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CAR-T and the Rise of Cellicon Valley

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Speakers


Symposium Co-Directors

Carl H June, MD

Carl H June, MD

Richard W Vague Professor in Immunotherapy
Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies
Director, Parker Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Stephan A Grupp, MD, PhD

Stephan A Grupp, MD, PhD

Director of the Cancer Immunotherapy Program and Section Chief of Cell Therapy and Transplant at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/ Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Bruce L Levine, PhD

Bruce L Levine, PhD

Barbara and Edward Netter Professor in Cancer Gene Therapy Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Deputy Director of Technology Innovation and Assessment, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies; Founding Director of Clinical Cell and Vaccine Production Facility, Perelman School
                                             of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
                                             Philadelphia, PA, USA


David L Porter, MD

David L Porter, MD

Jodi Fisher Horowitz Professor of Leukemia Care Excellence
Director of Cell Therapy and Transplantation, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA



Keynote Speaker

Steven A Rosenberg, MD, PhD

Steven A Rosenberg, MD, PhD

Chief of Surgery
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD, USA



Penn Medicine / The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Faculty

Diane Baniewicz, RN, MSN, CRNP

Diane Baniewicz, RN, MSN, CRNP

Advanced Practice Nurse
Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


David M Barrett, MD, PhD

David M Barrett, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA USA


Madeline Bell

Madeline Bell

President and Chief Executive Officer of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA USA


Nancy J Bunin, MD, PhD

Nancy J Bunin, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Colleen Callahan, RN, MSN, CRNP

Colleen Callahan, RN, MSN, CRNP

Advanced Practice Nurse
Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Anne Chew, PhD

Anne Chew, PhD

Deputy Director, Center for Cellular Immunotherapies
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Heather Difilippo, CRNP

Heather Difilippo, CRNP

Advanced Practice Nurse
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Amanda DiNofia, MD, MSCE

Amanda DiNofia, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/CHOP
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Ezekiel J Emanuel, MD, PhD

Ezekiel J Emanuel, MD, PhD

Vice Provost of Global Initiatives
Chair, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Diane v.S. Levy and Robert M. Levy University Professor of Ethics
Perelman School of Medicine and The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
                                            Philadelphia, PA, USA


Noelle V Frey, MD, MSCE

Noelle V Frey, MD, MSCE

Assistant Professor, Medicine (Hematology Oncology)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Amy Gutmann

Amy Gutmann

President of the University of Pennsylvania
Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science,
School of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Communication
in the Annenberg School for Communication
University of Pennsylvania
                                             Philadelphia, PA, USA


J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD

J. Larry Jameson, MD, PhD

Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania for the Health System
Dean, Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Janet L Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE

Janet L Kwiatkowski, MD, MSCE

Professor of Pediatrics
Director of the Thalassemia Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Megan S Lim, MD, PhD

Megan S Lim, MD, PhD

Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Director of Hematopathology, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Kevin B  Mahoney, MBA

Kevin B Mahoney, MBA

Executive Vice Dean, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Executive Vice President, University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Michael C Milone, MD, PhD

Michael C Milone, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Associate Director of Toxicology Laboratory
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Shannon L Maude, MD, PhD

Shannon L Maude, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Cancer Immunotherapy Fellowship
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA USA


Patricia Mangan, MSN, CRNP

Patricia Mangan, MSN, CRNP

Nurse Practitioner, Medicine (Hematology/Oncology)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Timothy S Olson, MD, PhD

Timothy S Olson, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Director of Research, Comprehensive Bone Marrow Failure Center
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Linda M Perry, PA-C

Linda M Perry, PA-C

Physician Assistant
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Marco Ruella, MD

Marco Ruella, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hematology Oncology)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Stephen J Schuster, MD

Stephen J Schuster, MD

Robert and Margarita Louis-Dreyfus Professor in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Lymphoma Clinical Care and Research
Director of Lymphoma Program
Director of Lymphoma Translational Research
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania / Penn Medicine
                                             Philadelphia, PA, USA


Laura Smith, MSN, CRNP

Laura Smith, MSN, CRNP

Advanced Practice Nurse
Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Kimberly L Venella, MSN, CRNP

Kimberly L Venella, MSN, CRNP

Advanced Practice Nurse
Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Yongping Wang, MD, PhD

Yongping Wang, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and
Director of the Cell and Gene Therapy Laboratory
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania/Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Elizabeth A Weber, RN, BSN

Elizabeth A Weber, RN, BSN

Cellular Therapy Coordinator
Penn Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Anne Wohlschlaeger, RN, MSN, CRNP

Anne Wohlschlaeger, RN, MSN, CRNP

Advanced Practice Nurse
Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Elizabeth A Worster, MSN, RN

Elizabeth A Worster, MSN, RN

Advanced Practice Nurse
Division of Oncology; Cellular Therapy and Transplant Section
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA, USA



Guest Speakers

Usman

Usman "Oz" Azam, MD

President and Chief Executive Officer
Tmunity Therapeutics Inc.
Philadelphia, PA, USA


Renier J Brentjens, MD, PhD

Renier J Brentjens, MD, PhD

Junior Faculty Development of Medical Oncology
Associate Chair, Department of Medicine
Director of Cellular Therapeutics
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center|
New York, NY, USA


Christine Brown, PhD

Christine Brown, PhD

Heritage Provider Network Professor in Immunotherapy
Research Professor of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation and Immuno-Oncology
Associate Director of T Cell Therapeutics Research Laboratory
City of Hope Duarte, CA, USA


David Chang, MD, PhD

David Chang, MD, PhD

President, CEO and Co-Founder
Allogene Therapeutics, Inc.
South San Francisco, CA, USA


Christina Coughlin

Christina Coughlin

Chief Medical Officer
Tmunity Therapeutics
Exton, PA, USA


David Gilham, PhD

David Gilham, PhD

Vice President Research and Development
Celyad
Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium


Kristen Harrington-Smith

Kristen Harrington-Smith

Vice President and Head of US CAR-T 
Novartis Oncology
East Hanover, NJ, USA


Michael D Keller, MD

Michael D Keller, MD

Assistant Professor
Center for Cancer and Immunology Research
Children's National Health System
Washington, CD, USA


Darrell J Irvine, PhD

Darrell J Irvine, PhD

Professor of Materials Science & Engineering and Biological Engineering
MIT Biological Engineering
Cambridge, MA, USA


Michael Klichinsky, PharmD, PhD

Michael Klichinsky, PharmD, PhD

Co-Founder & VP, Discovery Research
Carisma Therapeutics
Philadelphia, PA, USA


James N Kochenderfer, MD

James N Kochenderfer, MD

Investigator, Experimental Transplantation and Immunology
Center for Cancer Research
National Cancer Institute
Bethesda, MD, USA


Roger J Kurlander, MD

Roger J Kurlander, MD

Medical Officer
Office of Tissues and Advanced Therapies
Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Silver Spring, MD, USA


John E Levine, MD, MS

John E Levine, MD, MS

Professor of Hematology and Oncology and Pediatrics
Director of BMT Clinical Research
The Tisch Cancer Institute at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai  
New York, NY, USA


Megan Levings, PhD

Megan Levings, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics
Investigator and Lead, Childhood Diseases Research Theme
University of British Columbia/ BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Vancouver, BC


Raymond Luke

Raymond Luke

Principal Scientist, Cell MS&T
Adaptimmune LLC
Philadelphia, PA, USA


David G Maloney, MD, PhD

David G Maloney, MD, PhD

Leonard and Norma Klorfine Endowed Chair for Clinical Research, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Professor of Medicine, Division of Oncology
Medical Director of Cellular Immunotherapy
Service Medical Director, Cellular Immunotherapy, Bezos Family Immunotherapy Clinic,
                                             Seattle Cancer Care Alliance
                                             University of Washington School of Medicine/ Fred
                                             Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
                                             Seattle, WA, USA


Alexander Marson, MD, PhD

Alexander Marson, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Scientific Director of Biomedicine, Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI)
Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, USA


Richard T. Maziarz, MD

Richard T. Maziarz, MD

Professor of Medicine
Knight Cancer Institute
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR, USA


Bruce McCreedy, PhD

Bruce McCreedy, PhD

Senior Vice President, Immuno-Oncology
Precision Biosciences
Durham, NC, USA


Viera Muzithras

Viera Muzithras

Executive Director, Regulatory Affairs
Celgene Corporation
Summit, NJ, USA


Sattva S Neelapu, MD

Sattva S Neelapu, MD

Professor of Lymphoma/Myeloma
Deputy Department Chair ad interim, Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Division of Cancer Medicine
Director of Laboratory and Translational Research, Lymphoma/Myeloma
Director of Lymphoma Tissue Bank
                                             The University of Texas Health /MD Anderson
                                             Cancer Center
                                             Houston, TX, USA


Martin Pule, MB BCh, MRCP

Martin Pule, MB BCh, MRCP

Faculty of Medical Sciences
Clinical Senior Lecturer Honorary Consultant in Haematology
Research Department of Haematology
Cancer Institute
University College London/ Institutional Research Information Service
                                             Gower Street, London, UK


David J Rawlings, MD

David J Rawlings, MD

Professor of Pediatrics; Director of Center for Immunity and Immunotherapies, Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Chief, Immunology Division and Adjunct Professor of Immunology, Seattle Children’s Hospital
Seattle, WA, USA


Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD

Katy Rezvani, MD, PhD

Professor of Stem Cell Transplantation
Director of Translational Research, Stem Cell Transplantation
The University of Texas/ MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX, USA


Greg Russotti

Greg Russotti

Vice President of Cell Therapy Technical Development
Celgene Corporation
Warren, NJ, USA

 


Travis S Young, PhD

Travis S Young, PhD

Vice President of Biologics 
Calibr at Scripps Research
La Jolla, CA, USA