Knapp Memorial Lecture Presented by Charles Sfeir, DDS, PhD

Please mark your calendars for Wednesday, April 12 for the Knapp Memorial Lecture. Dr. Charles Sfeir from the University of Pittsburgh will be speaking.

Craniofacial and Dental Regeneration: From Bench to Bedside

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Pavilion A Auditorium

3:45 – 4:00 – Light Refreshments
4:00 – 4:15 – Greetings
4:15 – 5:15 – Presentation

About Dr. Sfeir:

Charles S Sfeir, DDS, PhD, is the Associate Dean for Research and the Director of the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration. Dr. Sfeir is an associate professor in the Departments of Periodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Oral Biology, Bioengineering and the McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine. He received a DDS degree from the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. He earned a degree in Periodontology, and holds a PhD in Molecular Biology from Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Sfeir’s research focus is in four areas:

1. The development of bio-inspired materials for mineralized tissue engineering, as well as understanding extracellular matrix proteins involved in mineralized tissue biology;
2. The development of fixation devices using resorbable metals;
3. The development of novel periodontal therapies using modulation of immune system strategies;
4. The development of tissue engineering strategies for pulp tissue regeneration and translational research that involves pre-clinical animal models.

Dr. Sfeir’s research is funded in part by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation and the United States Department of Defense.