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…Building the science of our future

Keynote Speakers

Mamatha Bhat

Hepatologist, Co-Lead of Transplant AI initiative, Ajmera Transplant Centre, University Health Network
Associate Professor/Director, Clinician-Scientist Training Program, Dept of Medicine, University of Toronto
Partnerships & Engagement Lead, Temerty Center for AI Research & Education in Medicine
Faculty Affiliate, Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence 

Raja Kandaswamy

Sutherland-Butterfield Professor in Immunology and Transplantation
Vice-Chief, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery
Director, Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Programs
Director, Multi-Organ Transplant Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Solid Organ Transplant Unit, UMMC
University of Minnesota

A.M. James Shapiro

Canada Research Chair in Transplantation Surgery and Regenerative Medicine
University of Alberta 

Hao Yin

Vice President, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
Chief Director, Organ Transplant Center, Shanghai Changzheng Hospital
President of the Asian Pancreas and Islet Transplantation Association (APITA)
Deputy Chair, Pancreas-Islet-Small Intestine Transplantation Group, Chinese Society of Organ Transplantation, Chinese Medical Association
Founder of Asia’s leading Islet transplantation center, PI of the world’s first autologous stem cell-derived islet transplantation
Chief Scientist of both the National Science and Technology Major Project / the National Key Research and Development Program of China
Published more than 50 papers in prestigious academic journals such as Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, Nature Metabolism, Advanced Science, and Cell Discovery.