Dietmar Seidenspinner, Physiotherapeut seit 1981; seit 2001 Referent bei der rehab Akademie; 2001–2006 Studium B. Sc. und M. Sc. Physiotherapie an der Universität Marburg / FH Fulda; seit 2005 Lehrbeauftragter der Universität Marburg / FH Fulda; 2011–2015 wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter im Fachbereich Medizin / Studiengang Physiotherapie der Universität Marburg; Forschungsprojekt: EMG-gestützte apparative isokinetische Muskelfunktionsanalyse bei Patienten mit einem patellofemoralen Schmerzsyndrom.

Kumar C. Shah, BDS, MS, is a professor of clinical dentistry and a board-certified prosthodontist and maxillofacial prosthodontist in the Division of Advanced Prosthodontics at UCLA. He earned his dental degree from the National University of Singapore and his Master of Science degree and a certificate in prosthodontics at The Ohio State University, after which he completed maxillofacial prosthetics fellowship training and a translational science certificate at UCLA. Dr Shah is the Director of the Graduate Prosthodontics residency program at UCLA, Advanced Prosthodontics and Implantology Preceptorship Programs as well as Director of the Faculty Group Dental practice at UCLA. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Prosthodontics, a Fellow of the Academy of Prosthodontics, Fellow of the American College of Prosthodontists, and Fellow of the International Team for Implantology (ITI). He has been on Board of Directors for several nonprofit dental organizations. In addition to being a coeditor of both editions of Fundamentals of Implant Dentistry, Vol 1, he is also a member of the editorial review board of the Journal of Prosthetic Dentistry and has been an ad-hoc reviewer in multiple peer-reviewed journals. Dr Shah currently practices in the UCLA faculty group dental practice. He practices all areas of restorative and esthetic dentistry (fixed and removable prosthodontics), including full-mouth rehabilitation and reconstruction with a special emphasis on implant prosthodontics.

Dr. Behnam Shakibaie is a pioneer in Implant Microsurgery. He is a multi-specialist in Oral Surgery, Implantology, Periodontology and Microscopic Dentistry. He has been developing and publishing new microsurgical techniques and instruments for oral implantology and jaw bone reconstructions. Dr. Shakibaie is scientific instructor of Zeiss Dental Academy and research partner of University of Pennsylvania and University of Michigan. He graduated from Berlin University and specialized in Oral Surgery at Berlin and Bonn University. Dr. Shakibaie earned his Mastership in Implantology at DGI in Germany, Mastership in Periodontology at DGP in Germany and Specialization in Oral Microsurgery and Microscopic Dentistry at Zeiss Dental Academy in Switzerland. He is an international speaker and winner of numerous scientific awards.

Yair Sharav, DMD, MS, is a professor in the Department of Oral Medicine at The Hebrew University-Hadassah School of Dental Medicine in Jerusalem. Dr Sharav is responsible for establishing the Orofacial Pain Clinic at Hadassah Medical Center in 1974—the first of its kind in Israel—and directing it as well as the Center for Pain Research at The Hebrew University for over 25 years. He has also served variously as a past dean of the School of Dental Medicine at The Hebrew University and a former head of the Department of Oral Diagnosis, Oral Medicine, and Radiology at Hadassah Medical Center. Internationally, he was a visiting professor at Toronto University and a visiting scientist at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr Sharav's work has contributed widely to the knowledge and understanding of the diagnosis, treatment, and mechanisms of orofacial pain.

Hagay is Chair of the Endodontics division at the Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA), Netherlands, and maintains a private practice specialising in Endodontics. Hagay's PhD thesis was titled "New insights into the root canal wall". Since 2000, he has been actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching at ACTA. His research interests are the outcomes of root canal treatments with CBCT evaluation, root canal filling materials, and the effects of endodontic procedures on the root canal walls. He has supervised over 35 Masters and PhD students. Hagay has published over 45 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals on various aspects of Endodontology.

Graduated in Dentistry from FOAr-UNESP. Professor at the Postgraduate Program in Dentistry, Implantology and Periodontics, Guarulhos University (UNG). PhD, Master’s, and Specialist in Periodontology from FOAr-UNESP. Professor at the Oral Surgery and Periodontology Department at FORP-USP. Periodontist and Implant Dentist at Private Practice, Guarulhos, São Paulo, Brazil.

Seit 2008 freiberuflich tätig als Mediatorin, Fortbildnerin in mediativer Kommunikation und Konfliktmanagement, Trainerin für Teamentwicklung, Coach für verschiedenste Berufsgruppen.

Seit 2015 Mediationsbeauftragte der Evangelischen Schulstiftung in der EKBO mit den Arbeitsschwerpunkten: Fortbildungen für Pädagogen in Mediation und mediativer Kommunikation, Mediation und Moderation von Konfliktgesprächen mit Schüler- und Pädagogenteams, Beratung und Coaching, Betreuung/ Vernetzung und Ausbildung von Konfliktlotsen und Mediatoren.

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