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March 16th
Forum:
CIMIT Young Clinician Research Awards Forum and Reception
Forum Program:
MODERATOR: DONALD E. INGBER, MD, PHD
Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular Biology in Pathology and Surgery at Harvard Medical School and Children’s Hospital Boston. He is also a Professor of Bioengineering at Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Founding Director of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University; Former CIMIT Site Miner, Children’s Hospital Boston
SPEAKER: DANIEL S. KOHANE, MD, PhDFunctional and Structural Imaging to Optimize Brain Tumor Resection
SPEAKER: ALEXANDRA GOLBY, MD
Associate Surgeon and Director of Image Guided Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Optically- guided Differential Diagnosis in Thyroid Nodules
SPEAKER: JENNIFER ROSEN, MD, FACS
The Laszlo N. Tauber Assistant Professor of Surgery, Boston University School of Medicine
PANELISTS:
JOHN BROOKS, III
Founder, Healthcare Capital Consulting
NESSAN BERMINGHAM, PHD
Founder & Managing Partner, Bioequity Capital
BETH NICKLAS, ESQ
Vice President and Counsel for Academic and Research Programs, Mass Life Sciences Center
JOHN HALLER, PHD (Invited)
Program Director, Division of Applied Science and Technology, National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Reception:
Stories:
Hear how this award has enabled two clinicians to advance their research.
Mission: To establish the first standard of care for local tumor recurrence prevention following surgery
SPEAKER: YOLONDA COLSON, MD, PHD
Attending Cardiothoracic Surgeon, Division of Thoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital; Director of the Women’s Lung Cancer Program and Associate Professor in Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Experience in testing and validating a simplified wound therapy device in Haiti.
SPEAKER: ROBERT RIVIELLO, MD
Instructor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School; Trauma and Acute Care General Surgeon, Brigham and Women's Hospital
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Hosted Posters: 2009 Award Recipients
Meet the recipients of the Young Clinician Awards and learn about their research.
Read more about CIMIT Young Clinician Awards.
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PLEASE NOTE: Speakers & topics in the distant future can change easily.
Please check this list weekly for updates.
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SPEAKERS:
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JAY SCHNITZER
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MODERATOR: BARBARA MCNEIL
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At BWH
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4.13.10
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SPEAKERS:
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At MGH
4.20.10
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