Gail K. Naughton Ph.D (Past Speaker)

Gail K. Naughton, Ph.D., has spent nearly 30 years extensively researching the tissue engineering process, holds over 105 U.S. and foreign patents, and has founded two regenerative medicine companies. Her current venture, Histogen, is focused on the development of novel solutions based on the products of cells grown under simulated embryonic conditions. She currently serves as the Company’s CSO and CBDO, and is the inventor of its core technology. In addition, Dr. Naughton served as the Dean of the College of Business Administration at San Diego State University from August 2002 to June 2011. Prior to that, she spent more than 15 years at Advanced Tissue Sciences, where she was the company’s co-founder and co-inventor of its core technology. During her tenure there, Dr. Naughton held a variety of key management positions, including president, chief operating officer, chief scientific officer and principal scientist. While serving as an officer and director of the Company, Dr. Naughton oversaw the design and development of the world’s first up-scaled manufacturing facility for tissue engineered products, established corporate development and marketing partnerships with companies including Smith & Nephew, Ltd., Medtronic and Inamed Corporation, was pivotal in raising over $350M from the public market and corporate partnerships, and brought four products from concept through FDA approval and market launch. These products include a skin replacement for severe burns (TransCyte),a living dermal replacement for diabetic ulcers (Dermagraft), an aesthetic dermal filler (Cosmederm) and SkinMedica’s TNS product for skin care. At Histogen Dr. Naughton developed a new skin care product which also contains human growth factors, ReGenica, which was recently acquired by Allergan.

Dr. Naughton has been extensively published and a frequent speaker in the field of tissue engineering. In 2000, Dr. Naughton received the 27th Annual National Inventor of the Year award by the Intellectual Property Owners Association in honor of her pioneering work in the field of tissue engineering. Dr. Naughton sits on several Boards including the CCRM, the Ackerman foundation, and Cytori Therapeutics.