TissueTech Hosts Inaugural Leadership Summit to Discuss Best Practices on Regenerative Medicine

TissueTech announced that the company had completed its first physician leadership summit, Beyond the Horizon 2021, hosted by TissueTech co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Scheffer Tseng,MD, Ph.D. It was held on August 13, 2021, through August 15, 2021, in Dallas.

TissueTech faculty and noted key opinion leaders Marguerite McDonald, MD; Patti Barkey, COE; Neel Desai, MD; Alan Block, DPM, MS, FACFAS; Thomas Fusco, DPM, FACFAS; and Marissa Carter, PhD, MA, MAPWCA conducted presentations throughout the 3-day event. These included Practice Economics of Various Ocular Restoration and Surface OptimizationTechniques, An Analysis of the Wound Healing Landscape Using Human Birth Tissue to Orchestrate Regenerative Healing, and ThePrinciple of TissueTuck Technique for Pterygium. Luminaries and faculty members also led wet lab demonstrations, 3D surgical training sessions, and virtual reality surgical simulations to improve surgical competency. In a study conducted at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles, virtual reality simulation training enables young surgeons to gain valuable experience in a safe environment while boosting surgical competency by as much as 230%.¹

In addition to fostering innovation in regenerative medicine, TissueTech is also committed to innovating healthcare cost containment. A 2018 retrospective analysis of Medicare beneficiaries identified that ∼8.2 million people had wounds with or without infections; Medicare cost estimates for acute and chronic wound treatments ranged from $28.1 billion to $96.8 billion a year. The highest expenses were for surgical wounds followed by diabetic foot ulcers. Increasing health care costs, an aging population, and the continued threat of diabetes and obesity worldwide make chronic wounds a substantial clinical, social, and economic challenge. In contrast, direct and indirect costs associated with eye disorders and vision loss total $139 billion per year, according to research commissioned by Prevent Blindness America (PBA). This amount puts eye disorders ahead of hypertension, diabetes, and stroke direct costs. ^2,3

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1. Performing a surgical procedure on a virtual patient enables them to try a newly acquired technique or refresh dormant skills. As MD+DI reported in August 2019, a previous Osso VR validation study from August 2019 conducted by the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles showed a 230% improvement in the participants' overall surgical performance when prepared with the company's VR training.1
2. https://doi.org/10.1089/wound.2019.0946
3. https://www.ophthalmologytimes.com/view/report-eye-disorders-cost-139-billion-year