3D Bioprinting for Reconstructive Surgery

Dr. Daniel Thomas B.Eng (Hons)., M.Sc., Eng.D., C.Sci., C.Eng., FBCS is an interdisciplinary researcher and writer who comes from an academic background in materials engineering, 3D Bioprinting, and tissue engineering disciplines.

Ms. Zita M. Jessop MB BChir, MA Cantab, MRCS is an Academic Clinical Lecturer in the Reconstructive Surgery & Regenerative Medicine Research Group in Swansea University and Registrar at the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery. Ms. Jessop graduated from Cambridge University Medical School and completed her basic surgical training in London Deanery before taking up her clinical academic post in Wales. Her doctorate research, focusing on 3D bioprinting for cartilage tissue engineering, was supported by the Royal College of Surgeons Research Fellowship and the Medical Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellowship. Ms. Jessop is a member of the editorial boards of Bioprinting and 3D Printing in Medicine, the welsh representative on the Reconstructive Surgical Trials Network, has delivered over 60 national and international presentations and published over 30 articles and book chapters to date. Ms. Jessop was awarded a number of prizes from the British Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of England and completed international fellowships in Utrecht (Norman Capener Travelling Fellowship) and Melbourne (Ethicon Travelling Fellowship). More recently, Ms. Jessop achieved a Fulbright Scholarship which she intends to spend at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Medical School, to expand her field of expertise in biofabrication.

Iain Stuart Whitaker currently holds the current position of Chair of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery at Swansea University College of Medicine and Honorary Consultant Plastic Surgeon at The Welsh Centre for Burns & Plastic Surgery. After reading medicine at Trinity Hall, Iain completed a sub-internship in plastic surgery at Harvard Medical School which inspired his interest in plastic surgery, developing over the years a significant publication track record in the areas of reconstructive and trauma surgery. He has been involved in international multi-disciplinary collaborations with Uppsala, Utrecht, Louisville, Connecticut & Melbourne culminating in the award of a PhD and over 150 publications and several books.