8:00-8:35 AM
Panel Discussion
Venture Interest in Orthobiologics and Emerging Technologies
Moderator: Anil K. Sharma, MD (USA)
Panelists: Sheetal Nariani, MS, MA, MBA (USA), Lakshmi Natarajan (USA), Mark de Souza, PhD (USA), Kamal Singh (USA)
8:35-9:10 AM
Panel Discussion
WIRM Global Chapters – Growth, Leadership, and Impact
Moderator: Annu Navani, MD (WIRM Chair)
Panelist Chapter Chairs: Victor Pacheco, MD (WIRM Brazil), Neeraj Jain, MD (WIRM India), Ahmad Muttaqin Alim, MD (WIRM Indonesia), Giuliano Lo Bianco, MD, PhD (WIRM Italy), Robert Rapcan, MD, PhD (WIRM Scandinavia-Central/Eastern Europe), Jesus Medina, MD (WIRM Mexico)
9:10-9:30 AM
Regenerative Strategies on Wound Healing
H. Thomas Temple, MD (USA)
9:30-10:00 AM
Keynote Lecture
Biologics and Biomaterials for Back Pain: Limitations, Opportunities, and Cost-Effectiveness
Douglas Beall, MD (USA)
10:00-10:30 AM
Coffee Break
10:30-10:50 AM
Historical Foundations of Regenerative Medicine
Philippe Mavrocordatos, MD (Switzerland)
10:50-11:10 AM
Do We Need to Redefine PRP Classification Based on the Individual Patient?
Peter A. Everts, MD (USA)
11:10-11:30 AM
Implications of Exosome Therapy
Aaron Calodney, MD (USA)
11:30-11:50 AM
Intracellular Communication – Exosomes as “E-Mail”
Timothy Ganey, PhD (USA)
11:50-12:10 PM
OA Chronic Pain: iL-Ra, A2M & PRP
Ahmad Muttaqin Alim, MD (Indonesia)
12:10-12:30 PM
Stem Cells for SCI (Outline Literature and Scientific Outcomes)
Victor Pacheco, MD (Brazil)
12:30-1:30 PM
Lunch Break
1:30-1:45 PM
Product Theater (The Crown Room)
Cutting Edge Laser Technologies
Don Buford, MD
1:45-2:00 PM
SP102: Next Generation Compounds
Mayank Gupta, MD (USA)
2:00-2:15 PM
Enhancing Minimally Invasive Surgery with Orthobiologics
Neeraj Jain MD (India)
2:15-2:30 PM
Oral Communication Abstract:
Pain Reduction in Tendinopathies After Peritendinous Application of Stromal Cells Derived from Wharton’s Jelly
Karolynn Halpert Correa, MD (Colombia)
2:30-2:45 PM
Adipose-Derived MSCs and Microfat for Chronic Pain Indications
Lisbeth Godinez, MD (Guatemala)
2:45-3:00 PM
Advances in Technology and Clinical Applications of Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Adipose Tissue
Ricardo Ruiz-Lopez, MD (Spain)
3:00-3:30 PM
Coffee Break
3:30-3:45 PM
History of Hydrafil: Science and Clinical Applications
Anthony Lowman, PhD (ReGelTec)
3:45-4:00 PM
Science Behind Mesenchymal Precursor Cells
Paul Simmons, PhD (Mesoblast)
4:00-4:15 PM
Intradiscal Mesenchymal Precursor Cells
Roger Brown (Mesoblast)
4:15-4:55 PM
CEO Panel Discussion
Moderator: Annu Navani, MD (WIRM)
Panelists: Roger Brown (Mesoblast), Peter Boyd (ReGelTec), Timothy Ganey, PhD (Vivex), Sina Farzaneh, PhD (EmCyte)
4:55-5:35 PM
CSO Panel Discussion
Moderator: Douglas Beall, MD (WIRM)
Panelists: Paul Simmons, PhD (Mesoblast), Anthony Lowman, PhD (ReGelTec), Sina Farzaneh, PhD (EmCyte), Marshall Bedder, MD (Neuralace), David Bell (Elite CellFusion)
7:00-10:00 PM
Gala Dinner at Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar – Fairmont San Francisco
