Regenerative Medicine and Plastic Surgery

Part I - ELEMENTS OF REGENERATIVE MEDICINE1. Definitions2. History of Regenerative Medicine3. Basic Principles and Current Approach for Soft Tissue Regeneration4. Sophisticated Biocomposite Scaffolds from Renewable Biomaterials for Bone Tissue EngineeringPart II - RESEARCH CONCEPTS5. Mechanotransduction in wound healing and scar formation6. Stromal Cell-Derived Factor1 (SDF-1) Signaling and Tissue Homeostasis7. Stem Cell Differentiation Directed by Material and Mechanical Cues8. Bacteriophages: a New (Yet Old) Weapon against Infections9. Bacteriophages as Biocontrol Agents of Biofilm Infections Associated with Abiotic Prosthetic Devices10. Extracellular vesicles derived from Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells: Current Approaches to Enhance Their Release and Therapeutic Potential11. Anti-Biofilm Activity of Viruses, Bacteria, Fungi and Lichens: Mechanisms and Impact on Clinical PracticePart III - EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES12. Bionic Reconstruction: The New Frontier13. Carbohydrates in Regenerative Medicine: From Scaffolds to Cell Fate Modulators14. Biomimetics: A New Abstraction for Bone Implant Design15. The Role of Microbiota in Skin Regeneration16. Erythropoietin: An Innovative Therapeutic Approach in Thermal Trauma17. Targeting C-Reactive Protein in Inflammatory Disease18. Stem Cell Therapies for Tissue Regeneration and Wound Healing: Strategies to Enhance Therapeutic Effectiveness19. Iron Chelators & HIF-1 : A new Frontier for Skin RejuvenationPart IV - TRANSLATIONAL ASPECTS20. How to Overcome the Valley of Death from Basic Science to Clinical Trials21. Moving Your Results from Bench to Bedside: Protecting Scientific Findings22. The Regulatory Landscape of Cell- and Tissue-Based Regenerative Medicine: Current  Challenges and Emerging Issues23. Translational Challenges in Soft Tissue Regeneration24. Bone Tissue Engineering Challenges in Craniofacial Reconstructive Surgeries25. Translational Challenges: Lymph Node Tissue Engineering26. Implementing Tissue

Dr. Dominik Duscher MD, PhD, is the director of the Division of Experimental Plastic Surgery at Technical University of Munich. He holds a doctorate of medicine and a research doctorate focusing on Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine. After his medical education in Vienna (Medical University of Vienna), London (University College London) and Boston (Harvard Medical School) he graduated from a postdoctoral fellowship in Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine at Stanford University. For his research he received the Stanford University biomaterial research prize, and scholarships from the American Austrian Foundation and the Austrian Science Fund, among other distinctions. Dr. Duscher holds multiple patents, published more than 100 peer reviewed publications and authored more than 100 conference presentations. Dominik Duscher is the General Secretary of the European Plastic Surgery Research Council. He further acts as the Research Coordinator of the Microsurgical Education Center of the Kepler University Hospital Linz and the Young Forum of the Austrian Society for Surgery of the Hand.

Dr. Melvin A. Shiffman, MD, JD, FCLM, received his MD from Northwestern University School of Medicine in 1957 and completed his residency in general surgery in 1964 at the Veterans Administration Hospital, Long Beach, California. Since then he has been continuously involved in oncologic surgery, reconstruction, and cosmetic surgery. In 2002, Dr. Shiffman became Chair of the Section of Surgery at Tustin Hospital and Medical Center and in 2009-10 he served as President of the American College of Legal Medicine. He is Editor Emeritus of the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery, a member of the Scientific Committee of the American Journal of Aesthetic Medicine, and an examiner for the International Board of Cosmetic Surgery. He is also a former Editor-in-Chief of both the American Journal of Cosmetic Surgery and the International Journal of Cosmetic