Speakers

Speakers at the Conference included the foremost experts on adult stem cells, Church officials, leading bioethicists, and policy makers. Keynote speakers included Tommy Thompson, the former Secretary of Health and Human Services of the United States. Speakers were selected based on their expertise and achievements as well as their ability to communicate their work and ideas clearly.

To view the speakers bios, click the name of the speaker in the right column. Please note that the biographies of the speakers and moderators have not been updated since the date of the conference.

Conference Speakers

• Andrew L. Pecora, M.D.
• Anthony Atala, M.D.
• Anthony J. Cernera, Ph.D.
• Arthur Leonard Caplan, Ph.D.
• Atul R. Chugh. M.D.
• Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi
• Charles Melber
• Christopher J. Centeno, M.D.
• Claudio Bordignon, M.D.
• David A. Prentice, PhD
• Douglas W. Losordo, MD
• Fr. Nicanor Pier Giorgio Austriaco, O.P.
• H.E. Msgr. Ignacio Carrasco de Paula
• H.E. Msgr. Vincenzo Paglia
• Heather Abrams
• Hung-Fat Tse, M.D., Ph.D.
• John Wagner, MD
• Keith D. Crawford, M.D., Ph.D.
• Keith L. March, M.D., Ph.D.
• Kevin T. FitzGerald, S.J., Ph.D., Ph.D.
• Mariusz Z. Ratajczak, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sci
• Maximo G. Gomez, Ph.D.
• Mitchell Cairo, MD
• Nadia Rosenthal, PhD
• Neil Scolding, Ph.D.
• Peter Coffey, Ph.D.
• Peter Hollands, Ph.D.
• Phillip R. Sloan, Ph.D.
• Reverend Tomasz Trafny
• Richard K. Burt, M.D.
• Robert A. Preti, Ph.D.
• Robert J. Hariri, M.D., Ph.D.
• Robin L. Smith, MD, MBA
• Sharon Porter
• Stephen D. Nimer, MD
• Stephen Sprague
• The Honorable Tommy G. Thompson
• Wayne A. Marasco, M.D., Ph.D.