Dr. Farshid Guilak is a Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Washington University; Director of Research for the St. Louis Shriners Hospitals for Children; and co-director of the Washington University Center of Regenerative Medicine. He is the Past-President of the Orthopaedic Research Society. His laboratory studies how the joints and skeleton of the body develop under healthy or diseased conditions and uses this information as a basis for reprogramming adult stem cells to build new tissues and organs; particularly as the basis of new treatments for arthritis and other joint diseases. He has published over 300 scientific articles and has co-edited four books. He also the Founder and President of Cytex Therapeutics; a startup company focusing on developing new regenerative medicine therapies for musculoskeletal conditions.