Dental & Craniofacial TWIGs Webinar
“Insights on Dental Pulp Inflammation & Regeneration”
Join us on August 24th at 2:00 PM Eastern Time U.S. for the next webinar being organized by
the Dental & Craniofacial TWIG.
The webinars are free for all TERMIS members to attend.
Please register by Monday, August 23rd at 8:00 PM Eastern Time U.S.
Our two speakers are:
Samer Zaky, DMD, PhD
Samer Zaky (DMD, PhD) is a research assistant professor at the Center for Craniofacial Regeneration (CCR) and the Department of Restorative Dentistry – School of Dental Medicine – University of Pittsburgh-USA. In 2000, Samer received his original Bachelor degree in Dental Medicine and Surgery from the University of Alexandria -Egypt where he was first introduced to Tissue Engineering research. Awarded a Marie Curie Fellowship (FP6), he earned his PhD in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine in 2009 from the University of Genoa- Italy. In 2015, he received his DMD degree from the University of Pittsburgh to couple clinical work to his research. Samer’s research broadly tackles the characterization of multipotent cells and conductive biomaterials for mineralized tissue regeneration, namely bones and teeth while re-establishing the stem cell niche. His current research interest focusses on dental pulp regeneration. As a dentist, Samer is a general practitioner who strongly advocates for disease prevention and patient education.
Arwa Khayat
Arwa Khayat is a Saudi female dentist, earned her bachelor’s Degree of Dental Surgery (BDS) from Riyadh Colleges of Dentistry and Pharmacy and continued her postgraduate studies in the United States. She received a certificate in Advanced Education in General Dentistry from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Also, she had her master’s Degree in dental research at the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine. Currently, Arwa is working on finalizing her Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Dentistry. Arwa’s future goal is to use dental pulp stem cells to diagnose and treat challenging clinical cases in Pediatric Dentistry Department at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Each speaker will present for 25 minutes and conduct a 5 minute Q&A.