Meet The Speakers!
Scientific Advisory Committee
Associate Professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/g/gastroenterology/labs/huppert
Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Professor of Pediatrics;
Section Chief for Research
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute (Training and Education), and Associates’ Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics, at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
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Associate Professor
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado
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Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery Director, Liver Center
University of California San Francisco
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Keynote Speakers
David A. Piccoli Endowed Chair; Chief, Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology,
Hepatology and Nutrition
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Chief Scientific Officer, Child Health, Children’s Hospital Colorado and Univ. of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (CU); CU Distinguished Professor Bruce and Bev Wagner Family Endowed Chair in Child Health Research Associate Dean for Child Health Research, CU School of Medicine; Director, Colorado Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute Assistant Vice Chancellor for Clinical and Translational Science, CU Denver; Children’s Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado School of Medicine
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Invited Speakers
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Gene Therapy for Inherited Metabolic Disorders Frontier Program
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
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Associate Professor
MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh
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Professor
Skaggs, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacology and Pediatrics, University of California San Diego
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Centre for Inflammation Research, Institute for Regeneration and Repair, University of Edinburgh
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https://inflammation-research.ed.ac.uk/people/principal-investigators/dr-sofia-ferreira
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Chief Scientific Officer, Stravitz-Sanyal Institute for Metabolic Health and Liver Disease
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Professor in the Department of Pathology
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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Assistant Professor, Associate Director of the Liver Tumor Program
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cellular and Molecular Biology Graduate Program, University of Michigan
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https://www.uofmhealth.org/profile/3858/nataliya-razumilava-md
Associate Staff/Professor
Cleveland Clinic Foundation
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Research Assistant Professor
Oregon Health and Science University
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Associate Professor
Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Discussion Leaders
Associate Professor
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of
Medicine
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https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/g/gastroenterology/labs/huppert
Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics
Baylor College of Medicine
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https://www.bcm.edu/research/faculty-labs/hamed-jafar-nejad-lab
Chief, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Associate Director, The Saban Research Institute (Training and Education), and Associates’ Chair in Liver and Intestinal Research at Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Professor of Pediatrics, at the Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
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Fred and Suzanne Biesecker Professor of Pediatrics;
Section Chief for Research
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
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Director of Center for Autoimmune Liver Disease
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati Medical Center
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https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/research/divisions/g/gastroenterology/labs/miethke
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Chief, Division of Genomic Diagnostics
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the Perelman School of Medicine at The
University of Pennsylvania
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Associate Professor
UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and Children's Hospital Colorado
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Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery Director, Liver Center
University of California San Francisco
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Disease Specific Research Roundtable Discussion Leaders
Distinguished Endowed Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Emeritus Division Chief,
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of
Medicine
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https://www.med.upenn.edu/apps/faculty/index.php/g275/p13006
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Texas Children's Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine
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https://www.texaschildrens.org/find-a-provider/sanjiv-harpavat-md-phd
Professor of Molecular Hepatology
King’s College London
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https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/richard.j.thompson
Professor (w/ Tenure), Division Chief- Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
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https://childrenswi.org/physician-directory/m/mack-cara-lynn