2012 Keynote Speakers
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Commodore Hans W. Jung Surgeon General; Commander, Canadian Forces Health Services Group |
VADM Matthew L. Nathan Surgeon General, US Navy; Chief, US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
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Kirsty Duncan Member of Canadian Parliament; |
Kevin Lobo Group President, Orthopaedics
Stryker Corporation
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Topics covered by world leaders in the fields of:
- Neurosurgery (e.g. Image Guided Therapy/intervention, brain tumors and intraoperative navigation, nanoneurosurgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, minimally invasive therapy, vascular neurosurgery, functional neurosurgery, neurotrauma/military medicine, surgical simulation…..)
- Neurology (e.g. Movement Disorders, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurooncology, Neuromodulation, epilepsy, autism, brain and spinal cord function….)
- Psychiatry (e.g. medical imaging for psychiatric conditions such as schizophrenia, depression, PTSD…)
- Radiology (e.g. fMRI, PET, Nuclear medicine, MR SPEC, MR-PET, DTI, CT-PET, Focused Ultrasound, SQUID MRI, ultra high/low MRI…)
- Neuroscience (e.g. stem cell, molecular neuroscience, image guided mapping of genes, proteomics, genomics, neurophysiology,…)
- Neuroengineering (e.g. biomaterial & tissue engineering, human brain Machine Interface, brain and spinal cord devices, nanomedicine, extraterrestrial/space medicine & clinical practice, software engineering, electrical and material engineering, aeronautic engineering/space medicine and Radiation Physics/Oncology as well as robotics)
- Nano-Bio-Electronics (e.g. integration of Stem cell/cellular therapy with nanotechnology, medical devices and imaging)
- Spinal Cord (e.g. regeneration, stem cell, imaging, implants and biologics and imaging….)
- Policy (e.g. healthcare policy issues that affect the treatment delivery, and usage of certain devices/drugs/imaging technologies, FDA regulations and reimbursements, federal and regional regulation impacting healthcare delivery and research funding….)
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2011 Interviews
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Martin Pera, Ph.D. Director Ellie Board Stem Cell Center USC School of Medicine |
Allyson Rosen, Ph.D. Psychologist VA Palo Alto Health Care System |
Mitchel Berger, M.D. Chairman of Neurosurgery UCSF, School of Medicine |
Patrick Johnson, M.D. Spine Foundation Cedars Sinai, Medical Center |
2011 Keynote Speakers
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VADM Adam M. Robinson, Jr. Vice Admiral, 36th Surgeon General of Navy, Chief Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery |
Kaigham (Ken) J. Gabriel Deputy Director of Defense Advanced research Project Agency (DARPA)
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Rocco Armonda Neurosurgery Consortium at National Naval MEDCEN and Walter Reed Army MEDCEN |
Ramon (Ray) Lugo III Director of NASA Glenn Research Center |
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| 2011 Award Recipients |
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| Beacon of Courage and Dedication Award |
Pioneer in Medicine Award |
Humanitarian Award |
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Gabrielle Giffords U.S. House of Representatives, Arizona (D), 8th District |
Minoru Freund Director of Research, NASA Ames |
Patrick Soon Shiong Chairman/ CEO, Healthcare Transformation Institute |
Henry Marsh St.George’s Hospital, London, UK |
Rocco Armonda Neurosurgery Consortium at National Naval MEDCEN and Walter Reed Army MEDCEN |
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Director of NASA Ames Research Center
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