Fifth Annual Stem Cell Symposium

Fifth Annual Stem Cell Symposium

May 13, 2011
8:15 am to 6:00 pm

Click here for pdf version of the Symposium Agenda

The Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) is the only South Florida venue of physician-scientists, researchers, policy and community leaders engaged in translating stem cell science into regenerative medicine. The investigators associated with ISCI and the Fifth Annual Stem Cell Symposium are published regularly in industry journals and are involved with the translational pipeline of basic research to clinical trials. The agenda for our upcoming symposium is listed below.


Opening

8:00 am Registration
Coffee and Tea
8:15 am to 8:20 am Welcome and Opening Ceremonies
Pascal Goldschmidt, M.D., Dean of the Miller School of Medicine
   

Sensory Neural Regeneration

8:20 am to 9:05 am Stefan Heller, Ph.D.
Professor of Otolaryngology
Stanford Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
9:05 am to 9:35 am

Jeffrey Goldberg, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami

9:35 am to 10:10 am Damien D. Pearse, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery
   
10:10 am to 10:30 am Coffee Break
   

Ethics and Society

10:30 am to 11:05 pm Sabrina Cohen
Executive Director and President
Sabrina Cohen Foundation for Stem Cell Research
11:05 am to 11:30 pm Kenneth Goodman, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine
Co-Director, University of Miami Ethics Program
11:30 pm to 12:05 pm Bernie Siegel, J.D.
Executive Director and Founder
Genetics Policy Institute
   
12:05 pm to 1:05 pm Lunch at the Seminar Center Open Terrace
   

Translation

1:05 pm to 1:50 pm R. Keith Humphries, M.D., Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Terry Fox Laboratory
1:50 pm to 2:35 pm Thomas Force, M.D.
James C. Wilson Professor of Medicine
Center for Translational Medicine
Thomas Jefferson University
   
2:35 pm to 2:50 pm Coffee Break
2:50 pm to 3:50 pm Piero Anversa, M.D.
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Professor of Anesthesia and Medicine
Director, Center for Regenerative Medicine
   

Closing Remarks

3:50 pm to 4:00 pm Joshua M. Hare, M.D.
Director, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Reception

To register please contact Sharifa Pettigrew, 305-243-1273 or .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or click here to register online. CONSTANT CONTACT LINK