Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir was a visionary who had a profound impact on the world of science and humanity. As a leader and pioneer in the fields of molecular imaging, early detection of cancer, and precision health, his enduring legacy can be seen in the research and innovations continuing in these fields today.
The Gambhir Symposium aims to celebrate Dr. Gambhir’s illustrious career and continue down the paths he forged by highlighting the work still ongoing in the fields he helped to cultivate. Join us to hear researchers and collaborators share current thoughts and future outlooks on Radiology.
Agenda
8:30am - 8:45am PT
Welcome
Dean Lloyd Minor
Stanford University School of Medicine
Aruna Gambhir, MS, MBA
CEO
CellSight Technologies
Joseph Wu, MD, PhD
Director, Stanford CVI and Professor of Medicine and Radiology
Stanford University
8:45am - 9:30am
Plenary / Keynote
Garry Gold, MD
Professor and Chair
Stanford Radiology
9:30am - 9:55am
Early Diagnosis: Tales from the Esophagus
Rebecca Fitzgerald, MD, FMedSci
Professor
University of Cambridge
9:55am - 10:20am
Emerging CT Technology: Photon Counting CT
David Bluemke, MD, PhD
Professor
University of Wisconsin Madison
10:20am - 10:35am
Break
10:35am - 11:00am
Radiometals in Theranostics: From Chelate Chemistry to in vivo Studies
Carolyn Anderson, PhD
Professor
University of Missouri
11:00am - 11:20am
Advances in Nuclear Imaging
Johannes Czernin, MD
Professor of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology
UCLA
11:20am - 11:50am
Trainee Programming
11:50am - 1:00pm
Lunch
1:00pm - 1:25pm
Monitoring and Modulating the Electrophysiology of the Digestive System
Todd Coleman, PhD
Associate Professor of Bioengineering
Stanford University
1:25pm - 1:50pm
Image-guidance for in vivo Cellular Control
Christopher Contag, PhD
Professor and Director
Institute for Quantitative Health Science and Engineering
Michigan State University
1:50pm - 2:15pm
Genetic Factors in Breast Cancer Screening and Imaging
Bruce Haffty, MD
Professor and Chairman
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
2:15pm - 2:30pm
Break
2:30pm - 2:55pm
Molecular Imaging: Imaging Integrins, Bench to Bedside
Julie Sutcliffe, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Hematology and Oncology
University of California Davis
2:55pm - 3:20pm
New Insights into the Bone-Fat Connection
Miriam Bredella, MD, MBA
Professor and Vice Chair of Radiology
Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital
3:20pm - 3:45pm
Cancer Immunotherapy Imaging
Umar Mahmood, MD, PhD
Professor of Radiology
Massachusetts General Hospital
3:45pm - 4:00pm
Closing Remarks
Garry Gold, MD
Professor and Chair
Stanford Radiology