2nd International Conference on
Wound Care, Tissue Repair and Regenerative Medicine

Alexander Seifalian, Professor of Nanotechnology and Regenerative Medicine worked at the Royal Free Hospital and University College London for over 26 years, during this time he spent a year at Harvard Medical School looking at caused of cardiovascular diseases and a year at Johns Hopkins Medical School looking at the treatment of liver. He published more than 647 peer-reviewed research papers and registered 14 UK and International patents. On editorial boards of 41 journals. He is currently CEO of NanoRegMed Ltd, working on the commercialisation of his research. During his career, Prof Seifalian has led and managed many large projects with successful outcomes in terms of commercialisation and translation to patients. In 2007 he was awarded the top prize in the field for the development of nanomaterials and technologies for cardiovascular implants by Medical Future Innovation, and in 2009 he received a Business Innovation Award from UK Trade & Investment (UKTI). He was the European Life Science Awards’ Winner of Most Innovative New Product 2012 for the “synthetic trachea”. Prof Seifalian won the Nanosmat Prize in 2013 and in 2016 he received the Distinguish Research Award in recognition of his outstanding work in regenerative medicine from Heals Healthy Life Extension Society. His achievements include the development of the world first synthetic trachea, lacrimal drainage conduit, and vascular bypass graft using nanocomposite materials, bioactive molecules and stem cell technology. He has over 15,000 media report from his achievement; include BBC, ITV, WSJ, CNN, and many more. Currently, he is working on the development and commercialisation of human organs using graphene-based nanocomposite materials and stem cells technology. He has commercialised a novel functionalised graphene oxide for medical and other industrial applications. He also commercialised new biodegradable nanocomposite materials for medical and other industrial applications. He is a British citizen and completed his school in the UK (concord college) and his scientific training at London University.

Wound Care, Biomaterials and Nanotechnology

Christine is Professor of Clinical Nursing Research at the University of Nottingham, School of Health Sciences, UK, and holds other visiting chairs at the following: University of Glasgow; Cardiff University Medical School Wound Healing Institute; Kanasawa University, Japan, Western Ontario University, Canada and LOROS Hospice UK . She is also nurse consultant at the Royal Derby Foundation NHS Trust Lymphoedema service in which she leads a research team as well as undertaking a clinical consultancy role in a service with over 4000 patients. She has been involved in wound healing research and practice for 30 years and Lymphoedema for 15 years. She has undertaken extensive research in this field using mixed research methods including running national and international clinical trials. She currently heads the International Lymphoedema Framework, an international charity, whose mission is to develop effective Lymphoedema care throughout the world. Her areas of research include compression therapy; service development and evaluation; psychosocial impact of disease; chronic wounds and Lymphoedema. She has presented and published internationally. She edited the EWMA position document series and the International Lymphoedema Framework Best Practice Document (2006) and is a member of international editorial boards, NICE boards on leg ulcer management and advisory panels. She was awarded a CBE in the 2006 New Year’s Honours List and made a life fellow of the Royal College of Nursing that same year. She has received 6 life time achievement awards between 2006 and 2015 in recognition of her work. In December 2008 she received a Nursing Times Diamond 20 Award as one of the 20 most influential nurses in the last 60 years. She received the Vice Chancellor’s medal in 2015 from Nottingham University and the Nottingham University Global Knowledge and Impact Exchange Award in 2016.

Leg ulceration, Chronic oedema, Psychosocial impact, Compression therapy, and service development and evaluation

Andrzej Lange, graduated with a medical degree with distinction from the Medical School in Wroc?aw, Poland is a professor in the Institute of Immunology and Exp Therapy of the Polish Academy of Sciences and a founder and head of the Lower Silesian Center of Cellular Transplantation in Wroc?aw. His international experience started in 1973 – 1974 as a Leverhulme Fellow in the Middlesex Hospital Medical School, London. He has been a visitor and lectured in a number of European and North American scientific institutions. Known from his activity in the field of bone marrow transplantation and regenerative medicine. Prof. Lange was awarded several scientific distinctions and served to a number of National and European institutions were also active in co-editing journals. He is an author and co-author of 249 scientific papers, in peer-reviewed journals with a cumulative IF of 270 in the years 1995–2017

Stem cells, regenerative medicine and tissue repair

Feng-Huei Lin, Tenure Distinguished Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering; Director, Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nanomedicine, National Health Research Institutes (NHRI), Taiwan; Lecture Professor, Dept. of Material Science, Institute of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU), to its College of Fellows. Dr. Lin was nominated, reviewed, and elected by peers and members of the College of Fellows for outstanding contributions in tissue engineering, regeneration medicine, drug/gene delivery advancement, and biomaterial development for disease treatment and prevention.

Biomaterials, Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering and Nanomedicine

Mr. Wilcox is board certified by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing Society as a Certified Wound Care Nurse and Certified Foot Care Nurse. He is also certified by the American Academy of Wound Management as a Certified Wound Specialist, and is Wound Care and Diabetic Wound Care Certified by the National Alliance of Wound Care. Additionally, Jim is certified by the National Board of Diving and Hyperbaric Medicine as an Advance Certified Hyperbaric Nurse and is also a past President of the Baromedical Nurses Association. Jim retired from the US Navy, where he served as a saturation diver and held the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer. He is a recognized expert on advanced wound healing and hyperbaric medicine with both mono and multiplaced chambers. He is versed in all aspects of inpatient, outpatient, and home health wound care. Jim co-edited the first nursing text book on Hyperbaric Nursing, and has 25 peer reviewed papers including a research study published in Journal of the American Medical Association. His most recent publication is a chapter in “Oxidative Stress and Antioxidant Protection: The Science of Free Radical Biology & Disease”, published this in 2017.

Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nursing, Wound Management, Hyperbaric Medicine, Diabetic Wound Care