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| Dr. Gregory Chotkowski, DMD President is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in private practice in New York City. Dr Chotkowski is a graduate of Boston College and Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, where he received his DMD degree. He completed his residency in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Cornell University/New York Presbyterian Hospital and went on to found Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Associates of Manhattan, P.C. Dr. Chotkowski has been an entrepreneur in multiple settings involving technology and medicine and has consulted for leading hospitals on IT infrastructure, as well as having authored several patents related to data capture. He is an advisor to Caring Technologies, which specializes in developing and providing BI Capture (‘Behavior Image’ video technology) and online tele-health services including a personal health record service for the autism community called MyChildsHealthRecord.com. As the parent of a son afflicted with an as yet incurable form of Muscular Dystrophy, he has a profound understanding of stem cells and a passion for the promise of regenerative medical therapies. |
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| Arthur E. Greco, CEO and Treasurer is a graduate of Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management where he received his MBA with concentrations in Finance and Marketing. Prior to joining StemSave, he was the founder of Arthur E. Greco LLC, providing consulting to the financial services industry for over ten years. Mr. Greco has consulted for numerous asset management firms to design and implement operating efficiencies and has advised in the start-up phases of several asset management and asset management related enterprises with a focus on systems and processes. |
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S. Christopher Theodoros has been an innovative leader in the Interactive Marketing world for fifteen years. As a Director with Google, Inc. for the past seven years, he was first instrumental in building Google~s national advertising agency channel where he developed and implemented successful leadership, processes, policy, training and account management infrastructures. Chris~ recent responsibilities included the management of Google~s Industry Relations Initiatives to ensure consistent focus, education, leadership, and communication with key advertising organizations such as the ANA, AAAA, DMA, TvB, CAB, AAF and The Ad Council. Prior to Google, Chris played a critical role in building DoubleClick, the first Interactive Advertising Network. As only the eighth employee of DoubleClick, Chris proved consistently innovative, delivering new advertising models and programs to employees and customers in eighteen countries across Europe, South America and Asia while serving the company in NY, London and Sydney. Prior to DoubleClick, Chris was VP of the Radio Division at the Katz Media Group (now a division of Clear Channel Communications) where he helped create Katz Television, Cable and Radio~s first Internet strategy in 1994.
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| Vice President, Sales and Marketing |
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877-783-6728 |
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877-259-0021 |
| E-mail |
nadine@StemSave.com |
| Address |
| 526 West 26th Street
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| Nadine D’Ambrosio has a decade of experience fostering relationships with the most respected practitioners in the field of dentistry. As a Sales and Marketing executive with a respected and growing natural oral care company, she held responsibility for all professional activities, including annual growth in direct sales to dental practices and dental distributors. She also created mutually beneficial partnerships with companies that are the leaders in their sector of the oral care market. In the area of professional affairs, she has engaged the leadership of prestigious study groups and high-profile symposia and served multiple terms as a representative on the American Dental Hygienists Association Access Magazine Industry Advisory Board and the American Academy of Periodontology Exhibit Advisory Board. Through her work at StemSave, Nadine exercises her passionate interest in harnessing clinical breakthroughs to benefit patients. Nadine holds a BS degree in business from Montclair State College in New Jersey. |
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Dr. Ralph Green, DDS, MBA has enjoyed an extensive and distinguished career in dentistry and business. Dr. Green received his Doctorate in Dental Surgery from the University of Iowa and his MBA from Boston University. In addition to establishing a private dental practice, Dr. Green was a faculty member of Tufts University’s Dental School as well as the Forsyth School of Dental Hygiene and currently serves as a trustee of The Forsyth Institute in Boston, MA. Dr. Green has conducted extensive research in the areas of bone growth, Implants, resins, tissue engineering and oncology. As a result of his research Dr. Green has developed and holds several patents and has successfully stewarded several devices through the FDA registration process.
In addition to his extensive experience in dentistry and research, Dr. Green has a long and successful career in business. In addition to maintaining an active private practice; Ralph Green DDS PC, Dr. Green is also the Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Reachout Healthcare America (RHA) providing healthcare services to the brave men and women serving in our country’s armed forces and serving underserved communities in twenty one states.
Prior to RHA, Dr. Green has been directly involved in numerous start up and early phase companies. Most prominently, Dr. Green was the founder of Nobel USA, the largest dental Implant company in the world today. Dr. Green invented and patented several advancements to implant technology and founded Technology Corporation of America which he later sold and is now part of BIOGEN. More recently Dr. Green served as President of ZILA Pharmaceuticals, a division of ZILA Inc., a publicly traded company in the cancer diagnostic arena where in addition to the USA; Dr. Green successfully registered and launched the products in the United States, Europe, China and numerous other Asian countries. Dr. Green has served as the President-Elect of the Dental Manufacturers of America, the largest organization of dental industry companies. He is a member of the American Dental Association, American Association for Dental Research and the International Associations for Dental Research. He served on the Board of the Oral Health of America and presently has been one of the founders of the Arizona School for Oral Health. |
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Brian C. McKee Henderson is senior advisor to the Chairman of Espirito Santo Financial Group, S.A., based in New York. Prior to joining Group Espirito Santo, Mr. Henderson devoted over 36 years to the Financial Services industry, including 22 years at Merrill Lynch & Co. and 14 years at the Chase Manhattan Bank. Most of Mr. Henderson~s years at both Merrill Lynch and Chase were in international investment and commercial banking, with his last position at Merrill Lunch as Chairman of the Public Sector Group.
Mr. Henderson serves on the following not-for-profit boards: The Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University; Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; the American Indian College Fund; National Museum of the American Indian, (Smithsonian Institution); The International Advisory Council of the Manhattan School of Music and Vice Chairman of the Atlantic Council of the United States.
Mr. Henderson is a graduate of Georgetown University~s School of Foreign Service. He also attended the University of Barcelona and Edinburgh University. Mr. Henderson is married, has three daughters and lives in New York City. |
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| Dr. Dean C. Vafiadis, DDS is the Founder and President of the
New York Smile Institute (NYSI) headquartered in New York City, an
entirely natural product-based practice promoting the connection
between oral care and total body wellness to patients. NYSI maintains
affiliates in Chicago, Tampa, London, Athens, Lisbon, Madrid and
Bilbao. Dr. Vafiadis is an avid educator whose primary professional
mission is to innovate, develop and teach new technologies that will
enhance the dental profession and enrich patients’ lives. He is an
Associate Professor at New York University, has published numerous
articles, conducted more than 400 instructional programs and educated
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| Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon |
| Phone |
518-583-4497 |
| Fax |
518-583-3779 |
| E-mail |
info@scomsa.com |
| Address |
| 4 Care Lane
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www.scomsa.com |
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| Dr. Robert Carpenter, DMD attended Siena College and Tufts
University, School of Medicine, where he graduated with Honors. He is a
Board-Certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and a Board-Certified
Dental Anesthesiologist whose academic appointments include both
Cornell University School of Medicine and Albany Medical College. His
postdoctoral training included an internship at Bronx Municipal
Hospital and residencies at both Maimonides Medical Center and New York
Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, where he served as Chief Resident in
the Facial Architect Center. Dr. Carpenter is the founder of Saratoga
County Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery Associates, one of the foremost
OMS centers in New York State. He is a national and international
lecturer and instructor on dental implants and bone grafting and has
specialty interests in hard and soft tissue reconstruction of the
maxillofacial region. As a leader in the use of autologous blood
therapies, such as platelet-rich plasma (PRP) in tumor reconstruction
and cleft palate repair, Dr. Carpenter is a leading practitioner and
advocate of personalized and regenerative medical therapies and their
applications in both the medical and dental fields. |
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Dr. Peter Vanstrom,
DDS, PC, FAGD is
owner and president of Artistic Dentistry of Atlanta, consistently ranked as
one of the top practices in the country.
Throughout his career, Dr. Vanstrom has maintained a rigorous seminar
and motivational speaking schedule addressing a wide range of subjects
including cancer screening technology, periodontal care, stem cell technologies
and practice management techniques and theories. Dr. Vanstrom serves as a dental expert and consultant
for CNN Medical News. He has appeared
and continues to appear on CNN Headline, CNN Live and the local affiliates of CBS,
Fox, ABC and NBC throughout the United States as a dental and health expert. Dr. Vanstrom serves on the Editorial Advisory
Board of New You Magazine and has published numerous articles ranging in topics
from cosmetics, restorative dentistry, oral cancer and the latest developments
in dental technology. Dr. Vanstrom is a
member and Fellow of the Academy of General Dentistry, and an active member of
the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the American Academy of Implant
Dentistry, the American Dental Association and the Academy of Comprehensive
Esthetics.
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877-783-6728 |
| Fax |
877-259-0061 |
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| Dr. Alan A. Winter, DDS, FACD is a board-certified periodontist having received his dental degree from New York University College of Dentistry. Dr. Winter completed his general dental residency at Bronx Municipal Hospital Center of Albert Einstein Medical School and received his periodontal certificate from Columbia University School of Dental Medicine where he was an Associate Professor in periodontics for twelve years and recently received their Distinguished Alumni Award. He received his BA from Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ where he gradated with distinction majoring in history. Dr. Winter is the senior partner of Park Avenue Periodontal Associates, a prestigious Manhattan practice specializing in periodontics and implantology. He is the co-founder and CEO of i-dontics, LLC, the oldest dental teleradiology practice in the Northeast and a leading expert on 3D dental imaging. Dr. Winter is also a managing partner in Desktop Dental Systems, LLC, an innovative internet company dedicated to providing composite services and continuing education to the dental profession. Dr. Winter is a certified forensic dentist, having been trained at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology at Bethesda, MD., and has authored numerous scientific articles. A member of the national honorary society, OKU, Dr. Winter is the dental consultant for the national publication, the Bottom Line, a past-president of the Northeast Periodontal Society, and presently, an Assistant Professor of Clinical Dentistry at NYU College of Dentistry. He is a member of several dental societies and organizations and lectures extensively both nationally and internationally on implant surgery and 3D imaging. |
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203-227-2377 |
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203-227-1682 |
| Address |
| 127 Kings Highway North |
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| Dr. Silvestro Iommazzo, DDS is the founder of pediatric dentistry at Willows Dental Associates in Westport Connecticut. He is a graduate of New York University College of Dentistry. He completed his pediatric dental residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. In 2005, Dr. Iommazzo was appointed the Associate Director of clinical operations in the Department of Dentistry, Jamaica Hospital. Prior to the appointment, Dr. Iommazzo served as Section Chief of Pediatric Dentistry at Jamaica Hospital where he lectures extensively on learning how to enjoy treating children and the use of behavior modification in treating patients. Dr. Iommazzo serves as a member of the Academy of Pediatric Dentistry and associate member of the Academy of Pediatrics. |
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| Phone |
970-871-0900 |
| Fax |
970-871-0662 |
| E-mail |
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| 940 Central Park #106 |
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John P. Lupori, DDS, MD, is a graduate of Northwestern University Dental School and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Medical School. He is an Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon in private practice, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Dr. Lupori is medical director of his JCAHO certified ambulatory surgical center. The scope of Dr. Lupori’s practice is focused on maxillofacial trauma, extraction of teeth, dental implants, regenerative bone replacement and treatment of oral disease. Throughout his professional career, Dr. Lupori has participated in numerous international cleft palate medical missions and has published articles in several scientific journals. He has a strong interest in the use of dental stem cells to further the research in finding a cure to a number of degenerative diseases. His goals are to promote the recovery of intraoral stem cells in the private practice environment and support their applications in future regenerative therapies.
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877-783-6728 |
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877-259-0061 |
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Dr. Mark J. Bronsky, D.M.D., M.S. had been practicing orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics in Manhattan since September 1990. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Trinity College in 1983 with a Bachelor of Science degree and Honors in Biology. Dr. Bronsky is a 1987 graduate of The University of Alabama School of Dentistry where he achieved the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine. While in Dental School, Dr. Bronsky graduated as Salutatorian and was honored with induction into Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the National Dental Honor Society. Dr. Bronsky earned his Certificate in Orthodontics and Masters of Science in Endocrinology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry in 1989. Following residency, Dr. Bronsky spent a Fellowship Year in Europe studying and lecturing at a multitude of orthodontic programs under the auspices of Dr. William R. Proffit, DDS, PHD, Dr. Bronsky’s professor, mentor, and thesis advisor at UNC. Currently, Dr. Bronsky is a Clinical Attending and Lecturer in orthodontics at Cornell Medical College and the Mount Sinai Medical Center (New York). He frequently lectures nationally and internationally on subjects including treatment of dentofacial deformities, early treatment of children, adult orthodontics and surgical orthodontics. Portions of his master’s thesis were published in the Journal of Bone and Mineral and Journal of Endocrinology. He has earned the distinction of Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, an achievement held by only a small percentage of orthodontic practitioners. Dr. Bronsky has most recently attained membership in the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists, as a group committed to lifelong education in the art and science of orthodontics. He has dedicated his practice to providing individualized treatment planning and care while rendering treatment to the highest academic standards. Dr. Bronsky brings his strong basic science background and clinical expertise to the dental advisory council at Stem Save.
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| Phone |
970-871-0900 |
| Fax |
970-824-6078 |
| E-mail |
amypeckrn@yahoo.com |
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| 720 Ranney Street |
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Amy Peck, RN, graduated in 1999 from Regis University in Denver, Colorado, with a Bachelor~s Degree in Nursing Science. She spent the first five years of her career in a traditional hospital setting as both a floor and surgical/recovery nurse. In 2004, Amy was engaged to develop, accredit, staff and manage an office-based surgery center for Dr. John Lupori, an oral and maxillofacial surgeon from Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This JCAHO-accredited facility serves Dr. Lupori~s practice as well as that of an additional plastic surgeon. It remains the first and only office-based surgery center in Northwest Colorado. Amy oversees the day-to-day operations and clinical management of the facility. She became interested in stem cell research when a family member was diagnosed with a fatal neurological disease.
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| Phone |
877-783-6728 |
| Fax |
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| Dr. Jeremy J. Mao, DDS, Ph.D is an Oral Surgeon and the
Director of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory
(TERML) at Columbia University, as well as a Professor of Dental
Medicine and Biomedical Engineering at the University. Dr. Mao has
published over 300 scientific papers, book chapters, conference
proceedings and other articles in the areas of tissue engineering, stem
cells and regenerative medicine. He also serves on the editorial boards
of several scientific journals, including Tissue Engineering and the
Journal of Biomedical Material Research and has served on the editorial
boards of Stem Cells and Development, Medical Engineering and Physics
and Frontiers of Bioscience. Dr. Mao holds numerous patents in the
areas of stem cells, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and
is a standing member of the Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering Study
Section of the NIH. In addition to serving as a review panelist for the
NIH, Dr. Mao’s scientific expertise has also been sought on a regular
basis by NSF and the US Army, as well as many other significant
grant-review panels in over 18 countries. |
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877-783-6728 |
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877-259-0061 |
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Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic, PhD is a Professor of Biomedical Engineering
at Columbia University, where she directs the Laboratory for Stem Cells and
Tissue Engineering, and holds appointments at the Department of Surgery and the
College of Dental Medicine. She received her B.S., S.M. and Ph.D from the
University of Belgrade (all in chemical engineering), and was a Fulbright
fellow at MIT in 1986-87. Prior to joining Columbia, Gordana was with the
University of Belgrade, MIT and Tufts University. She co-directs the NIH Tissue
Engineering Resource Center. Gordana published 235 peer-reviewed articles, two
books and 25 patents, and gave 150 invited lectures. She is a frequent advisor
to governmental organizations on tissue engineering and regenerative medicine,
and the chair of her NIH study section. In 2002, she was elected a Fellow of
the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering. In 2007, she
gave the Director’ lecture at the NIH, as the first woman engineer to receive
this distinction. In 2008, she was inducted into the Women in Technology International Hall of Fame “for
developing biological substitutes to restore, maintain or improve tissue
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| David A Matzilevich, MD, PhD is a founder and director of NECTAR (New England Cellular Therapies and Applied Research) where his work focuses on stem cell based therapeutic approaches. Prior to joining NECTAR, Dr. Matzilevich was a faculty member at McLean Hospital and Harvard Medical School. His worked there involved identification of molecular endophenotypes and susceptibility genes involved in the pathogenesis of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. Dr. Matzilevich received his MD, PhD from the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London, UK. Following his studies in London, Dr. Matzilevich received a fellowship in the Department of Pathology at Tufts Medical School in Boston and went on to the University of Texas Medical Center at Houston in the Department of Neuroscience and the Keck Center for Neurology and Neurosurgery where he worked on the use of adult stem cells for the treatment of neurological disorders. Dr. Matzilevich is currently involved in several clinical trials using adult stem cells for treating neurological disorders. Dr. Matzilevich lectures extensively on stem cells, holds several patents and has published over 30 peer reviewed articles and papers. Dr. Matzilevich appears frequently on TV, radio, industry and scientific journals as well as mainstream print media as an acknowledged stem cell expert. |
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