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José L. Navia, MD, is a staff surgeon in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery in the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at Cleveland Clinic. He earned his medical degree from the School of Medicine at the National University of La Plata in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed his internships and residencies in general surgery, cardiovascular surgery and cardiothoracic surgery in Argentinian hospitals. Dr. Navia received a fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery from the Cleveland Clinic in 1994. During his fellowship and residency at Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Navia served as Chief Resident for one year. He has received the Rene Favaloro International Fellow Award and the Dr. Charles H. Bryan Clinical Excellence Award. He joined the Cleveland Clinic Heart & Vascular Institute in 1998 following an appointment at the Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires as a staff surgeon in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. He has also received The Cleveland Clinic Innovator Award every year from 2004 through 2016, as well as the 1 st Annual Sones -Favaloro Scientific Awards in Innovations, from Cleveland Clinic Heart and Vascular Institute, HVI 2015. He has also received the Outstanding Innovation In Medical Device Award, Innovations May 10, 2017. Dr. Navia is Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, August 15, 2017, and he has also received The Leadership in Innovation from The Heart and Vascular Institute HVI, Cleveland Clinic. Cleveland, Ohio Friday, November 3, 2017. Dr. Navia serves as a Vice Chairman for Innovations at The Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at The Cleveland Clinic. He also serves as a Member, Executive Committee of the Cleveland Clinic/Heart & Vascular Institute/Cardiothoracic Surgery, and as a Co-Chairman, Heart and Vascular Surgical Institute Peer Review Innovations Committee. Dr. Navia serves as a Director of Cleveland Clinic Florida Regional Heart and Vascular Institute, Director of Heart and Vascular Center CCF Weston, and Chairman of Cardiothoracic Surgery CCF Weston since March 2019. Dr. Navia has been a principal and co-investigator for several clinical research trials. Dr. Navia’s research focuses on robotic cardiac surgery, video-assisted minimally invasive cardiac surgery aortic, mitral, and tricuspid valve repair and replacement, and a stentless mitral valve — an original design for mitral valve replacement that is being used across the country. He has developed different cannulas (tubes for needles and surgical instruments) for pulmonary bypass and has designed a proximal anastomosis device to avoid clamping the aorta during cardiac surgery. He has also developed novel surgical annuloplasty rings for functional mitral and tricuspid valve regurgitation treatment, as well as a transcatheter mitral and tricuspid valve ring and valve prosthesis. He is extensively involved in research to investigate new and more effective treatments for patients with heart failure, such as advances in cardiac resynchronization therapy and mechanical circulatory device therapy. Dr. Navia is a national leader in successfully and safely utilizing various techniques in minimally invasive off-pump bypass surgery, as well as a Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair and Replacement, Transcatheter aortic, mitral and tricuspid valve procedures, Surgical treatment of complex multivalve endocarditis, such as Commando Procedure and Hemi-Commando Procedure for double valve endocarditis, aortic valve homograft surgery, and multiple valve cardiac reoperations. Dr. Navia has published more than 200 articles and abstracts in national and international professional publications and is a manuscript reviewer and editorial board member for several medical journals. Dr. Navia organizes seminars and symposia on advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery and presents his work at major international conferences with leading physicians from around the world.

Dr. Chulso Moon is the founder and President of BCD Innovations USA, a biotech company located in the Johns Hopkins Medical Campus, which is dedicated to screening lung and bladder cancer. Dr. Moon is an MD PhD physician scientist and earned his Ph.D. in Human Genetics and Molecular Biology from The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His doctoral work included the cloning of the human gene for AQP1, a unique water channel molecule, under the mentorship of the Nobel Laureate Dr. Peter Agre. Recently he has founded BCD Innovations USA (bcdinnovationsusa.com) and successfully commercialized MSA based bladder cancer screening program and also developed GMP based cancer screening kit factory in China.

Henrique Manuel Alves Nabais, gynaecologist, Director of the Multidisciplinary Gynaecology Unit of Champalimaud Foundation, Portugal. PhD student at Universidade Nova de Lisboa and volunteer of the Marques de Valle Flôr Institute (Non-Governmental Organization for Development) participating in missions in the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe in the context of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of cervical cancer. He started robotically assisted laparoscopic surgery in gynaecological pathology in Portugal. He is of particular interest, as an oncological gynaecologist, in gynaecological cancer. Actively participates in several studies and intends to develop this therapeutic approach in more complex and diverse areas of gynaecology, with the main objective of allowing access for all patients to minimally invasive surgery.

Education, Titles, Appointments: 1983 - Medical University Varna - MD degree 1988 - Surgical specialty; 2007 - Oncology specialty 1999 - Ph. D., 2008 - Doctor of Medical Science (DSc) 2002 - Assoc. Professor of Surgery, Med. University, Varna 2003 - Head 2nd Dept. Abdominal Surgery, 2004 - 2012 - Vice Rector of Medical University - Varna 2009 - Full Professor of Surgery, Medical University, Varna 2012 - 2020 - Chairman of General Assembly of Medical University, Varna Society memberships: • President of BSS (2014-16) Vice-President (2006-12) • President of European Society of Surgery /ESS/-2018-2019 • Bulgarian Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists / BASG / - from 1996 • International Association of Surgeons and Gastroenterologists / IASGO/ - from 1993 • Board member of the European Society of Surgery /ESS/ • European Digestive Surgery / EDS / - 2002 • Intern. Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA) & E-AHPBA • Honorary Member of Academia Romana di Chirurgia, Roma 2006 • Honorary Member of Romanian Society of Surgery, 2012 • Honorary Member of Hungarian Society of Surgery, 2018 • Honorary Member of ARCHBPTH, 2015 • Honorary Member of BSS, 2018 Editorial Boards: Scripta Scientifica Medica, Hepato-Gastroenterology, Chirurgia, Review Board of Scientific Journals International (SJI), Surgery /Bg/; Visceral Surgery /Bg/ Main fields of surgical activities: Hepatobiliary & Pancreatic Surgery, GI Surgical oncology, Herniology Publications: More than 280 scientific activities published (in Bulgaria - 195 & Abroad – 85)

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Suren Agho Stepanyan (PhD, Doctor of science, Professor of surgery) graduated from Yerevan State Medical University after M. Heratsi in 1993, had clinical residency in the same institution. S.A.Stepanyan earned his PhD degree (Surgical treatment of peptic ulcer disease of stomach) in 2000, Doctor of science degree (Combination of laparoscopic method and antiadhesive barriers in the treatment of abdominal adhesions) in 2013. Since 2005 he was Associate professor and since 2018 – Professor of surgery. He is head of Department of surgery N1 of Yerevan State Medical University since 2008. In 2008-18 S.A.Stepanyan was the head of clinic of surgey of Republican Medical Center ‘’Armenia’’. He is head of Clinic of Surgery of University hospital ‘’Mickaelyan Institute of Surgery’’ since 2018. Fields of his practical interests are surgery of GI tract, liver, biliary system and pancreas, endocrine surgery. S.A.Stepanyan is author and co-author of 150 published scientific works. He had postgraduate trainings in Clinic of surgery of Haidelberg University (Haidelberg, Germany), Memmingen hospital (Memmingen, Germany), in General hospital of Vienna (AKH Vien, Austria), in Insitute of surgery after A.V.Vishnevski (Moscow, Russia), Center of Oncology after N.N.Blokhin (Moscow, Russia). S.A.Stepanyan is the vice-president of Armenian Association of surgeons, member of European Association of Endoscopic Surgery (EAES). He was the president of European Society of Surgery (ESS) in 2017-18 and in 2018 organized in Yerevan the joined meeting of ESS and Armenian Association of Surgeons. Since 2018 S.A.Stepanyan is the general surgeon adviser of Ministry of Health of Republic Armenia.

Dr. Ahmed Nasr Ghanem was educated in Egypt and qualified (MBBCH) in 1974, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt. He spent his internship at Mansoura University Hospitals. He gained all postgraduate experience in UK where he was promoted in posts up to the consultant level. He practiced as consultant Urologist in the UK, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. During his career life he attended many conferences and won the award of Princes Alexandra Memorial Award and reported over 100 articles of which he made important new 14 discoveries in physics, physiology, and medicine. He discovered two new types of vascular shocks, proved that one physiological law (Starling’s law) is wrong and provided the correct replacement of G tube hydrodynamic. He resolved the puzzles of 3 clinical syndromes: the transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP) syndrome, the loin pain haematuria syndrome (LPHS) and the adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) as well as hyponatraemia. He authored 8 books of which4 have recently been published. Now he is happily retired in Egypt dedicating his time to writing scientific medical articles and peer reviewing and editorial board member for many Journals at his own cost for humanity’s sake. He is the Editor in Chief for Surgical Medicine Open Access Journal (SMOAJ).

Dr. Mahmoud Al-Suleiman received his PhD in Orthodontics (Moscow, Russia), 1991. He is a Professor in Orthodontics at the Department of Orthodontics, University of Aleppo Dental School and he was Head of the Orthodontic Department at University of Aleppo, 1993-2005, 2011-2012. Now Consultant Orthodontist at Dental Planet Clinics KSA and Derma zone laser and cosmetic center Dubai UAE. Additionally He has wide variety of publications in many journals like The World Journal of Orthodontics , The Journal of Orthodontic science and many others. Dr. Al-Suleiman was Vice Dean for the Scientific Affairs at the Dental School, University of Aleppo, 1997-1999, Vice President of the Syrian Dental Association 2001 to 2006 and Member of the Curriculum Development Committee and Dental Education Workshop for the Dental College in Syria (1993) and Lebanon (1995). he was Visitor researcher to Biomaterials and Biomechanics group, school of Dentistry, Manchester University, 2008.

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Dr. Mohammed Abdullah Takroni, a cardiac rehabilitation Consultant, Fellowship program in Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation at Duke University and Medical (DUMC), North Carolina, USA, 1996. Master's degree in physical therapy from King Saud University 2008, Master degree in Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU), UK, 2009. Ph.D., in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK, 2011. Member of the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation (AACVPR), member of the Irish Association of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation (IACR), member of the British Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (BACPR), member of Saudi Heart Association (SHA). Develop the Cardiac Rehabilitation programs at King Faisal specialist hospital and research center (KFSH&RC), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Currently, head section of cardiac rehab team king Faisal Heart Institute, King Faisal specialist hospital and research center, and the inpatient supervisor, physical therapy department.

Altintas is a Professor of Plastic surgery in Germany. He graduated from Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. His Doctoral thesis was about Plastic Surgery at the BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery at the Ruperto Carola University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. He has a Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Public health from Ruperto Carola University in Heidelberg. His surgical career started at the general surgery at the University Heidelberg, followed by the German Center of Trauma Surgery at the Hannover Medical School. He worked at the Department of Plastic Surgery, Burn and Hand Surgery Center, Cologne Merheim, Germany. Altintas hold board certification for Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery. He was Senior Consultant at the Department of Plastic and Hand Surgery at the University of Essen , Essen, Germany, and since 2011, he has been an Vice Director of the Department of Plastic Surgery Diakonische Kliniken Hannover. Dr. Altintas is a member of the editorial board in numerous Journals in Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery such as Advanced in Wound care ( impact Factor 5.2) He presented more than 80 papers at national and international scientific meetings. He has published more than 50 peer-reviewed papers in scientific journals and various book chapters. His research focuses on Aesthetic Surgery, Reconstructive plastic procedures, and wound healing.

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“Dr. RANDA is currently working as Assistant Professor/and researcher in oral and maxillofacial surgery dept. at Dental faculty, King Saud University Saudi Arabia. DrRANDA received his Doctoral degree or PhD on Bone bioengineering/oral and maxillofacial surgery from the University of Glasgow in 2014.DrRANDA completed her Master's in oral and maxillofacial surgery from the University of Glasgow 2010. She then worked at the Institute medical school/ Stem cell research unite, & served as Assistant Professor in department of oral and maxillofacial surgery, Dental faculty, King Saud University. Dr. RANDA has authored several publications in various journals and books. Her publications reflect her research interests in Regenerative medicine/ bone bioengineering and the advancement of oral/dental health care. Dr. RANDA is also a reviewer of the InternationalJournalof oral and maxillofacial surgery. Dr. RANDA is serving as a member or fellow in Association of Saudisociety of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, And a royal college of Surgeons in Edinburgh. She is currently in charge of the ongoing post-graduate doctorate program in oral and maxillofacial surgery (Research part) in Dental faculty, KSU. Dr. RANDA is awarded or honored by American scientific publisher for best publication 2017, and she has got King Saud award of excellence 2015.

Associate Consultant Cardiovascular Surgeon at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. Instructor in Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science. Former Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon in the Specialist Register, UK. Former Consultant Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Argentina.

Dr. Georgios Matis is a senior consultant for neurosurgery. He leads the chronic pain/spasticity section of the Department of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery at the University Hospital of Cologne. He has been trained in Greece (General University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, G. Papanikolaou General Hospital of Thessaloniki & 417 Army Equity Fund Hospital of Athens), USA (Department of Neurosurgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY), Switzerland (Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich) and Germany (Department of Stereotactic & Functional Neurosurgery, University Hospital Cologne, Cologne). Dr. Matis is a member of two medical associations (Thessaloniki, Greece & North Rhine, Germany) and also a member of the German Neuromodulation Society (DGNM) and the International Neuromodulation Society (INS). He serves as a reviewer for many international journals and is an Editorial Board member for Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface and Interventional Pain Medicine and Neuromodulation. He holds the position of Editor-in-Chief of The Internet Journal of Neurosurgery. Dr. Matis has published many articles in Greek and international Pubmed-indexed journals and held many lectures as an invited speaker at numerous international congresses and webinars. At the same time, he is the Co-Chair of the Medical and Public Education and Engagement Committee of the International Neuromodulation Society. Dr. Matis is involved in many international clinical studies and has been active as an instructor for many colleagues in Germany and abroad. He is also an active member of the medical advisory board of the German CRPS Support Group and a member of several online consultation platforms. He is actively involved in social media trying to raise awareness about spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal therapies and neuromodulation.

Associate Professor of Medical School Univerity J. J. Strossmayer in Osijek and University in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Specialist in Anaesthesia and Resuscitation; Subspecialist of Intensive Care Medicine, University Clinical Centre Zagreb in Croatia. Research associate in the scientific field of biomedicine and health-field of clinical medicine, National Research Council of the Republic of Croatia.Field of interest: Regional Anaesthesia, Ophtalmic anaesthesia, Intravenous Moderate Analgosedation, Oxygenation and Mechanical ventilation, Acute pain management.Member of IARS -International Anesthesia Research Society, ESRA-European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy, EJA-European Society of Anesthesiology, HLZ-Croatian Association of Physicians.

Michael Sanford is former president of several societies, including the Society of Alimentary Surgeons, Society of Pancreatic Surgery and Research and American Society of Academic Surgeons. He has authored over 200 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters. He enjoys golf and volunteers for the non-profit “travame heroglykano” which helps disadvantaged children of south East Asian origin attend college.

Dr. Dini Widiarni Widodo, Sp.THT, M.Epid is a Specialist Ear, Nose, Throat, Head, and Neck Surgery (ENT-KL) who graduated from the University of Indonesia with more than 20 years of experience. She is a member of the Indonesian Doctors Association (IDI), the Asian Facial Plastic Surgery Society, and the Association of Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery (PERHATI-KL) dr. Dini Widiarni is currently practicing as an ENT-KL Specialist at Premier Bintaro Hospital, RSCM Jakarta, and Esti Clinic, and several other places. The former chairman of the PERHATI-KL National Research & Development Agency for the 2013-2016 period is also a Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia. The health services provided by him include: BERA, Ear Irrigation, Nasal and Sinus Endoscopic Surgery, ENT Surgery, ENT Corpus Alienum, Sinusitis Surgery, Hearing Test, Ear Endoscopy, Tonsil Surgery, Laser Therapy for Sinusitis, Tympanoplasty.

A native to Arizona with prolific training in foot and ankle disease, Dr. David Hatch is proud to practice in Tucson. Dr. Hatch is dedicated to providing compassionate and considerate care to all. Dr. Hatch is one of the most well published podiatrists in southern Arizona and is actively involved in advancing his field and continuing education as a lecturer and adjunct professor at Midwestern University.

Nissrine Nakib, MD is the Director of Pelvic Floor Medicine at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Nakib has a busy clinical practice that entails caring for patients with pelvic organ prolapse, incontinence, pelvic pain, recurrent urinary tract infections, as well as those with spinal cord injuries and neurogenic bladders. As lead of the Urology Department’s Quality Control she works hard to establish safety and quality measures in order to ensure patients get the best possible care. Additionally, she conducts clinical and translational research with focus on sacral nerve modulation and other urinary disorder treatments. Education is an integral part of her role at the University and she enjoys teaching residents and medical students about Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstruction through mentoring, didactic sessions, and anatomical training labs. Furthermore, she strives to increase public awareness and educate her patients on urological issues in women. Gender and other equity issues are an important topic to Dr. Nakib and she values her work as the Chair of The Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee for the Urology Department. She is also a member of the American Urological Association North Central Section Committee for Women. Last year she joined The Strategic Communication and Collaboration Action Committee in The Center for Women in Medicine and Science. Dr. Nakib was voted as the Chair of this committee and looks forward to accomplishing great things in her new role.

In 2009 she graduated from Grodno State Medical University with a degree in General Medicine. From 2009 to 2010, she completed an internship in the specialty "Obstetrics and Gynecology" on the basis of the Grodno Regional Clinical Perinatal Center. In 2010, she worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist at the maternity department of the Volkovysk Central District Hospital. From 2010 to 2013 - postgraduate student of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Grodno State Medical University. From 2013 to 2017 - Assistant of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the educational institution "Grodno State Medical University". In 2017, an obstetrician-gynecologist of the Department of Emergency and Planned Advisory Aid of the Grodno Regional Clinical Hospital. From 2017 to the present - Associate Professor of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the educational institution "Grodno State Medical University". From 2014 to 2017 - the head of the educational part of the department, authorized by the quality management system. Since 2017 - responsible for the research work of the department. PhD thesis on the topic: "Early miscarriage: pathogenetic aspects, correction and prevention" (2014). Doctor of the highest qualification category. Operating obstetrician-gynecologist, oncologist-surgeon (since 2016). Responsible performer of the sectoral scientific and technical program: "To develop methods for the correction of micronutrient deficiency for women with combined gynecological pathology: endometriosis and uterine fibroids in reproductive age" (2020-2024) And research project: "To develop methods for correcting micronutrient deficiency" and microbiocenosis vagina in pregnant women based on the use of dry milk product "Bellakt Mama +" (2020-2021). Author of over 150 scientific papers, 1 monograph, 5 instructions for the use of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Belarus, 3 patents for inventions, and 20 implementations.

Maria Dalamagka currently works at the Department of Anesthesia, General University Hospital of Larissa. Maria does research in acupuncture and Anaesthetics. She is PhD medicine , doctor of pain , MD. Editorial board member :Scifed Journal, Pain Medicine and Management, Enliven, Cient Periodique, Journal of Pain Management and Medicine _Longdom, Anesthesia &Pain Research _Scivision, GJNFS, Journal if Pain and Relief. Speaker and organizing committee to conferences as:Pain Research and Management Zurich 2018, 5th international conference Pain Research &Management London 2017, and Vancouver , Canada 2016, Word congress on Pain Medicine and Management Singapore 2019, International Conference on Alzheimers & Neurodegenerative desease Madrid , Spain 2018, scientific federation speaker.

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Dinko Bagatin is an assistant professor, Poliklinika Bagatin, Department of surgery Zagreb, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, University of Josip Juraj Strossmayer in Osijek, Croatia. He is the Department Head of Surgery, since 2015, and the Deputy Director of Bagatin Polyclinics. I have been a specialist in general surgery for 14 years and in plastic surgery for 12 years. He completed specialization at the University Hospital Zagreb “Rebro”, Surgery Department (2007), Plastic Surgery Department (2009). He is one of the founders (2002) and the first CEO of the Bagatin Polyclinic in Zagreb (2002 to 2015). In 2018, he has completed my Ph.D. with the topic: Comparison of thrombelastography findings in patients with invasive cancer and benign breast changes, University of Zagreb, School of Medicine (mentor Prof. Silva Zupančić Šalek, Ph.D.). April 8, 2020, he was appointed assistant professor at the faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek following the title lecture: BIA-ALCL - a disease associated with breast implants. What to do when we suspect a disease? His field of activity is mostly body and breast surgery and in this field, he is one of the leading surgeons in the region. In addition to this, his field of interest is in analgesia, most often related to surgery and patient safety. he has published several scientific papers and is writing several chapters in books in the field of his specialty.

Le Su, PhD, has been actively involved in sarcoma research for nearly ten years. As a Junior Fellow at HudsonAlpha, his major focus is on chromosomal translocation-associated sarcomagenesis in children and young adults. Before joining HudsonAlpha in 2016, Su led a molecular proteomics laboratory as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia in Canada where he also earned his PhD in Cell Biology (2014). His research efforts directly led to fundamental breakthroughs that define a crucial role for synovial sarcoma-specific SS18-SSX chimeric oncoprotein in epigenetic dysregulation of tumor suppressor pathways. Through close collaboration with clinical scientists, these mechanistic studies have successfully been brought into clinical trials that opened in several medical institutes across Canada. Su’s research interests stem from his previous findings that histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors block SS18-SSX transcriptional activity and induce synovial sarcoma cell death. Recently, this epigenomic research has been extended unexpectedly to the ubiquitin system by which HDAC inhibitor treatment causes SS18-SSX depletion. The underlying mechanism may not only support the first targeted strategy to treat currently incurable synovial sarcoma, but also revolutionize our understanding of the anti-cancer action of HDAC inhibitors.

Dr. H. Hosseinkhani, Chemical Engineer, has broad experience in life sciences and is an expert in nanotechnology, biomaterials, drug delivery, 3D in vitro systems, bioreactor technology, and bioengineering stem cells technology. His working experience is mainly attributed to academia and industry of biomedical engineering research and development (which includes several years of basic science research experience in a number of premier institutions related to the structure and function of biomaterials, and in polymer-based and mineral-based medical implants development in the medical device industry). He has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including JSPS Fellowship of Japan,and European Marie Curie Fellowship. He authored more than 100 scientific papers published on peer-reviewed Journals, 5 books, and 10 book chapters (H-index: 46Google Scholar). He is inventor of 16 National and International patents, several of which are licensed to companies acting in the biomedical fields and translated to 7 commercial products. He is the founder of Matrix, Inc., a world leading biotech company dedicated to healthcare technology to improve patient's quality of life.

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Shirin Hamed Azzam is an Oculoplastic adnexal consultant at Baruch Padeh Poriya and Meuhedet clinic. Her private clinic is at Estemed medical center, Israel. She was graduated from Technion Institute (Haifa, Israel) and performed her Ophthalmology residency at Emek medical center. Later, she did an Oculoplastic fellowship at Moorfields eye hospital in London. During the fellowship, she worked with well-known Oculoplastic surgeons- Richard Collin, Jimmy Uddin, David Verity, Geoffrey Rose. Her clinical and surgical fields of interest are Eyelids, Lacrimal and Orbit diseases, and Esthetics. She published Oculoplastic papers in well-known journals including books and presented in international conferences. Moreover, she is a member of several Israeli and European Ophthalmology societies and academies.

The activity of Professor Gianpaolo Carrafiello has been largely dedicated to research since the early beginning of his career, focusing especially on the field of Interventional Radiology. He has participated to the advance of research in many fields of the vast Interventional Radiology world, giving significant contribution to the growth of this discipline in Italy. Professor Gianpaolo Carrafiello has been a pioneer in the field of percutaneous thermal ablation, a treatment modality that has been increasingly used in the recent years for benign and malignant tumors of different organs, and that is today a cornerstone of interventional oncology. He has a strong knowledge in this field, since he has been not only among the first physicians to perform treatments with this technique at the very early stages of its development, but he also has significantly contributed to its technical development. Moreover, he has always kept a focus on percutaneous thermal ablation during his career, spreading the knowledge and bringing insights through the publication of papers, the participation to national and international conferences, and the organization of conferences himself.He has actively studied the application of percutaneous thermal ablation treatment in various pathologies, assessing feasibility, technical issues, patient selection, complications and outcome, including: Lung (primary lung cancer, lung metastases), Thyroid and Parathyroids (thyroid goiter, thyroid nodule, hyperparathyroidism), Pancreas (primary pancreatic cancer, pancreatic metastases), Kidney (renal cell carcinoma, complex cystic lesions, angiomyolipomas), Adrenal (adenomas, adrenocortical carcinomas, pheochromocytomas -and paragangliomas-, metastases), Liver (hepatocellular carcinoma, cholangiocarcinoma, metastases), Uterus (fibroids), Bone (metastases). Another strong research interest of Professor Gianpaolo Carrafiello has always been imaging guidance for interventional procedures, including percutaneous thermal ablation. In particular, he has made significant research on Cone-Beam Computed Tomography (CBCT), experimenting its use as a guidance for endovascular and percutaneous procedures. Through the publication of papers and congress talks, he has contributed to the spread of knowledge regarding this technology, which has revolutionized interventional radiology, extending indications and treatment possibilities for patients with several benign and malignant pathologies. The three main and most used thermal ablation modalities in clinical practice are radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation and cryoablation. While during the early times percutaneous thermal ablation largely corresponded to radiofrequency ablation, the use of microwave ablation has progressively grown, replacing nowadays radiofrequency ablation in many institutions for treatment of different pathologies, including the liver. Professor Gianpaolo Carrafiello has a world-recognized experience in the use of microwave ablation, as among ablation techniques, he particularly dedicated his clinical and research activity to this “new” modality, and showed that the use of microwave ablation was possible in ways that were not conceived before. Once limited by the relatively less predictable ablation volume when compared to radiofrequency ablation, microwave ablation is today the method of choice for percutaneous ablation of localizedhepatocellular carcinoma; in fact, microwave ablation has important advantages over radiofrequency ablation, one of the main being that it’s known for being less susceptible to the “heat-sink effect”. When treating a liver tumor with ablation, physicians want to be sure that the ablation volume expands at least 5mm beyond the lesion, obtaining a safe ablation margin, which has been widely demonstrated to reduce the recurrence of disease. Professor Carrafiello, with his experience, brings a meaningful insight in the project aimed at better define the influence of vessels on the ablation volume in percutaneous thermal ablation of liver lesions.

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Dr. Banerjee is an infertility and IVF Specialist, trained from the prestigious Guys and St. Thomas Hospital, London, where she went as a Commonwealth scholar and has spent three years in London (UK) doing rigorous training in the domain of infertility and IVF. She completed her MBBS and MD in Obstetrics & Gynecology from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. She has done her membership from the Royal College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (MRCOG), London and is also a member of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (MNAMS). She is actively involved in writing articles & columns in the international journals, scientific publications, and presentations for the IVF website and has been presenting at several International Conferences as an invited faculty. On her return to India, she worked in the best of New Delhi’s corporate hospitals. Dr. Banerjee has done more than 8000 IVF, Donor, and Surrogacy cycles till now. She also pursues a keen interest in academia and research. She is well known in this field for having transparent, honest and ethical practices with extremely good results. She has an extremely full practice where she treats people from all walks of life, with care, compassion, discretion and dignity.

Dr. Mootaz Mlouka is a specialist in Oral surgery and implantology who graduated from the University of Monastir (Tunisia). He is a member of SENAME implant association (South Europe North Africa Middle East Society). He was a laureate of the Complementary Certificate in advanced implantology which was jointly organized by the University of Monastir and the University of Frederico II, Naples (Italy). Dr. Mlouka also had the opportunity to learn and perfect his skills in the Oral Surgery department of André-Grégoire Hospital (France). His clinical and surgical expertise is about pre-implant bone augmentation procedures on which he published several articles in international journals. He is currently practicing both in the University dental clinic of Monastir and in private practice in Sousse (Tunisia).

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