Speakers 2023

Dr. Viensuong Nguyen was born and raised in Vietnam.  She graduated from School of Dentistry, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam in 1999 and spent six years working in private practice limited to Endodontics and teaching at the Dental School.

Following immigration to the US in 2006 she completed Advance Restorative Dentistry Program and thereafter graduated from University of Colorado, School of Dental Medicine in 2012 as the first Vietnamese dentist in the International Student Program.  She received Prosthodontics training  and Master degree in Dentistry at University of Connecticut in 2016.  Dr. Nguyen is a Board Certified Prosthodontist and currently working as Assistant Professor at University of Colorado, School of Dental Medicine and practicing Prosthodontics in the Faculty Practice.  She received many awards throughout the programs she attended.  She also serves in Board Prep Review Committee for American College of Prosthodontists and enjoys dental missions both nationally and internationally.

Dr Terri Tilliss, RDH, PhD acquired a PhD degree in Health and Behavioural Sciences from the University of Colarado. She received BS and MS degrees from the University of Iowa in Dental Hygiene and an MS degree in Counselling, from the University of Colorado. She has been a faculty member at the University of Colorado School of Dental Medicine since 1982.

Dr Tilliss is currently a Professor in the Department of Orthodontics where she facilitates resident research projects, and teaches health communication skills to medical and dental students.

Dr Tilliss published extensively in the dental literature and presents education programs nationally and internationally.

Dr Jeremy Hunt is one of Australia’s leading plastic surgeons, with 22years of experience and thousands of happy patients. He graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Sydney in 1990. He then completed a Fellowship in Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas where he learnt from some of the most experienced plastic  surgeons in the world.

He is now a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS), a Supervisor of Plastic Surgery Training at Sydney Children’s Hospital and the Spokesperson for the Australian Society of Plastic Surgery, all while running his own plastic surgery clinic in Sydney.

Since suffering a permanent spinal cord injury in a skiing accident in 1992, Amanda Boxtel has been dedicated to helping others with similar mobility issues live their best lives. She is the founder and executive director of  the Bridging Bionics Foundation, whose mission is to provide funding, education, and advance the research and development for exoskeletons and bionic technology to augment human mobility and capability. She was also the co-founder and Special Projects Director of Challenge Aspen, a non-profit that enables individuals with disabilities to realize their potential through recreation in the Rocky Mountains.To applaud and recognize her tireless work, Boxtel was honoured as a 2018 CNN Hero.