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FAMILY AND DELEGATE SEATING Family seating and standing room is available in seating designated by the RED areas. Seats in the BLUE areas are reserved for delegates. Commemorative Agenda National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists GREATNESS AWAITS CONGRESS of FUTURE MEDICAL LEADERS June 25, 26, and 27, 2018 National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists Facebook.com/FutureDocsNow • @FutureDocsNow • #FutureDocsNow 617-307-7425 • FutureDocs.com • [email protected] BOHDAN POMAHAC, M.D. MonDAY • JUNE 25 Harvard Medical School GREATNESS AWAITS Professor; Director, COLOR GUARD PRESENTATION— Plastic Surgery U.S.S. CONSTITUTION COLOR GUARD Transplantation Program Bohdan Pomahac, M.D., MARIO CAPECCHI, Ph.D. RICHARD ROSSI SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM established the Plastic Science Director, National Master of Ceremonies, —BENJAMIN BLICKHAN, PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS Surgery Transplantation program at Brigham Academy of Future Congress of Future Medical and Women’s Hospital, the nation’s leading Physicians and Medical Leaders; Founder and SHREE BOSE center for face transplantation. In 2009, Scientists; Winner, 2007 Executive Director, National Grand Prize Winner, 2011 Dr. Pomahac’s team performed the second Nobel Prize in Physiology Academy of Future Physicians Google Science Fair; partial face transplant in the country. After or Medicine; Winner, 2003 Wolf Prize in and Medical Scientists Co-founder, Piper the successful transplantation, he was Medicine; Winner, 2001 Lasker Award; Richard Rossi serves as President and At age 17, Shree Bose awarded numerous contracts and grants Recipient, 2001 National Medal of Science; Executive Director of the National Academy triumphed over 10,000 from the Department of Defense to perform Mario Capecchi, Ph.D., a biophysicist, is a of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. competitors to become the Grand Prize Winner and investigate the outcomes of face Distinguished Professor of Human Genetics Mr. Rossi is a co-founder of two of the world’s of the frst-ever Google Global Science Fair transplantation. In March 2011, he led the at the University of Utah School of Medicine. largest and most prestigious enrichment in 2011. For her winning research, Ms. Bose surgical team that performed the frst full face discovered how ovarian cancer cells grow He is best known for his groundbreaking programs for high-achieving students. transplant in the country. Dr. Pomahac and resistant to a chemotherapy drug called work in gene targeting in mouse embryo- During the 27 years of Mr. Rossi’s guidance, his collaborators are currently investigating cisplatin. Her work has opened up new derived stem cells. He was awarded the 2007 more than 650,000 primary, middle school, immune tolerance protocols, outcomes of face Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along secondary school and college students from avenues for research and medicine, and she has presented to former President Obama and and hand transplants, as well as perfusion with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies, for more than 118 countries attended these directors of the National Institutes of Health. systems for maintenance of tissue viability. their work in fnding ways to manipulate the academic programs focusing on leadership Ms. Bose is also a passionate advocate for mammalian genome by inserting new genes and career development. One program was better STEM education, and is the co-founder CARMEN BLANDIN TARLETON into cells. This research led to the breeding designed to honor, inspire, and motivate the of Piper, a company creating education toys Recipient of one of the world’s of “knockout mice” and “knock-in mice,” nation’s most promising future physicians. for kids. Ms. Bose is currently attending Duke frst full face transplants animals with a single gene removed or More than 100,000 students graduated from University School of Medicine where she is On June 10, 2007, Carmen inserted. Dr. Capecchi’s knockout mice allow this medical program, and many now serve in pursuing a dual M.D./Ph.D. Blandin Tarleton’s estranged scientists complete freedom regarding how to leading medical positions around the world. husband broke into her manipulate the DNA sequences in the genome In 2009, Mr. Rossi co-created one of the ARA SUPPIAH, M.D. rural Vermont home, beat her of living mice. His research interests include largest gatherings of high-achieving youth Functional Sports with a baseball bat, and doused her with analysis of early mouse development, neural in Washington history: 15,300 young men Medicine Expert industrial-strength lye. Doctors called it “the development in mammals, gene therapy, and and women came together to experience the Ara Suppiah, M.D., is a most horrifc injury a human being could production of murine models of human genetic historic nature of President Barack Obama’s lifelong athlete seeking to suffer.” Ms. Tarleton spent the next three-and- diseases. frst inauguration. Mr. Rossi serves on the answer the question, “How a-half months in a medically induced coma, Board of Directors of Pinnacle Care, a can I make an elite athlete perform at his or her and when she awoke, it was to an unimaginable prominent private health advisory company in fullest potential, consistently, without breaking reality: she was blind and permanently Baltimore, Maryland. He now devotes himself down?” That quest led him to create Functional disfgured, with burns covering more than 80% to the National Academy of Future Physicians Sports Medicine, a practice of medicine based of her body. With so much taken away, no and Medical Scientists and other academic on amending the six pillars of dysfunction. In one could have anticipated what Ms. Tarleton programs on a full-time basis. March 2014, Dr. Suppiah was appointed as would gain from her experience: an awakening, the frst Medical Analyst on NBC Sports’ Golf a purpose, and joy. By sharing her struggles Channel. Dr. Suppiah has been a physician on and ultimate victory over catastrophic loss, Ms. the European Tour, the PGA Tour, and multiple Tarleton proves that life is a choice and offers a Ryder Cup teams. Currently, he remains a rare glimpse into the best and worst corners of highly sought-after sports physician on the the human heart. PGA Tour, the LPGA Tour, and the USTA. Dr. Suppiah practices as an ER physician at Florida Hospital. 2 3 BOHDAN POMAHAC, M.D. MonDAY • JUNE 25 Harvard Medical School GREATNESS AWAITS Professor; Director, COLOR GUARD PRESENTATION— Plastic Surgery U.S.S. CONSTITUTION COLOR GUARD Transplantation Program Bohdan Pomahac, M.D., MARIO CAPECCHI, Ph.D. RICHARD ROSSI SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM established the Plastic Science Director, National Master of Ceremonies, —BENJAMIN BLICKHAN, PRAIRIE VILLAGE, KS Surgery Transplantation program at Brigham Academy of Future Congress of Future Medical and Women’s Hospital, the nation’s leading Physicians and Medical Leaders; Founder and SHREE BOSE center for face transplantation. In 2009, Scientists; Winner, 2007 Executive Director, National Grand Prize Winner, 2011 Dr. Pomahac’s team performed the second Nobel Prize in Physiology Academy of Future Physicians Google Science Fair; partial face transplant in the country. 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He was awarded the 2007 more than 650,000 primary, middle school, immune tolerance protocols, outcomes of face Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, along secondary school and college students from avenues for research and medicine, and she has presented to former President Obama and and hand transplants, as well as perfusion with Martin Evans and Oliver Smithies, for more than 118 countries attended these directors of the National Institutes of Health. systems for maintenance of tissue viability. their work in fnding ways to manipulate the academic programs focusing on leadership Ms. Bose is also a passionate advocate for mammalian genome by inserting new genes and career development. One program was better STEM education, and is the co-founder CARMEN BLANDIN TARLETON into cells. This research led to the breeding designed to honor, inspire, and motivate the of Piper, a company creating education toys Recipient of one of the world’s of “knockout mice” and “knock-in mice,” nation’s most promising future physicians. for kids. Ms. Bose is currently attending Duke frst full face transplants animals with a single gene removed or More than 100,000 students graduated from University School of Medicine where she is On June 10, 2007, Carmen inserted. Dr. Capecchi’s knockout mice allow this medical program, and many now serve in pursuing a dual M.D./Ph.D. Blandin Tarleton’s estranged scientists complete freedom regarding how to leading medical positions around the world. husband broke into her manipulate the DNA sequences in the genome In 2009, Mr.
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