The Alan C. Burton Lecture 2017

Friday, April 28, 2017

Auditorium A, University Hospital

Keynote /Address:  Smart Implants and Instruments for Knee Arthroplasty

Featuring: Darryl D'Lima, MD, PhD 

Professor, Chair of Orthopaedic Research at Scripps Health, CA

Professor of Molecular Medicine, Scripps Research Institute.

Associate professor, Scripps Translational Science Institute.

He has multidisciplinary expertise in orthopaedics, biomechanics, and bioengineering.  His major interests include musculoskeletal biomechanics, cartilage injury, and stem cell-based tissue regeneration.  He is currently developing pluripotent stem cell derived treatment of arthritis and techniques for direct 3D printing of live repair tissue in osteochondral defects.