2025 EVENT SITE
WMIF MAIN SITETuesday, September 16, 2025
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Moderator
Brian Edlow, MD,
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Neurology, Mass General Brigham;
Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Speakers
Noah Bartsch,
EVP, Clinical & Regulatory Affairs, Paradromics
Leigh Hochberg, MD, PhD
Director, Center for Neurotechnology and Neurorecovery, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Senior Lecturer on Neurology, Harvard Medical School
Daniela Lamas, MD,
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Bruce Rosen, MD, PhD,
Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Mass General Brigham;
Laurence Lamson Robbins Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Moderator
Gerard Doherty, MD,
Chair of Surgery, Mass General Brigham;
Moseley Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Speakers
Mike Blue,
President & CEO, HistoSonics
Gretchen Jackson, MD, PhD,
Vice President & Scientific Medical Officer, Intuitive Surgical
Paul LaViolette,
Managing Partner, SV Health Investors
Jiping Wang, MD, PhD,
Research Director, Division of Surgical Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital;
Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Moderator
Keith Flaherty, MD,
Director of Clinical Research, Mass General Cancer Center;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Speakers
Liron Bar-Peled, PhD,
Rullo Family Endowed Chair for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Michael Mihm, PhD,
Asset Lead, Astellas Pharma
Vincent Miller, MD,
Life Sciences and Drug Development;
Senior Strategic Advisor, LiquidCellDx;
Executive Chairman, Board of Directors, One Biosciences
Aparna Parikh, MD,
Program Director, Colorectal Cancer and Global Cancer Care, Mass General Brigham;
Chief Scientist and Co-Founder at Reversing Early Recurrence (RER);
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
10:00 AM - 10:40 AM
Emerging Treatments
Moderators
Tim Anderson, MD,
Pharmaceutical Analyst, BofA Securities
Alec Stranahan,
SMid-Cap Biotech Analyst, BofA Securities
Speaker
Justin Gainor, MD,
Program Director, Center for Thoracic Cancers, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Rebecca Heist, MD,
Associate Director of Clinical Research, Mass General Cancer Center;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Zofia Piotrowska, MD,
Massachusetts General Hospital;
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School