Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Johnny Huard, PhD.  Dr. Huard is the Henry J. Mankin Endowed Chair in Orthopaedic Surgery Research, the director of the Stem Cell Research Center, and the deputy director for cellular therapy at the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. Dr. Huard discusses adult stem cell research and the potential it [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Thomas W. Gilbert, PhD. Dr. Gilbert is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Surgery and Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh.  His research interest are focused on the remodeling of biologic scaffolds for tissue-engineering based treatments, particularly relating to role of mechanical loading in the remodeling process. He [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Burhan Gharaibeh, PhD.  Dr. Gharaibeh is a Research Assistant Professor at the Stem Cell Research Center in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh.  Dr. Gharaibeh discusses muscle derived stem cells and how to use these stem cells to regenerate and repair injured skeletal muscles. For more information [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Ellen Gawalt, PhD.  Dr. Gawalt is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Duquesne University.  She is also the Chair of the Graduate Admissions and Recruitment and a member of the NSF-REU Advisory Board.  Dr. Gawalt discusses her research in controlling interfacial regions through chemical [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Lorenzo Soletti, PhD.  Dr. Soletti is the Director of Technology Development at Neograft Technologies, Inc.  Dr. Soletti discusses technologies currently used in treating cardiovascular disease as well as a new technology called Angioshield that he and his colleagues at Neograft Technologies are developing. For more information about Neograft Technologies, [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Kerem Pekkan, PhD, who is an Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Pekkan’s research interests include biomedical and bio-fluid dynamics, cardiovascular flows and circulation.  His research also utilizes bioreactors and in vitro cell and tissue culture systems.  He uses experimental and computational fluid mechanics in complex [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Robert Bowser, PhD.  Dr. Bowser is the Director of the ALS Research for the Pittsburgh Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases and at the Center for ALS Research at the University of Pittsburgh.  He is also the Director of the ALS Tissue Bank, where he helps to create the largest such [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Major General Gale Pollock.  Major General Pollock is the executive director of the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration, a division of the UPMC eye center.  Major General Pollock returns to Regenerative Medicine Today with Corporal Mike Jernigan, a medically retired marine who lost both eyes in Iraq.  [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Dr. Bryan Tillman.  Dr. Tillman is an assistant professor in the Division of Vascular Surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medicine Center as well as a practicing clinician.  Dr. Tillman discusses the applications of tissue engineering to construct replacement vessels for patients with peripheral vascular disease. Host John Murphy. [...]

Regenerative Medicine Today welcomes Mr. Patrick Cantini.  Mr. Cantini is the Director of Scientific Collaborations at the McGowan Institute’s Center for Industry Relations.  Mr. Cantini discusses the importance and the process of establishing partnerships between the McGowan Institute and commercial enterprises and how this aids the transition from the laboratory studies to medical [...]