2025 EVENT SITE
WMIF MAIN SITEMonday, September 15, 2025
3:55 PM - 4:35 PM
03:55 PM - 04:35 PM
Moderator
Amy Abernethy, MD, PhD,
Cofounder, Highlander Health
Speakers
Sailu Challapalli,
SVP, Product, Life Sciences, Ecosystem, and Public Sector, Datavant
Alpa Patel, PhD,
SVP, Population Science, American Cancer Society
David Sontag, PhD,
Co-Founder & CEO, Layer Health
Marc Succi, MD,
Executive Director, MESH Incubator;
Associate Chair of Innovation & Commercialization, Mass General Brigham Radiology;
Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School
03:55 PM - 04:35 PM
Moderator
Rishi Singh, MD,
Vice President & Chief Medical Officer, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health
Speaker
Reza Dana, MD,
Director, Cornea and Refractive Surgery Service, Mass Eye and Ear;
Claes H. Dohlman Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Erin Kimbrel, PhD,
Head of Cell and Gene Therapy Research, Astellas Pharma
Nazlee Zebardast, MD,
Mass Eye and Ear;
Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
03:55 PM - 04:35 PM
Moderator
Mark Bohen,
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Mass General Brigham
Speakers
Tanya Andreadis,
Chief Marketing, Communication & Digital Officer, University of Miami
Patrick Ellinor, MD, PhD,
Executive Director, Heart and Vascular Institute, Mass General Brigham;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Adele Gulfo,
President & CEO, Biopharma Strategies and Insights
Paul Matsen,
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Cleveland Clinic
03:55 PM - 04:35 PM
Moderator
Sabrina Paganoni, MD, PhD,
Co-Director, Neurological Clinical Research Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School
Speakers
Cheri Blauwet, MD,
SVP, Chief Clinical Officer, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab;
Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine
Lily Collison,
Program Director, Gillette Children’s Healthcare Press, Gillette Children’s Hospital
Hugh Herr, PhD,
Professor, MIT Media Lab Biomechatronics Group
Regina Kline,
Founder & Managing Partner, Enable Ventures
03:55 PM - 04:35 PM
Moderator
David Ryan, MD,
President, Mass General Brigham Cancer Institute;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Speakers
Yi-Bin Chen, MD,
Director, HCTCT Program, Mass General Brigham;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Wilfred Ngwa, PhD
ARPA-H
Gianluca Pettiti,
Executive Vice President and President, Life Sciences, Diagnostics and Applied, Thermo Fisher Scientific
Lecia Sequist, MD,
Director, Cancer Early Detection and Diagnostics Program, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Landry Family Professor of Medicine in the Field of Medical Oncology, Harvard Medical School