I am a Clinical Assistant Professor at University at Buffalo since 2018. I completed my Ph.D. at Hacettepe University in Turkey and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Department of Bioscience Research in the USA. I completed a specialty training in Endodontics at Hacettepe University in 2016. My research focuses on the regenerative endodontics where we want to achieve predictable tissue regeneration in the root canals for the treatment of necrotic immature permanent teeth. I have research and mentoring experience as a Principle investigator. I have currently 40 published articles in prestigious and respected journals including Tissue Engineering, Journal of Endodontics and International Endodontic Journal. I am Associate Editor of the Turkish Endodontic Journal. My research has been granted by American Association of Endodontics Research Foundation. I have reviewed articles for Peer-reviewed Journals including endodontics, tissue regeneration and biomaterials. I am also a Eureka Expert for the evaluations of Eurostars Projects.

Dr. Anibal Diogenes received his D.D.S. from UFPE in Brazil, his M.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Nebraska, and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Diogenes is the Vice-Chair of the department of Endodontics at the University of Texas Health at San Antonio, and a director of the American Board of Endodontics. His areas of research include, inflammation, pain and regenerative endodontics. 

Dr. Kirk A. Coury is a graduate of Baylor College of Dentistry, and attended the University of Texas, Houston where he received his Certificate in Endodontics and Master’s Degree in Dentistry in 1990. Dr. Coury is an active member of the American Association of Endodontists, the Foundation for Endodontics, is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and is a Fellow of the American and International Colleges of Dentists, and is a founding partner in U.S. Endo Partners. Dr. Coury maintains a full-time practice in Amarillo, Texas since 1990. When not saving teeth and making patients’ lives better with endodontic treatment, he has a passion for chasing wild trout, cooking, and exploring fine wine, bourbon and tequila.

Dr. Smith received his dental degree in 1980 from The University of Alabama School of Dentistry and completed his endodontic residency there in 1982.He has been in private endodontic practice for over 39 years and is a retired adjunct assistant professor with the Department of Endodontics at The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry. Dr. Smith has co-authored an article that was published in the November 2014 Journal of Endodontics. His practice is located in Birmingham, Alabama.

Dr. Adams is a graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical College of Dentistry, earning his DDS in 2017. After working for a year as a general dentist he completed his endodontic residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis in 2020 where he earned his specialist certificate in endodontics as well as a Master of Dental Science degree. Dr. Adams finds great satisfaction in helping patients save their natural teeth while utilizing the latest endodontic technology. He currently practices with Dr. James A. Smith Jr. at Advanced Endodontics in Birmingham, AL.

Dr. Mo grew up in Alberta where he completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry (1996). After volunteering in a church service mission in Australia for two years, he met his now wife and settled in Sydney down under. Following in his father's footsteps, he pursued a career in Dentistry and graduated with honours from renowned Sydney University (2006). Dr. Mo worked and ran a successful practice in the heart of the financial district in Sydney for 8 years until he decided to renew his Canadian roots and pursue his passion for Endodontics at UBC. Recently completing a Master of Craniofacial Science and Diploma in Endodontics and earning Fellowship with the Royal College of Dentists of Canada. Dr. Mo is passionate about education and advances in the field of dentistry. He actively engages in continuing education both as a teacher and a student in endodontics. His other interests include cosmetic and biomimetic dentistry as well as implant dentistry, in which he holds a certificate from UCLA (2010).

Sharon M. Casey

AffiliationsBoston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts

Department of Endodontics, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, New York

Natasha M. Flake, DDS, PhD, MSD is an Associate Professor and the Director of Predoctoral Endodontics in the Department of Endodontics at the University of Washington School of Dentistry. She is Director of the Endodontic Clerkship and Chair of the Clerkship Directors Committee at the School of Dentistry, where she holds the Robert J. Oswald and David L. Pitts Endowed Professorship in Endodontics. Dr. Flake earned a BS in Biological Sciences from the University of Missouri, a DDS and PhD in neuroscience from the University of Maryland, and an MSD and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Washington. Her research interests include the mechanisms of nociception, pain, and analgesia, as well as regenerative endodontic outcomes. Dr. Flake is the 2016 recipient of the Edward M. Osetek Educator Award, and she currently serves on the Board of Directors of the AAE. Dr. Flake is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics, and she practices endodontics one day per week in private practice in Seattle, Washington.

Dr Asma Khan is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. After dental school, Dr Khan completed her PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Maryland and a fellowship in clinical pain research at the NIH. She then moved to University of Texas at San Antonio where she earned a certificate in Endodontics and completed a post-Doctoral fellowship. Her areas of research include Orofacial Pain and Regenerative Endodontics.

Jennifer L. Gibbs, M.A.S, D.D.S., Ph.D. is Director of the Endodontics Division and Program Director of Advanced Graduate Education Program in Endodontics and an Associate Professor at Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Gibbs received her dental degree and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. She then completed a certificate in Endodontics and an M.A.S. in Clinical Research from the University of California San Francisco, as well as a postdoctoral training period. She is now a full time faculty at Harvard.

Dr. Gibbs heads a translational research group focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of orofacial pain with a focus on dental pain, and patient centered outcomes of endodontic treatments. She teaches clinically in the advanced graduate Endodontic Program and lectures to both post-graduate and pre-doctoral students. Dr. Gibbs cares for patients at the Faculty Practice at Harvard. She is a past Educator Fellow of the American Association of Endodontics.

Associate professor, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto. Endodontic Department, faculty of dentistry, Islamic Azad University, Tehran. Iran. Responsibilities: 1.Academic: *Practical endodontics for undergraduate and postgraduate Students. *Courses on endodontics for undergraduate and postgraduate Students. *lectures in continual retraining courses for dentists. 2. Research interests: *Bioactive Materials in Dentistry and endodontics *Regenerative Endodontics *Regenerative Dentistry *Tissue engineering and Regenerative Medicine in Dentistry Ongoing Research Projects: *Nano fibrous scaffolds containing antibiotics for Regenerative Endodontics *Injectable synthetic scaffolds for Regenerative Endodontics * ECM scaffolds and synthetic in situ forming biomaterials for Regenerative Endodontics

Jennifer L. Gibbs, M.A.S, D.D.S., Ph.D. is Director of the Endodontics Division and Program Director of Advanced Graduate Education Program in Endodontics and an Associate Professor at Harvard School of Dental Medicine

Dr. Gibbs received her dental degree and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio. She then completed a certificate in Endodontics and an M.A.S. in Clinical Research from the University of California San Francisco, as well as a postdoctoral training period. She is now a full time faculty at Harvard.

Dr. Gibbs heads a translational research group focused on understanding the neurobiological mechanisms of orofacial pain with a focus on dental pain, and patient centered outcomes of endodontic treatments. She teaches clinically in the advanced graduate Endodontic Program and lectures to both post-graduate and pre-doctoral students. Dr. Gibbs cares for patients at the Faculty Practice at Harvard. She is a past Educator Fellow of the American Association of Endodontics.

Dr. Botero received her dental degree (DDS, 1987) from CES University in Medellin, Colombia, Specialty training in Endodontics at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia (1995) and the advanced Specialty Certificate in Endodontics from University of Michigan in 2005. She was Clinical Assistant Professor at CES University and had her private practice in Colombia (1989-2000). Dr. Botero joined the University of Michigan in 2001 and presently she is full time Clinical Professor and teaches Endodontics to graduate and undergraduate students. She is the director of the dental postgraduate fellowship program in endodontics. She also practices Endodontics at a private Dental clinic in Michigan. In 2012 Dr. Botero became a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and she joined the Regenerative Endodontic committee from the American Association of Endodontics since 2013 and chair 2014-2020. She is Past-president of the Pulp Biology and Regeneration group of the American Association and International Association of Dental Research. Dr. Botero has authored and co-authored numerous scientific peer reviewed articles and book chapters. She serves as reviewer for several endodontic and dental journals. Her research of interest and publications are on caries-induced angiogenesis and Regenerative Endodontics.

Dr. Vanessa Chrepa was born and raised in Athens, Greece. She received her DDS from University of Athens, School of Dentistry and completed her residency and Master’s degree in Endodontics at UT Health San Antonio. She is currently an Associate Professor of Endodontics with tenure at UT Health San Antonio and the predoctoral director for Endodontics. Dr. Chrepa is a Diplomate of the American Board of Endodontics and received the 2017 AAE Educator Fellowship Award. Her research interests include regenerative endodontics, stem cell biology, endodontic outcomes, and cannabinoids for dental pain. She serves as 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.

Dr. Anibal Diogenes received his D.D.S. from UFPE in Brazil, his M.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Nebraska, and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Diogenes is the Vice-Chair of the department of Endodontics at the University of Texas Health at San Antonio, and a director of the American Board of Endodontics. His areas of research include, inflammation, pain and regenerative endodontics. 

Dr. Huang is a board-certified endodontist, currently Professor and former Director for Stem Cells and Regenerative Therapies, Department of Bioscience Research at UTHSC, College of Dentistry. He is the former Chair/Herbert Schilder Professor in Endodontics, at Boston University, also a former Chair in Endodontics at Columbia University.  Dr. Huang has published ~180 research articles, abstracts, review articles, including papers in Stem Cells, Stem Cells and Development, Stem Cell Research and Therapy, Stem Cell Reviews and Reports, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Human Gene Therapy, Journal of Dental Research, Journal of Endodontics, etc; and 19 book chapters in books such as Ingle’s Endodontics, Cohen’s Pathways of the Pulp, Endodontic Microbiology, Principles of Regenerative Medicine, Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Dentistry, Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Niche, Material-Tissue Interfacial Phenomena, etc; and co-edited with Dr. Irma Thesleff and wrote chapters for the text book “Stem cells, craniofacial development and regeneration”, in 2013, published by Wiley-Blackwell. He currently an Associate Editor for the journal Stem Cell Research and Therapy. His research has been funded by various sources including NIH and AAE Foundation. His current research interest is in the area of stem cells and regenerative medicine. Distinguished Scientist Award, IADR, 2015.

Bill maintains a full time specialist private practice restricted to Endodontics in Brisbane and Toowoomba, Australia. He works in a dedicated trauma clinic for Queensland Health. In addition, Bill holds an honorary Associate Professor title at the University of Queensland. He is a Board member of the International Association of Dental Traumatology and is an author on the ‘IADT Guidelines for management of traumatic dental injuries’. He graduated DClinDent (Endo) from the University of Adelaide and has a PhD from the University of Sydney as well as numerous Fellowships. Bill has published more than 70 papers in international dental, material science and engineering journals. His papers are cited as reference texts by the American Association of Endodontists and the International Association of Dental Traumatology for the treatment of dental trauma and regenerative endodontic procedures. Bill is a contributing author for book chapters on endodontic outcomes and dental trauma, including “Pathways of the Pulp 12 edition” and the “Textbook and Color Atlas of Traumatic Injuries to the Teeth”. He has lectured extensively nationally and internationally and has numerous international research collaborations in every continent.

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, the University of Maryland, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is currently Professor and Chair, Department of Endodontics, Director, Advanced Endodontics Program, and Interim Director, Health Information and Business Systems (HIBS) at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Fouad has published over 110 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 25 textbook chapters, and 145 abstracts. He edited and co-authored the textbooks: Endodontic Microbiology (now in its second edition), 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, Dental Traumatology and Frontiers of Dental Medicine – Endodontics. He received the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Pulp Biology and Regeneration Group of the International Association of Dental Research in 2017, and the AAE President’s Award in 2022.

Dr. Torabinejad is president and director of the Endodontic Institute of Surgical Education and Research Venues in Irvine. He is a professor of endodontics and former Director of the advanced specialty education program in endodontics at Loma Linda University (LLU) School of Dentistry. Currently, he is professor of endodontics at LLU, research professor at the University of Minnesota, Dean's professor of endodontics at the University of Maryland, affiliate professor of endodontics at the University of Washington in Seattle and adjunct professor of endodontics at the University of Pacific in San Francisco and University of California in San Francisco. He has authored eight textbooks and more than 350 publications. He is the #1 author of citations in classic articles in the field of endodontics and # 1 author of citation for pulp regeneration. He has presented over 250 lectures nationally and internationally in over 40 countries. He received several awards from LLU during his 42-year tenure at LLU. They include: the LLU Centennial Van Guard Award for Healing, the Distinguished Research Award from the Dental School, and the LLU distinguished investigator award. He is the recipient of the Louis I. Grossman Award of the French Association of Endodontists. He has received the Ralph F. Sommer Award of the American Association of Endodontists (AAE) twice, Louis I. Grossman Award of the AAE, Philanthropic award of the Foundation for Endodontics, the Edgar D. Coolidge Award of the AAE. He is a past president of the California Association of endodontics and past president of the AAE and its Foundation.

Dr. Anibal Diogenes received his D.D.S. from UFPE in Brazil, his M.S. in Molecular Biology from the University of Nebraska, and his Ph.D. in Pharmacology and Certificate in Endodontics from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Dr. Diogenes is the Vice-Chair of the department of Endodontics at the University of Texas Health at San Antonio, and a director of the American Board of Endodontics. His areas of research include, inflammation, pain and regenerative endodontics.