2nd Annual Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine (CDCM) Symposium

Innovations in the Pipeline to Curative Medicines

Tuesday, February 27, 2018 | Berg Hall, Li Ka Shing Learning Center, Stanford Medical School - 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305

The newly-launched CDCM is a joint initiative of the Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford Health Care and Stanford Children’s Health. The Center provides the organizational and physical infrastructure to support investigator-initiated clinical translational studies on stem cell and gene therapy from initial discovery through completion of clinical proof-of-concept studies. This year's symposium is sponsored by Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital (LPCH). The CDCM is co-directed by Drs. Maria Grazia Roncarolo, Anthony Oro, and Matthew Porteus.
 
This scientific conference will bring together clinicians, basic scientists, patient advocates, translational investigators and experts from the biotech/pharmaceutical field to discuss the process of how discoveries in gene and cell therapy are translated to clinical trials and ultimately commercialized.
 
The 2018 Symposium will be comprised of four sessions:
1.  New Cell-Based-Medicine Discoveries
2.  Pre-Clinical Development of Curative Medicines
3.  Clinical Trials in Curative Medicines
4.  Challenges in Development and Commercialization of Curative Medicines

Registration is free but space is limited. This event sold out in 2017.

Keynote Speakers

Michel Sadelain, MD, PhD - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Director, Center for Cell Engineering & Gene Transfer and Gene Expression Laboratory
Stephen and Barbara Friedman Chair

Katherine A. High, MD - Spark Therapeutics

President and Chief Scientific Officer

Special Remarks

Christopher Dawes, MBA - Stanford Childrens Health | Lucile Packard Children's Hospital

President and Chief Executive Officer

David Entwistle, MHSA - Stanford Health Care

President and Chief Executive Officer

Lloyd Minor, MD - Stanford University

Dean, School of Medicine
Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Professorship for the Dean of the School of Medicine
Professor, Otolaryngology (Head & Neck Surgery Divisions) and, by courtesy, Neurobiology, and, by courtesy, Bioengineering

Anthony Oro, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Associate Director, Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine
Co-Director, Child Health Research Institute
Eugene and Gloria Bauer Professor of Dermatology

Maria Grazia Roncarolo, MD - Stanford University

Chief, Pediatric Division of Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine
Director, Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine
Co-Director, Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Co-Director, Bass Center for Childhood Cancer and Blood Diseases
George D. Smith Endowed Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine) and Medicine (Blood and Marrow Transplantation)

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, PhD, FRS, FRSC, FMedSci - Stanford University

President
Bing Presidential Professorship

Speakers

Agnieszka Czechowicz, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine)

David Digiusto, PhD - Stanford University | Stanford Health Care

Executive Director, Stem Cells and Cellular Therapeutics Operations
Founding Director, Laboratory for Cell and Gene Medicine
Senior Research Scientist in Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine)

Sarah Heilshorn, MS, PhD - Stanford University

Lee Otterson Faculty Scholar
William R. and Gretchen B. Kimball University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and, by courtesy, Chemical Engineering and, by courtesy, Bioengineering

Michael Longaker, MD, MBA, FACS - Stanford University

Co-Director, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Director, Program in Regenerative Medicine
Director, Children’s Surgical Research
Director of Research, Medicine Divison of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Deane P. and Louise Mitchell Professor of Medicine and, by courtesy, Bioengineering and, by courtesy, Materials Science and Engineering

Roeland Nusse, PhD - Stanford University

Virginia and Daniel K. Ludwig Professor of Developmental Biology

Sergiu Pasca, MD - Stanford University

Director, Neurosciences Institute Stem Cells Core
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Behavior Sciences (Center for Sleep Sciences and Medicine)

Matthew Porteus, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Associate Director, Center for Definitive and Curative Medicine
Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Stem Cell Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine)

Judith Shizuru, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Professor of Medicine (Blood and Marrow Transplantation)

Samuel Strober, MD - Stanford University

Professor of Medicine (Immunology & Rheumatology)

Jean Tang, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Director, Clinical Scholars Track, Dermatology
Co-Director, AACR Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology Workshop
Associate Professor of Dermatology

Matt Wilsey, MBA - Grace Science Foundation

Chairman, President & Co-Founder

Moderators

John Day, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Director, Neuromuscular Division and Clinics
Professor of Neurology & Neurological Sciences (Neuromuscular Disorders) and of Pediatrics (Genetics) and, by courtesy, Pathology

Mary Leonard, MD, MSCE - Stanford University

Chairman of Pediatrics
Adalyn Jay Physician-in-Chief, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital
Director, Child Health Research Institute
Co-Leader, Spectrum Child Health
Arline and Pete Harman Professor of Pediatrics (Nephrology) and Medicine (Nephrology) and, by courtesy, Health Research & Policy (Epidemeology)

Ravi Majeti, MD, PhD - Stanford University

Chief of the Medicine Division of Hematology
Assistant Director, Stanford Ludwig Center for Cancer Stem Cell Research
Co-Director, Lymphoma and Leukemia Program, Stanford Cancer Institute
Co-Director, Translational Research Program, Stanford Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology)

Irving Weissman, MD - Stanford University

Director, Institute of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Virginia & D.K. Ludwig Professor of Pathology (Stem Cell Institute) and Developmental Biology and, by courtesy, Biology

For further information, please contact:

Jennifer Howard
jmhoward@stanford.edu

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