ASTM Webinar Bone Graft Substitutes

Overview:

Bone graft substitutes are of crucial importance in
fostering the healing, replacement and regeneration
of musculoskeletal tissues.

Join the authors of the best selling book
"Bone Graft Substitutes and Bone Regenerative Engineering" for a free webinar on Wednesday
May 20 as they discuss new research, information and strategies on bone technology and the exciting advances in the new field of Regenerative Engineering.

Attendees Will:

- Understand the Laurencin-Jiang classification
  system for bone graft substitutes

- Learn about current trends and developments in
  bone graft substitutes

- Discover how new work in regenerative
  engineering may lead to new solutions for bone
  regeneration and repair

 

 

Details

 Title: Bone Graft Substitutes and
  Bone Regenerative Engineering
  What You Need to Know Now

 Date: Wednesday May 20 2015

 Time: 1:00 PM ET / 10:00 AM PT

 Duration: 45 minutes + live Q&A

 Price: FREE

 * Recording and slides will be
    made available to
    all
registrants.


Speakers


Dr. Cato T Laurencin

Dr. Cato T. Laurencin M.D., Ph.D.

Founder and Director Institute of Regenerative Engineering

Dr. Laurencin is the Founder and Director of both the Institute for Regenerative Engineering and the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Endowed Center for Biomedical, Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences at the University of Connecticut. He is a pioneer in the new field of Regenerative Engineering, and his research involves advanced biomaterials science, nanotechnology, stem cell science, and tissue regeneration.

Dr. Laurencin earned his B.S.E. degree in Chemical Engineering from Princeton University and his M.D., Magna Cum Laude from the Harvard Medical School. He earned his Ph.D. in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he was named a Hugh Hampton Young Fellow.

Dr. Tao Jiang
Tao Jiang Ph.D., MBA

Assistant Professor Institute of Regenerative Engineering

Dr. Jiang is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine, Institute for Regenerative Engineering, and Raymond and Beverly Sackler Center for Biomedical, Biological, Physical and Engineering Sciences at the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr. Jiang earned his B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering and M.S. degree in Materials Science, both from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Virginia. In addition, he earned his M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. Previously, Dr. Jiang worked as a senior research scientist at Zimmer, Inc. in its orthobiologics division.