International Symposium
on
Ligaments & Tendons - XV (ISL&T-XV)

March 4, 2016

Disney's Coronado Springs Resort
1000 West Buena Vista Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-8403



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Podium Sessions

Time Topics Speakers
7:30 Registration and Light Breakfast  
8:00 Welcome Zong-Ming Li, Ph.D.
David Corr, Ph.D.
8:15 Clinical Lecture: Innovation in Hip Arthroscopy Over the Past 10 Years Marc Philippon, M.D.
 

Podium Session I: Biomechanics I: Healing Ligament and Tendon / In Vivo Assessment

Moderators:
Louis Soslowsky, Ph.D.
Chunfeng Zhao, M.D.

8:30 Keynote Lecture: Timing Of Post-Operative Mechanical Loading Effects Healing Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Christopher L. Camp, M.D.
8:40 Discussion  

8:45

Detection of Osteoclastic Activity in a Murine Model of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction using Optical Near-Infrared Imaging and Cathepsin K Probe Amir Lebaschi, M.D.
8:50 Contrasting Effects of Re-injury on the Structural and Material Properties of the Rabbit Medial Collateral Ligament Johnathan L Sevick, M.Sc.
8:55 The LG/J Murine Strain Exhibits Near-Normal Tendon Biomechanical Properties Following A Full-Length Central PT Defect Jason T. Shearn, Ph.D.
9:00 Impact of Incremental Flexor Retinaculum Release on Carpal Tunnel Compliance Rubina Ratnaparkhi, B.S.
9:05 Discussion  
9:20 Kinematics of ACL-Deficient and Healthy Knees During Stair Descent: An Application of a Clinician-Friendly Motion Capture System Kam-Ming Mok, M.Phil.
9:25 Transverse Carpal Ligament and Tendon Interaction in the Carpal Tunnel Tamara L. Marquardt, MBA
9:30 Orientation and Size Changes in the Porcine Anterior Cruciate Ligament Throughout Skeletal Growth Stephanie Cone, B.S.
9:35 Discussion  
9:50 Coffee Break/ Poster Session I (even numbers)  
  Podium Session II: Tendon Mechanobiology & Stem Cell Moderators:
Alice Huange, Ph.D.
Lisa Larkin, Ph.D.

10:20

Savio L-Y. Woo Young Biomechanical Research Award
Cyclic Mechancal Loading Improves Tensile and Failure Properties of Scaffold-Free Engineered Tendon Fibers
Kuwabo Mubyana, Ph.D.
10:30 Discussion  
10:35 The Role of SPARC in Mechannosensing Function of Tendon Tao Wang, Ph.D.
10:40 Origin of Cells that Contribute to Murine Rotator Cuff Tendon Healing Ryu Yoshida, M.D.
10:45 Discussion  
10:55 Stem/Progenitor Cell Recruitment to Deteriorating Tendons in Mice with Conditional Deletion of TGF-Beta Type II Receptor Guak-Kim Tan, Ph.D.
11:00 A Comparison of Adipose- and Bone Marrow- Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Behavior on Micro-Photopatterned Surfaces Sean Meehan, M.S.
11:05 Tendon Tissue Derived Extracellular Matrix Enhances Tenogenic Response to TGF-Beta of Mesenchymal Stem Cells via Smad Complex Signaling Guang Yang, Ph.D.
11:10 Discussion  
  Podium Session III: Tissue Engineering in ACL Repair Moderators:
Christos Papageorgiou, M.D., Ph.D.
Jason Shearn, Ph.D.
11:25 Keynote Lecture: Fresh and Frozen Tissue Engineered 3D Bone-Ligament-Bone Constructs for Sheep ACL Repair Following Two-Year Implantation Vasu Mahalingam, M.S.
11:35 Discussion  
11:40 Savio L-Y. Woo Young Translational Research Award
Augmentation of Tendon Graft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Outcome Using a Silk Based Osteoconductive Sheath
Thomas K.H. Teh, Ph.D.
11:50 Discussion  
11:55 Effect Of Tripeptide Copper Complex GHK-Cu On Cultured Healing Cells Derived From Tendon Graft In Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Yau-Chuk Cheuk, M.Phil.
12:00 A Novel Magnesium Ring Device Combined with ECM Bioscaffolds   Improves ACL Healing Compared to ECM Treatment Alone Kathryn Farraro, Ph.D.
12:05 Discussion  
12:15 Flash Presentation by Poster Presenters Moderators:
Connie Chamberlain, Ph.D.
Michael Lavagnino, Ph.D.
Johnna Temenoff, Ph.D.
12:30 Lunch (Group Photo and Poster Viewing)  
  Podium Session IV: Inflammation and Tendon Healing Moderators:
Paul Ackermann, M.D., Ph.D.
Stavros Thomopoulos, Ph.D.
13:30 Keynote Lecture: The Immunomodulation of Ligament Healing Connie S. Chamberlain, Ph.D.
13:40 Discussion  
13:45 Curcumin: Does it Decrease Inflammation in Tendon Healing? Diana Zhu, B.S.
13:50 The Differential Effects of Protease-Activated Receptors 1 and 4 in Human Platelet Activation and Inflammation Jianying Zhang, Ph.D.
13:55 The Role of Interleukin-13 in Tendinopathy Moeed Akbar, Ph.D.
14:00 Discussion  
  Special Session in Honor of Professor Kai-Ming Chan Moderator:
Bruma Sai-Chuen Fu, Ph.D.
14:15 Research in Orthopaedics-What Have I Learned in 40 Years Kai-Ming Chan, M.D., Ph.D.
14:35 What Do Orthopaedic Surgeons Need From Research? Mahmut Doral, M.D.
14:40 Cell Therapies for Tendon Surgery Minghao Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
14:45 Learn from Tendon Stem Cells-Potential Clinical Use Hongwei Ouyang, M.D.
14:50 Discussion  
15:05 Out of Academics: Product Development from Concept, Patent Process, R&D, Prototyping, Testing, to the Market Al Banes, Ph.D.
15:10 PRP Myths Ramon Cugat, M.D.
15:15 Is There Any Substance in the PRP Treatment of Tendinopathy? James Wang, Ph.D.
15:20 Discussion  
15:35 Healing and Regeneration After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Chih-Hwa Chen, M.D., MBA
15:40 Biomechanics and Kinematic Studies of ACL Guoan Li, Ph.D.
15:45 Discussion  
15:55 Coffee Break/Poster Session II (odd numbers)  
  Podium Session V: Biomechanics II: Theoretical and Computational Modeling Moderators:
Ray Vanderby, Jr., Ph.D.
Guoan Li, Ph.D.
16:25 Predicting Tendon ECM Composition from Tenocyte Strain and Fiber Damage Arash Mehdizadeh, Ph.D.
16:30 Development and Validation of a Computational Foot and Ankle Model to Investigate Lateral Ligamentous Strain Sophia Chui-Wai Ha, M.A.
16:35 Adaptive Remodeling of Achilles Tendon: A Multi-scale Computational Model Stuart Young, B.E.
16:40 Histology-Inspired Mechanical Analysis of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury Callan Luetkemeyer, B.S.
16:45 Discussion  
  Podium Session VI: Rotator Cuff Injury and Repair Moderators:
Dianne Little, DVM, Ph.D.
Roger Smith, Ph.D.
17:00 Savio L-Y. Woo Young Biological Research Award
Reduced Muscle Degeneration and Decreased Fatty Infiltration After Rotator Cuff Tear in a Parp-1 Knock-Out Mouse Model
Michael Kuenzler, M.D.
17:10 Discussion  
17:15 Pre-Operative Intramuscular Fat Fractions are Significantly Higher in Patients with Eventual Failed Rotator Cuff Repair Drew Lansdown, M.D.
17:20 Micro-CT Evaluation of Cartilage Degeneration on Two Rat Models of Shoulder Injury Jennifer McFaline-Figueroa, B.S.
17:25 Effect of Hypercholesterolemia on Fatty Infiltration and Rotator Cuff Healing in a Chronic Rotator Cuff Tear Model of Rabbit Seok Won Chung, Ph.D.
17:30 Tissue Engineered Tendon Constructs for Rotator Cuff Repair in a Sheep Model Stoyna S. Novakova, B.S.
17:35 Discussion  
17:50 Closing Remarks for ISL&T - XV Patrick Yung, M.D.
Savio L-Y. Woo, Ph.D., D.Sc., D.Eng.
18:00 Proceed to Dinner Venue (Transportation Provided)  
18:00 Reception/Dinner and Award Ceremony
Ming Court Restaurant
9188 International Drive
 

Poster Sessions

Poster Number Title Presenter
1 Hypoxia Inhibits Primary Cilia Formation and Reduces Cell-Mediated Contraction in Stress-Deprived Rat Tail Tendon Fascicles Anna Oslapas
2 Hyperelastic and Viscoelastic Characterization  of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Biomechanics Kaitlyn Mallett, B.S.
3 Inhibition of Retinoic Acid Signaling and Stimulation of Wnt Signaling Allows Efficient Paraxial Mesoderm Formation from Human Embryonic Stem Cells Ryan P. Russell, M.A.
4 High Throughput, Multi-Image Cryohistology of Joint Tissues Nathaniel Dyment, Ph.D.
5 Dysfunction of CFTR Impairs Tendon Differentiation Through Activation of pERK1/2 in Mice Gang Li, Ph.D.
6 Procollagen Biomarkers of Healing in Microdialysate Predict Patient-reported Outcome After Achilles Tendon Rupture Simon Svedman
7 Recovery of Viscoelastic Properties of Achilles Tendon Following Rupture Jennifer Zellers, DPT
8 Comparison of the Cellular Composition and Cytokine-Release Kinetics of Various Platelet-rich Plasma (PRP) Preparations Young Hak Roh, M.D., Ph.D.
9 Heat Shock Induces the Expression of Pro-Inflammatory Cytokines in Human Tenocytes Alessio D’Addona, M.D.
10 Adverse Effects Of Synovial Fluid On Internal Tendon Cells–Implications For Intrasynovial Tendon Repair Roger Smith, Ph.D.