SELECTBIO - Clinical & Surgical Translation of Adult Stem Cells Keynote Speakers

Home

Agenda

Keynote Speakers

Registration

Exhibition

Venue

Training Courses

Mark Berman

Past President, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery; Medical Director, California Stem Cell Treatment Center

Mark practices cosmetic surgery in Beverly Hills, California. He was the 2010 President of the American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery. In 2011, he and Elliot Lander, MD, started the California Stem Cell Treatment Center and later co-founded the Cell Surgical Network (CSN) advancing this work among colleagues throughout the world. He and his wife, Saralee, have a son, Sean, who recently graduated from Amherst College and currently is a grad-student and quarterback at Louisiana Tech University.

Edward Lanphier

CEO, Sangamo Biosciences Inc

Edward Lanphier is the founder of Sangamo BioSciences, and has served as president, chief executive officer and a member of the Board of Directors since the company’s inception in 1995. He has over 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry including senior management positions at Somatix Therapy Corporation, BioGrowth, Inc., Biotherapeutics, Inc., and Synergen, Inc. Before joining Synergen, he was employed by Eli Lilly and Company in the strategic business planning-biotechnology group. Mr. Lanphier is currently the Chairman of the Board and Executive Committee of the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine, the preeminent global advocate for regenerative and advanced therapies. He also serves on the Board of Directors of The Biotechnology Institute, the Board of Trustees of The Buck Institute for Research on Aging, is a member of the Industry Advisory Board for the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and is on the Dean’s Advisory Board of the University of Michigan School of Public Health. Mr. Lanphier has a B.A. in biochemistry from Knox College.

Fred Levine

Professor, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute

Dr. Fred Levine is Professor at the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute in La Jolla, California. Professor Levine received his BA at Harvard University followed by MD and PhD degrees at the University of Washington. Currently, Professor Levine is Professor and Director, Sanford Children’s Health Research Center, Burnham Institute for Medical Research.

Stuart Williams

Director, University of Louisville

Dr. Stuart Williams received his Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of Delaware followed by postdoctoral training in Pathology at the Yale School of Medicine.
During the period 1980 to 1990 he held a faculty appointment at Jefferson Medical College where he was Director of Research in the Department of Surgery.
In 1990 Dr. Williams joined the faculty at the University of Arizona and established the Section of Surgical Research in the Department of Surgery.
In 1997 he founded the University of Arizona Biomedical Engineering Program creating a research and educational link between the Medical School and College of Engineering. He held faculty positions jointly in Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Physiology and Materials Science and Engineering. In 2007 Dr. Williams was selected as the Scientific Director of the newly established Cardiovascular Innovation Institute, a partnership between Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville in Louisville Kentucky. Dr. Williams’ research interests have focused on medical devices, regenerative medicine and infection control. He developed and patented the first methods to use fat-derived stem cells for therapeutic use. He developed the Bioficial Organs Program in Louisville with a focus on 3D printing of orgrans.
Dr. Williams has authored over 300 scientific publications.
His entrepreneurial spirit has resulted in 18 issued US patents with numerous patents pending. He has founded four biotechnology companies, maintained active managerial positions and has been an active consultant to the medical device and pharmaceutical community.
He is a Fellow of the American Heart Association and a Fellow of the American Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering.