About Nina
Dr. Nina Tandon is a leading biomedical engineer, scientist, and entrepreneur at the forefront of the field of tissue engineering. Her lifelong interest in how electricity affects living things began with her childhood passion for taking apart and rebuilding electronics. Today, she is the CEO and co-founder of EpiBone, a revolutionary biotech company with a mission to change how skeletal injuries are treated. EpiBone is the world’s first company to successfully grow living human bone for reconstruction. Using a patient’s own stem cells, the company custom-grows bone and cartilage implants in a special device called a bioreactor. Because the implants use the patient’s own cells, the body is less likely to reject them, and they can continue to grow and remodel with the patient over time. Nina holds degrees from Cornell, MIT, and Columbia University, including a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and an MBA in healthcare entrepreneurship. She is dedicated to creating “spare parts” for the human body and has successfully overseen the first human implantation of bone grown from stem cells. Named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company, Nina is a celebrated TED Senior Fellow who has given multiple talks on the potential of personalized medicine and using biology to build a better future.
