Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

11th Annual Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium - Virtual Event

Date : October 26, 2022

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SYMPOSIUM MISSION

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium continues to seek and expand the knowledge base within the field, and to foster creativity, collaboration and networking between researchers throughout the region. This year’s meeting will emphasize recent advances in translational research in the following areas:

• Bone

• Mechanobiology of Musculoskeletal Regeneration

• Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Regeneration

GOALS AND FEATURES

This program attempts to address current issues in musculoskeletal repair and regeneration, and disease treatment. The presentations and discussions will focus on up-to-date scientific discoveries and the potential impact of these findings on patient treatment and management in the future. This meeting features

• 9 outstanding speakers from the United States and Europe

• Lightening e-poster sessions and Young Investigator Award session

REGISTRATION

Deadline: October 24, 2022

Please register online at:

https://forms.gle/mxH3hb1TmymDRHRaA

Registration is free. Early registration is highly recommended.

An email with the information to virtually join the meeting will be sent to the registrants’ email prior to meeting. Please note that only those who registered will be granted access.

TENTATIVE AGENDA :

8:00 – 8:10 am	Introduction and acknowledgements Mia M. Thi, PhD Opening remarks Neil J. Cobelli, MD
Session 1 – Bone Health: Regenerative Medicine and Beyond Steering chair: Yi-Xian Qin, PhD
8:10 – 8:15 am	Introduction Yi-Xian Qin, PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook
8:15 – 8:35 am	TBA Donghui (Don) Zhu, PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook
8:35 – 8:55 am	A new injury-responsive cell population in the musculoskeletal system Ugur Ayturk, PhD Hospital for Special Surgery
8:55 - 9:15 am	The Microbiome and Bone Strength Christopher Hernandez, PhD Cornell University
9:15 - 9:25	Discussion / Conclusions
9:25 – 9:35 am BREAK
Session 2 – Mechanobiology of Musculoskeletal Regeneration Steering chair: Woojin Han, PhD
9:35 - 9:40 am	Introduction Woojin Han, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:40 - 10:00 am	TBA Fei Fang, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
10:00 - 10:20 am	TBA Whasil Lee, PhD University of Rochester
10:20 - 10:40 am	TBA Sarah Calve, PhD University of Colorado
10:40 - 10:50 am	Discussion / Conclusions
10:50 – 11:00 am BREAK
e-Poster Session
11:00 am : 12:30 pm	Concurrent Lightning e-Poster Sessions
12:30 – 12:40 pm BREAK
Session 3 – Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Regeneration Steering chair: Chuanju Liu, PhD
12:40 - 12:45 pm	Introduction Chuanju Liu, PhD NYU Grossman School of Medicine
12:45 -1:05 pm	TBA Li Zeng, PhD Tufts University
1:05 - 1:25 pm	TBA Véronique Lefebvre, PhD Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
1:25 - 1:45 pm	TBA Nidhi Bhutani, PhD Stanford University School of Medicine
1:45 - 1:55 pm	Discussion / Conclusions
1:55 – 2:05 pm BREAK
Young Investigator Awards Chair: Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD
2:05 – 2:15 pm	Young Investigator Awards Hosted by: Young Investigator Award Committee
Closing Remarks
2:15 pm	Closing remarks Neil J. Cobelli, MD

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR POSTER SESSION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AND CLINICAL YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS

We invite investigators to submit abstracts for the virtual lightening e-poster session, which is an important component of this conference.

Abstracts from graduate and medical students, residents and postdoctoral fellows will be considered for Young Investigator Awards and Clinical Young Investigator Award. Four winners, three from Young Investigator category and one from Clinical Young Investigator category will be announced and each will be presented with a prize and a plaque. To qualify, you must register and submit an abstract to Dr. Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, the chair of the Poster Session and Young Investigator Award committee, by September 28, 2022 via email to: msk.einstein.symposium@gmail.com.

The abstract is limited to 1 page. Include in your abstract the study's objective, a brief statement of methods, a summary of the results obtained, conclusions, and significance. Please follow the abstract template.. As the Symposium aims to promote communication within our region, we encourage you to submit your recent work (within 2021) to this Symposium, including work that may have been submitted to other meetings.

Please note: Two PowerPoint slides with 2 minutes audio must be submitted for all accepted posters by October 17, 2022.

Important Deadlines:

Abstract Submission : September 28, 2022

Poster Submission : October 17, 2022

PROGRAM DIRECTOR Mia M. Thi, PhD
STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
• Woojin Han, PhD • Chuanju Liu, PhD • Yi-Xian Qin, PhD
PROGRAM OVERSEERS
• Michael Detamore, PhD • Susannah Fritton, PhD • Mary Goldring, PhD • Steven Goldring, MD • Ed Guo, PhD • John Hardin, MD • David Hirsh, MD • James Iatridis, PhD • Lionel Ivashkiv, MD • Thorsten Kirsch, PhD • Catherine Kuo, PhD	• Chuanju Liu, PhD • Helen Lu, PhD • Jeremy Mao, DDS, PhD • Steven Nicoll, PhD • Maurizio Pacifici, PhD • Nicola Patridge, PhD • Clinton Rubin, PhD • Yi-Xian Qin, PhD • Mitchell Schaffler, PhD • David Spray, PhD • Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD

e-POSTER SESSION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD COMMITTE Chair: Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD
Co-chairs : • Leila Alvandi, PhD • Ugur Ayturk, PhD • David Corr, PhD • X. Edward Guo, PhD	• David Hirsh, MD • Bang Hoang, PhD • Robert Majeska, PhD • Yi-Xian Qin, PhD • Sylvia Suadicani, PhD