Dr Von Keutz is the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine (Hannover, Germany); Member of the Executive Council at Center of Healthcare Innovation (US); Member of the Advisory Committee for Pharmacologically Active Substances and Veterinary Drugs of the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment; Member of the CAAT Advisory Board (Europe); Member of the Industrial Advisory Board (IAB) of the European Organ-on-Chip Society (EUROoCS).

Dr. Theodore is a Professor of Neurosurgery and the director of the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgical Spine Center. He is one of the world recognized expert in brain and spinal cord injury, minimally invasive spine surgeries and robotics.

Dr. Theodore has written or co-authored 30 book chapters, over 180 peer-reviewed journal articles and is co-holder of 10 patents for medical devices and procedures. His research focuses on trauma, spinal cord injuries, robotics and developing an understanding of the genetic and molecular basis of spinal diseases.

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Prof. Mark Tuszynski, a world-renowned neurologist and researcher, is the Director of The Center for Neural Repair, University of California, San Diego.
Mark is considered a leading researcher in the field of spinal cord injury treatment and his laboratory focuses on research in the field of neuronal regeneration in general and spinal cord injuries in particular.
He has published numerous articles in the leading scientific journals and has received a number of prestigious research grants in recent years.

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Brock Reeve has been the Executive Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute since 2006. The Institute invests in research at Harvard and its hospitals with the goal of developing new curative medicines. Brock is also the CEO of IVIVA Medical, a startup company focused on organ regeneration.  He is a co-founder of Elevian, a startup addressing healthy aging, and is a Director of Thrive Bioscience, a tools company serving the cell culturing market.  He is also an Advisor to the Petit Institute at Georgia Tech University and on the Board of the Pioneer Charter School of Science in Everett, MA.

Dr Wollowick is the Sr. Director of Business Development at Stryker Spine. At Stryker, Adam is focusing on mergers and acquisitions and also has responsibility for the Spine Division’s Strategy and Business Intelligence functions.

Dr. Wollowick is board-­certified by the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, the North American Spine Society and the Scoliosis Research Society.

Adam worked as an attending surgeon in the Department of Orthopedic Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and held the title of Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, served as the Assistant Residency Program Director and was the Director of Spinal Research.

His award-­winning research has been presented nationally and internationally at major orthopaedic and spine society meetings and has been published in peer-­reviewed journals.

Dr. Wollowick received his MD in 2001 with Special Distinction in Research from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. He completed a Masters of Business Administration in 2014 from the Yale School of Management, with a focus on Leadership in Healthcare Management.