Medicine’s Hottest Topics – Block I of IV

Concurrent Events

• 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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  Oncology's New Paradigm: Technology

  Moderators

  Keith Flaherty, MD

  Director of Clinical Research, Mass General Cancer Center;

  Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  Jason Zemansky, PhD

  SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research

  Panelists

  Jonathan Carlson, MD, PhD

  Director of Chemistry, Center for Systems Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  Gad Getz, PhD

  Director of Bioinformatics, Krantz Center for Cancer Research and Department of Pathology;

  Paul C. Zamecnik Chair in Cancer Research, Mass General Cancer Center;

  Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School

  Russell Jenkins, MD, PhD

  Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Mass General Cancer Center, Center for Melanoma;

  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  Gregory Simon

  President, Simonovation

  Shannon Stott, PhD

  Associate Investigator, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research;

  d'Arbeloff Research Scholar, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

• 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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  GLP-1s: How Far Will They Go?

  Moderators

  Tazeen Ahmad

  SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research

  Fatima Cody Stanford, MD

  Obesity Medicine Physician Scientist, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

  Panelists

  Caroline Apovian, MD

  Co-Director, Center for Weight Management and Wellness, Brigham and Women's Hospital;

  Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  Vanita Aroda, MD

  Director, Diabetes Clinical Research, Brigham and Women's Hospital;

  Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

  Paul LaViolette

  Managing Partner & COO, SV Health Investors

• 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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  Generative AI: Breakthrough Research and Limitations

  Moderators

  Adam Landman, MD

  Chief Information Officer & SVP, Digital, Mass General Brigham;

  Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

  Alec Stranahan, PhD

  SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research

  Panelists

  Katherine Andriole, PhD

  Director of Academic Research and Education, Mass General Brigham Data Science Office;

  Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

  David Blumenthal, MD

  Professor of Practice of Public Health and Health Policy, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health;

  Research Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government;

  Samuel O. Thier Professor of Medicine, Emeritus, Harvard Medical School

  Faisal Mahmood, PhD

  Associate Professor, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School

  William Morris, MD

  Chief Medical Information Officer, Google Cloud

• 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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  Gene and Cell Therapy's Unlimited Potential

  Moderators

  Roger Hajjar, MD

  Director, Gene & Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham

  Charlie Yang, PhD

  Large/SMid-Cap Biotech and Major Pharma Analyst, BofA Global Research

  Nathan Yozwiak, PhD

  Head of Research, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham

  Panelists

  Samarth Kulkarni, PhD

  CEO, CRISPR Therapeutics

  Peter Marks, MD, PhD

  Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA

  Marcela Maus, MD, PhD

  Director of Cellular Therapy and Paula O’Keeffe Chair in Cancer Research, Krantz Family Center for Cancer Research and Mass General Cancer Center;

  Associate Director, Gene and Cell Therapy Institute, Mass General Brigham;

  Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School

  Joanne Smith-Farrell, PhD

  CEO & Director, Be Biopharma

• 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM

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  Xenotransplant: Game Changing Organ Replacement

  Moderators

  Jason Gerberry

  Specialty Pharma and SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Global Research

  Joren Madsen, MD, PhD

  Director, MGH Transplant Center;

  Paul S. Russell/Warner-Lambert Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

  Panelists

  Tatsuo Kawai, MD, PhD

  Director of the Legorreta Center for Clinical Transplantation Tolerance,

  A.Benedict Cosimi Chair in Transplant Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

  Richard Pierson III, MD

  Scientific Director, Center for Transplantation Sciences, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

  Leonardo Riella, MD, PhD

  Medical Director of Kidney Transplantation, Massachusetts General Hospital;

  Harold and Ellen Danser Endowed Chair in Transplantation, Harvard Medical School