More details on MSC2009 will be posted as we finalize the conference program.

Want to be involved in the planning and implementation of MSC2009? We welcome volunteers for session chairs, suggestions for speakers, and feedback on topics you'd like to hear about. Contact Michael Gilkey at registration@mscconference.net or 1-216-386-2079 to become a part of MSC2009 today.

Take a look back at MSC2007 for an idea of what to expect at MSC2009...

MSC2007 • List of Invited Speakers and Session Chairs:

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Anthony Atala, M.D.
Professor, Chair, Department of Urology
Director, Institute for Regenerative Medicine
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Frank Barry, Ph.D.
Professor of Cellular Therapy
Scientific Director, Regenerative Medicine Institute
National University of Ireland
Galway, Ireland

Paolo Bianco, Ph.D.
Dipartimento di Biopatologia Umana
Universita La Sapienza
Roma, Italy

Dominique Bonnet, Ph.D.
Senior Group Leader, Cancer Research UK
London Research Institute
Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories
London, England

Arnold Caplan, Ph.D.
Director, Skeletal Research Center
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Michael Chopp, Ph.D.
Vice Chair, Department of Neurology
Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Stanley Dannemiller, D.V.M., M.S.
Director, Biological Resources Unit
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Robert Deans, Ph.D.
Senior VP of Regenerative Medicine
Athersys, Inc
Cleveland, Ohio

Stanton Gerson, M.D.
Director, National Center for Regenerative Medicine
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Farshid Guilak, Ph.D.
Director, Orthopaedic Bioengineering Laboratory
Department of Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina

Robert Harman, D.V.M., M.P.V.M.
President and CEO
Vet-Stem, Inc.
Poway, California

Marc Hedrick, M.D.
President
Cytori Therapeutics, Inc.
San Diego, California

Wolfgang Hofgartner, M.D.
Vice President, Research
Celgene Cellular Therapeutics
Summit, New Jersey

Armand Keating, M.D.
Director, Division of Hematology, Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto
Chief of Medical Services
Princess Margaret Hospital
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hillard Lazarus, M.D.
Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program
Ireland Cancer Center
University Hospitals Case Medical Center
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Katarina Le Blanc, M.D.
Department of Clinical Immunology
Karolinska Institute
Stockholm, Sweden

Robert Miller, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

C. Randal Mills, Ph.D.
President and CEO
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland

George Muschler, M.D.
Director, Clinical Tissue Engineering Center
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute
Cleveland, Ohio

Jan Nolta, Ph.D.
Director, Stem Cell Program
University of California at Davis
Sacramento, California

Marc Penn, M.D.
Director, Bakken Heart-Brain Institute
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio

Mark Pittenger, Ph.D.
Capricore Inc.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Linda Powers , J.D.
Toucan Capital Corporation
Johns Hopkins University
Bethesda, Maryland

Darwin Prockop, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, Center for Gene Therapy
Tulane University Health Science Center
New Orleans, Louisiana

Mahendra Rao, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice President, Regenerative Medicine
Invitrogen, Inc.
Carlsbad, California

Pablo Rubenstein, M.D.
Director, New York Blood Center
National Cord Blood Program
New York, New York

Paul Simmons, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Stem Cell Institute
Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas

Alan Smith, Ph.D.
President and COO
Cognate Bioservices, Inc
Baltimore, Maryland

Luis Solchaga, Ph.D.
Scientific Director
Blood and Marrow Processing Laboratory
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Core Facility
Case Comprehensive Cancer Center
Cleveland, Ohio

Alan Trounson, MSc. Ph.D.
Professor of Stem Cell Sciences
Director, Monash Immunology and Stem Cell
Laboratories (MISCL) Monash University
Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Catherine Verfaillie, M.D.
Director, Stem Cell Institute Leuven
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Atrecht College
Leuven, Belgium

Peter Wernet, M.D., Ph.D.
Institute for Transplantation and Cell Therapeutics
Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf / University Medical Center
Duesseldorf, Germany

Keith Wonnacott, Ph.D.
Chief, Cellular Therapies Branch
FDA/Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
Rockville, Maryland

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