Dr. Brooke Blicher received her BA in Chemistry from Colgate University, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa, her DMD from the Harvard School of Dental Medicine where she graduated with honors in research, and her certificate in Endodontics from Tufts University School of Dental Medicine.

Dr. Blicher is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, and a Fellow in both the American College of Dentistry and the International College of Dentistry.  She continues to be involved with teaching, research and mentorship, holding faculty appointments at both Harvard and Tufts Schools of Dental Medicine. Dr. Blicher has been involved in organized dentistry as a member of several committees for the American Association of Endodontists, and her local and state dental societies. 

While providing state of the art specialty care in her private practice in White River Junction, Vermont, Dr. Blicher continues to pursue her academic interests.  She authored the chapter “Diagnosis and Treatment Planning” in the 6th edition of Endodontics: Principles and Practice, as well as the textbooks  Endodontics: A Review, now in its second edition, and the newly published Clinical Endodontics, available in March.  She has published extensively, including in the Journal of Dental Research, General Dentistry, Inside Dentistry, and Compendium. Dr. Blicher has lectured both locally and internationally on endodontic diagnosis, non-odontogenic pain, fractures, trauma, resorption, treatment of immature teeth, and CBCTs in endodontics as well as on ideal restorative care following endodontic treatment.

Dr. Jennifer L. Gibbs received her dental degree (DDS) and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. She completed her Endodontic training, post-doctoral research, and a Master’s degree (MAS) in Clinical Research from the University of California San Francisco.

Dr. Gibbs is currently an Assistant Professor at Harvard School of Dental Medicine, serving as the Division Head of Endodontics, and the program director of the Advanced Graduate Program in Endodontics. She is also a practicing endodontist at HSDM and a diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics.

Dr. Gibbs heads a translational research group focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of orofacial pain with a focus on the nociceptors of the dental pulp. She is a past Educator Fellow of the American Association of Endodontics Foundation and her research has been funded by the NIH/NIDCR, the AAE foundation, and other foundations.

Dr Zandi graduated from University of Oslo with DDS and Endo specialty certificate. He also earned a PhD on Antibacterial and clinical outcome of retreatment of teeth with infection at University of Oslo, Dental school. He is part-time assistant professor at the same faculty and maintains a referral practice in endodontics in Oslo, Norway.

Dr. Vanessa Chrepa was born and raised in Athens, Greece. She received her DDS from the University of Athens School of Dentistry. She completed her residency and Master’s in Endodontics at UT Health San Antonio with a full scholarship from the Onassis Foundation. Later, she received a PhD in Translational Science from UTSA. She is currently an Associate Professor and Director of Clinical and Translational Research in the Endodontics and Oral Biology departments at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine. Dr. Chrepa is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and a full-time educator for 10 years. In 2017, she received the AAE Educator Fellowship Award for her academic accomplishments. Her research interests include regenerative endodontics, stem cell biology, endodontic outcomes, and cannabinoids for dental pain. She is a member and past chair of the AAE Regenerative Endodontics Committee. She is an Editorial Review member for the Journal of Endodontics and International Endodontic Journal, among others. Alongside her teaching and research, Dr. Chrepa maintains a private practice limited to Endodontics.

• Joined Wells Fargo in July 2017 as a Senior Investment Strategist in the Multi-Asset Client Solutions team.

• Previously, he was a Senior Adviser with the Multi-Asset Investments team at Schroders and before that he was Head of Research for Blackrock’s Multi-Asset Client Solutions (BMACS) team.

• Kevin joined Wells Fargo Nikko (later Barclays Global Investors BGI) in 1994 and held several senior positions including Chief Strategist, Global Market Strategies Group responsible for Global Ascent, a global macro hedge fund, and active currency mandates. In 2006 Kevin formed a Client Solutions group at BGI which was responsible for liability hedging, optimal beta/risk parity (built and managed the Market Advantage funds) and optimal alpha (managed MuSt, an internal Multi-Strategy hedge fund of funds). While in this role Kevin also became the Head of Research, Client Solutions BlackRock.

• Kevin has a degree in Accounting & Finance from the University of New Mexico and holds a Doctorate in Finance from the University of Arizona. He has taught classes at the University of Arizona and at the University of California Berkeley in the Masters in Financial Engineering Program in the Haas School of Business.

Andrew Young earned his DDS from UCSF, his GPR certificate from the VA Northern California Healthcare System, and his MSD in Orofacial Pain from UMDNJ (now Rutgers School of Dental Medicine). He is Board-Certified with the American Board of Orofacial Pain, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Orofacial Pain.
He is an Associate Professor with Tenure in the Department of Diagnostic Sciences at the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, University of the Pacific. There he is in charge of the teaching, research, and patient-care of patients with temporomandibular disorders, neuropathic pain, and headaches. Before joining UOP full-time, he worked part-time at a community clinic for 9 years. His other role at UOP is heading the evidence-based dentistry curriculum, which teaches students to acquire, appraise, and apply research when making clinical decisions.

Dr. Iryna Daline is a board-certified Orofacial Pain specialist and a board-eligible Endodontist. She completed her orofacial pain residency at the University of Minnesota and endodontic residency at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her clinical and research interests include differential diagnosis, comorbidity, and treatment of endodontic pain and other orofacial pain conditions. She has received grants from the American Association of Endodontists, American Board of Orofacial Pain, International Association for Dental Research, and Dental Foundation of North Carolina to support her research bridging endodontics and orofacial pain. She has published articles in the Journal of Endodontics, Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, and Cephalalgia. Dr. Daline is a co-author of chapters on non-odontogenic pain in the 3rd edition of Seltzer and Bender's Dental Pulp and the 7th edition of Principles and Practice of Endodontics. She has been repeatedly invited to speak and share her expertise with both dental and endodontic professionals.

Dr. Slade undertook dental training at the University of Melbourne, Australia (BDSc, 1982) and completed the Diploma in Dental Public Health at the University of Toronto, Canada (DDPH, 1988). He obtained his PhD in dentistry at the University of Adelaide (1994). Dr. Slade is currently the John W. Stamm Distinguished Professor of Dentistry at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His principal research interests are in population assessment of oral health related quality of life, epidemiological studies of oral disease and orofacial pain, public health interventions to prevent oral disease, and clinical interventions to treat orofacial pain. Dr. Slade published over 288 articles and 8 book chapters. In 2004, he was awarded the distinguished scientist award for Geriatric Oral Research from the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), and in 2008 he was awarded the IADR’s H. Trendley Dean Award for research in epidemiology and public health.

Dr. Fouad obtained his DDS, Certificate of Endodontics and MS at the University of Iowa.

He served on the faculty and in various administrative roles at University of Connecticut Health Center, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics, and Director, Advanced Endodontics Program, at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Fouad has published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 24 textbook chapters, and 140 abstracts. He edited and co-authored the textbooks: Endodontic Microbiology, as well as the fifth and sixth editions of Endodontics: Principles and Practice. He is a Diplomate and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics, and an Associate Editor of the Journal of Endodontics and Dental Traumatology. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group of the International Association of Dental Research.

After graduating from the University of Alberta Faculty of Dentistry, Dr. Nixdorf completed hospital dentistry residency at The Ohio State University, Anesthesia fellowship at Johns Hopkins University, Orofacial Pain fellowship at the University of Alberta, and a Master of Science in Clinical Research at the University of Minnesota. As a Diplomate of the National Dental Board of Anesthesiology (NDBA) and the American Board of Orofacial Pain (ABOP), he maintains a specialty Orofacial Pain practice on the diagnoses and management of chronic TMD pain, headaches, and neuropathic pain within multi-disciplinary settings. Dr. Nixdorf’s research has focused on the topics of non-odontogenic “tooth” pain from a classification, diagnosis, epidemiology, and treatment perspectives, as well as TMD and, most recently, dental MRI, with over 85 published articles. Dr. Nixdorf is Professor, Division Director, and past Graduate Program Director at the University of Minnesota in the Division of TMD & Orofacial Pain.

Dr. Tchivileva is Assistant Professor in the Division of Oral and Craniofacial Health Sciences, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She obtained her MD and MS in Biochemistry from the Russian State Medical University, Moscow, Russia. She then completed her post-doctoral training in pain neurobiology, molecular biology, and genetics at the Center for Pain Research and Innovation, Adams School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Tchivileva’s research interests comprise such topics as association between TMD and headache, molecular biomarkers for TMD and migraine, the role of genetic variations in nociception, and personalized pain management. She has been a recipient of several NIH awards including the K12 award for the Biomedical Researcher Development in TMD and Orofacial Pain and served as a co-Principal Investigator for a large multisite clinical trial in TMD. Dr. Tchivileva has published 21 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 2 textbook chapters, and 22 refereed abstracts. 

Dr. Alan Law received his Doctor of Dental Surgery and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, Iowa. He also completed his PhD, “Mechanisms and Modulation of Orofacial Pain”, with the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Iowa. Dr. Law has published over 40 articles in scientific and clinical journals, and has co-authored chapters on The Non-Odontogenic Toothache and Regenerative Endodontics in Pathways of the Pulp, and has lectured at over 300 local, national and international meetings. Dr. Law is a member the American Dental Association, American Association of Endodontics, and Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society, and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He is a Past President of the American Association of Endodontists, Past President of the Minnesota Association of Endodontists, and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics. He is in full –time practice in the Twin Cities, and President of The Dental Specialists, a multi-specialty dental practice with over 35 specialists. He is also a Research Professor in the Division of Endodontics at the University of Minnesota.

Professor Karen Baker has been on the Dental College faculty at the University of Iowa for over 40 years and occupies a unique role in dental practice and education. She is a clinical pharmacist with a Master’s degree in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics and is focused on patient-specific dental drug therapy. She has given well over 1000 invited programs nationally and internationally and holds memberships in many dental and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics organizations. Her dental education-based pharmacy and drug therapy consultation center is the only one in the United States. She has authored many articles and abstracts and lectures extensively in pre-doctoral and graduate courses at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Alan Law received his Doctor of Dental Surgery and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, Iowa. He also completed his PhD, “Mechanisms and Modulation of Orofacial Pain”, with the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Iowa. Dr. Law has published over 40 articles in scientific and clinical journals, and has co-authored chapters on The Non-Odontogenic Toothache and Regenerative Endodontics in Pathways of the Pulp, and has lectured at over 300 local, national and international meetings. Dr. Law is a member the American Dental Association, American Association of Endodontics, and Omicron Kappa Upsilon Dental Honor Society, and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists and the International College of Dentists. He is a Past President of the American Association of Endodontists, Past President of the Minnesota Association of Endodontists, and Past President of the American Board of Endodontics. He is in full –time practice in the Twin Cities, and President of The Dental Specialists, a multi-specialty dental practice with over 35 specialists. He is also a Research Professor in the Division of Endodontics at the University of Minnesota.

Professor Karen Baker has been on the Dental College faculty at the University of Iowa for over 40 years and occupies a unique role in dental practice and education. She is a clinical pharmacist with a Master’s degree in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics and is focused on patient-specific dental drug therapy. She has given well over 1000 invited programs nationally and internationally and holds memberships in many dental and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics organizations. Her dental education-based pharmacy and drug therapy consultation center is the only one in the United States. She has authored many articles and abstracts and lectures extensively in pre-doctoral and graduate courses at the University of Iowa.

Dr. Christina Pastan is an Assistant Processor of Clinical Endodontics and the Director of Mind-Body Wellness at Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. A 300-hour certified Kripalu yoga and meditation instructor as well as a Lakshmi Volker chair yoga instructor, Dr. Pastan teaches self-regulation skills through mind-body practices in a mandatory curriculum she developed for dental students that is threaded through the four years of their training. Her work also involves lecturing and guiding experiences in the mind-body practices of yoga and meditation, and how they assist in the development of the dental professional as well as support individual personal growth and stress relief. Dr. Pastan also maintains a private practiced limited to endodontics in Boston, MA.