Dr. Marsha Luginbuehl, Ph.D., NCSP is a nationally certified school psychologist, CEO of Child Uplift, Inc., and author/publisher of the Sleep Disorders Inventory for Students (SDIS). Dr. Luginbuehl received the American Psychological Association’s “2003 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award” for her interdisciplinary collaboration with pediatric health experts to develop the SDIS. Her scientific publications promote the universal screening of specific high risk groups of children whose unidentified sleep disorders impair cognition, learning, behaviors and/or long-term health. Luginbuehl promotes early screening, identification and treatment of pediatric sleep disorders to improve school performance, quality of life and long-term productivity for children.

Screening of specific high risk groups of children whose unidentified sleep disorders impair cognition, learning, behaviors and/or long-term health, early screening, identification and treatment of pediatric sleep disorders to improve school performance, quality of life and long-term productivity for children.

Jos Draaisma has completed his MD at the age of 26 years from Radboudumc and PhD at the age of 29 years. He is head of the department of general pediatrics, director of the pediatric residency program, and director of the pediatric education program. He has published more than 70 papers in reputed journals and has been serving as an editorial board member of different pediatric and medical education journals.

Pediatrics, clinical research, cardiology, surgery and treatment

Guillermo Godoy graduated from San Carlos University in Guatemala, the only Medical School at that time in Guatemala. He did a residency in Pediatrics at Roosevelt Hospital and again when he came to United States of America, he repeated a Pediatrics residency at The University of Arkansas Medical Sciences/Arkansas Children's Hospital from 1980 to 1982. Then he did his Perinatal Medicine-Neonatology fellowship at The University of Alabama in Birmingham from 1982 to 1985 and stayed on the Neonatology staff for one year. He is in Tuscaloosa, Alabama at the DCH Health System NICU's since 1986. He is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Obstetrics at The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. He was Chairman of the Pediatrics Department and the Chief of Medical Staff. He helped to establish the Ethics Committee at the DCH Health System Hospitals in 1987. He published many manuscripts, especially in the areas of neonatal infections and cardiopulmonary pathophysiology. He have been invited to lecture about these topics in several institutions. He is actively involved in the development of CPOE/EMR and electronic progress notes at his institution.

Research Intertest: Pediatrics BioEthics, Cardiopulmonary disorders of the newborn and Infectious diseases of the newborn.

Howard S. Weber completed his fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology at Yale New Haven Hospital in 1989 and immediately began his career as an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Penn State Hershey Childrens Hospital and also director of the catheterization lab. He has published more than 50 articles in various national and international peer reviewed cardiology journals and serves on numerous editorial boards of these same journals. He has been an invited lecturer at numerous interventional pediatric cardiology meetings both nationally and internationally.

Interventional catheterization in newborns, children and adults with structural heart disease. Several clinical trials in progress and completed related to therapeutic cardiac catheterization procedures

Dr. Sanchez has completed his PhD at the age of 23 years from Cadiz University and postdoctoral studies from Cadiz University Hospital and School of Medicine. He is the director of the Section of Pediatric Allergy and Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Cadiz. He is also President of the Association of Children\'s Allergy southern Spain and belongs to the Food Allergy Committee of the Spanish Society of Pediatric Allergy.

Pediatric Allergy and Pediatrics