University of Wisconsin Department of Surgery
1st Annual Research Summit 2009
Regenerative Medicine

 

PLEASE REGISTER ONLINE BY FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2009!

 

KEY NOTE SPEAKERS

Diane M. Simeone, MD
University of Michigan
Division Chief of Gastrointestinal Surgery
Professor of Surgery
Molecular & Integrative Physiology

Clive N. Svendsen, PhD
University of Wisconsin
Co-Director, UW Stem Cell &
Regenerative Medicine Center
Professor, Anatomy and Neurology

 

POSTER SESSION

Awards presented for Best Basic Science Poster and Best Translational/Clinical Poster.
Abstracts due no later than April 24, 2009 - 5:00 p.m.!

 

PROGRAM

Program Committee Chairs:

Luis Fernandez, MD
608-263-9903 or luisf@surgery.wisc.edu
AND
Susan Thibeault, PhD
608-263-0121 or thibeault@surgery.wisc.edu

 

Program:

AM

7:30         Continental breakfast and registration, Grand Terrace

8:15         Welcome and opening remarks, Lecture Hall
                  Herb Chen, Vice-chair for Research, Department of Surgery

8:30         Invited speaker, Lecture Hall
                  Clive Svendsen, PhD, UW Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Center, UW School of Medicine and Public Health
                  Surgery and Stem Cells: How the brain may lead the way...

9:15         UW Department of Surgery Research Update

• Sam Gubbels, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Otolaryngology
  Stem Cell Based Therapies for Hearing Loss
  
  
• Jon Odorico, MD, Associate Professor, Division of Transplantation
  Making New Beta Cells Nature's Way
  
  
• Susan Thibeault, PhD, Assistant Professor, Divsion of Otolaryngology
  Tissue Engineering the Vocal Fold Extracellular Matrix
  
  
• Luis Fernandez, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Transplantation
  Innate Immunity in Donors After Brain Death: An Experimental Approach
  
  
• Michael Schurr, MD, Professor, Section Chief of Trauma and Burn, Division of General Surgery
  Bioengineered Skin Substitutes
  

11:05         Coffee break and general poster viewing, Grand Terrace

11:15         Oral poster session, Grand Terrace

PM

12:15         Lunch, Grand Terrace

1:15         Research Update, Lecture Hall
                  Annual accomplishments in the UW Department of Surgery
                  Mary Marshall, Department Administrator

2:00         Invited speaker, Lecture Hall
                  Diane Simeone, MD, Lazar J. Greenfield Professor of Surgery and Molecular & Integrative Physiology Chief,
                  Division of Gastrointestinal Surgery, University of Michigan
                  Pancreatic Cancer Stem Cells: Implications for Therapy
                       
2:45         Coffee break and general poster viewing, Grand Terrace

3:00         UW Department of Surgery Research Update

• Josh Mezrich, MD, Assistant Professor, Divsion of Transplantation
  Dioxin, the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor, and Immunosupression
  
  
• Clifford Cho, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
  Immunological Homeostasis and Cancer
  
  
• Gregory Kennedy, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of General Surgery
  Dietary Influences of Global Transcription in the Colon
  
  
• Bo Liu, PhD, Visiting Associate Professor, Division of General Surgery
  The Role of Bone Marrow Derived Progenitors in the Development of Intimal Hyperplasia
  
  
• Peter Nichol, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Pediatric General Surgery, Division of General Surgery
  Epithelial-Mesenchymal Interactions in Intestinal Growth and Atresia Formation
  
  
• David Foley, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Transplantation
  Identifying the Role of the Nrf2-Antioxidant Response Element (ARE) Pathway in Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury
  

5:05         Closing and announcement of research prize winners
                  Herb Chen, Susan Thibeault and Luis Fernandez
                                   
5:15         Wine and cheese reception, Grand Terrace
                  Exhibitors

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For general information, please contact:

Darlene Holte
608-262-6489 or holte@surgery.wisc.edu
OR
Mary Nutt
608-263-7049 or nutt@surgery.wisc.edu

For exhibitor information, please contact:

Debra Hullett, PhD
608-263-1366 or hullett@surgery.wisc.edu

 

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