Dr. Lee D Kaplan,
MD, is the director of the University of Miami Sports Medicine Institute and a
board-certified orthopedic surgeon. He is also the Petra and Stephen Levin
Endowed Chair in Sports Medicine, and a professor of orthopedics, biomedical
engineering, and kinesiology and sports sciences at the University of Miami
Miller School of Medicine. He is a renowned specialist in sports-related knee,
shoulder, and elbow injuries, and arthroscopic surgery. He earned his medical
degree from The George Washington University in Washington, DC, USA.
Dr. Thomas M Best, MD, Ph.D., is a Professor of Orthopedics, Biomedical Engineering, Family Medicine, and Kinesiology, a Vice Chair of Research at the Department of Orthopedics, a Director of Research at the Uhealth Sports Medicine Institute, a Fellowship Director at the Primary Care Sports Medicine, a Team Physician at the U of Miami Department of Intercollegiate Athletics, Miami Marlins.
Dimitrios Kouroupis (born 1982 in Athens, Greece), obtained his Biology degree in 2006 (Aristotle University of Thessalonica, Greece), his MSc in Biosciences degree in 2007 (University of Leeds, United Kingdom) and his PhD in Regenerative Medicine in 2012 (University of Leeds, United Kingdom). As an early stage post-doctoral researcher, he contributed to the field of Stem Cell biology of both adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) and pluripotent stem cells by investigating their in vitro and in vivo capacity to regenerate soft musculoskeletal tissues (ligaments, tendons and vascular organoids) (2012-2015, University of Ioannina, Biomedical Research Institute-FORTH, Greece). He also worked for a private company on Stem Cell Banking of haematopoietic and mesenchymal stem cells (2016-2017, Omnigen Cell and Tissue Centre, Greece). As a late stage post-doctoral researcher, he investigated MSC musculoskeletal therapies (synovitis and osteoarthritis) with focus on ‘MSC signatures’ which are directly related to specific MSC functions in vivo (2017-2020, University of Miami School of Medicine, Department of Orthopedics, USA).Dr. Kouroupis is a principal investigator and faculty with a dual appointment at the Department of Orthopedics – UHealth Sports Medicine Institute and the Diabetes Research Institute & Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. He is an expert in MSC biology and their potential clinical applications in regenerative medicine.
