2013 Conference Speakers

This high profile event was moderated by Meredith Vieira from NBC News, Bill Hemmer from The Fox News Channel and Dr. Max Gomez of CBS‐TV. Peggy Noonan of The Wall Street Journal moderated an exciting panel on ‘The Politics, Perceptions & Promise’ of stem cell therapies.  Recent Nobel Prize Winner Sir John Gurdon addressed the audience. Speakers included more than 40 stem cell scientists, patients, ethicists, political leaders, and Church officials.

Please note that the biographies of speakers and moderators archived here have not been updated since the conference was held.

Conference Speakers

• Amitabha Mazumder, M.D.
• Andreas Michael Zeiher, M.D.
• Andrew L. Pecora, M.D.
• Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D.
• Antonio Gioacchino Spagnolo, M.D.
• Bill Hemmer
• C. Randal Mills, Ph.D.
• Camillo Ricordi, M.D.
• Catherine Vaczy
• Charles Cox, Jr., M.D.
• Chris Mason, M.D., Ph.D.
• Christopher J. Centeno, M.D.
• David C. Hess, M.D.
• Dolores Baksh, Ph.D.
• Don Robinson
• Dong H. Kim, M.D.
• Donna Skerrett, M.D.
• Douglas W. Losordo, MD
• Edward Tenthoff
• Edwin Horwirz, M.D, Ph.D.
• Emerson C. Perin, M.D., Ph.D.
• Francesco Ferrari
• Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
• Gil Van Bokkelen, Ph.D.
• Jaime Guevara-Aguirre, M.D.
• Jim Danhakl
• Jonathan R. T. Lakey, Ph.D.
• Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, M.D.
• Sir John Gurdon, F.R.S.
• Malik M. Hasan, M.D.
• Maria Angelini
• Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sci
• Martin Bednar, M.D., Ph.D.
• Max G. Gomez, Ph.D.
• Meredith Vieira
• Neil Warma, MBA
• Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P., Ph.D.
• Nir Barzilai, M.D.
• Senator Norm Coleman
• Norman Alexander Apolo-Ramirez
• Paolo De Coppi, M.D., Ph.D.
• Peggy Noonan
• Piero Anversa, M.D.
• Phillip R. Sloan, Ph.D.
• Prana Rameshwar, Ph.D.
• Richard K. Burt, M.D.
• Richard M. Cohen
• Robert A. Preti, Ph.D.
• Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D.
• Robin L. Smith, MD, MBA
• Robin R. Young, C.F.A.
• Ronald A. DePinho, M.D.
• Roxane Julia Beygi
• Saud A. Sadiq, M.D.
• Stephen D. Nimer, MD
• Monsignor Tomasz Trafny
• The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson
• Valter Longo, Ph.D.
• Vincent C. Giampapa, M.D.
• Wayne A. Marasco, M.D., Ph.D.
• William B. Hurlbut, M.D.