Denis Dufrane, M.D., Ph.D. wanted to skip the formal part. An accomplished academic and clinician, he’d spent 15 years at the Université Catholique de Louvain—where he’d earned his M.D. and his Ph.D. in biomedical sciences with a concentration on cell therapy—researching cell- and tissue-based approaches to bone, skin, muscle, and organ reconstruction in worst-case patients.