McGowan Institute First Open Meeting
The McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine held its inaugural open meeting on Thursday, June 18, 2009. The purpose of the event was twofold: To highlight some of the Institute’s recent research accomplishments and vision for the future of regenerative medicine, and to announce the establishment of the Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration. The program included the demonstration of a prototype vision assist device (pictured at the right). Photo: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Contributors to the meeting were:
- Sunil Wadhwani, IGate Corporation
- Mark Nordenberg, Chancellor, University of Pittsburgh
- Alan Russell, PhD, Director, McGowan Institute
- Arthur Levine, MD, Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences, and Dean, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
- Joel Schuman, MD, FACS, Chairman, Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, and Director, UPMC Eye Center
- Louis J. Fox, J.D., philanthropist and entrepreneur, and Director-Seabridge Gold, Incorporated
- Gale Pollock, Major General (Ret.), CRNA, FACHE, FAAN, Executive Director, Louis J. Fox Center for Vision Restoration
- Michael Jernigan, Corporal (Ret.), United States Marines
- Peter Wearden, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cardiac Surgery, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, “Innovations in Artificial Hearts for Children”
- Eric Lagasse, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, and Ellen Goodman, Community Leader, “Cancer Research: Pursuing a Different Paradigm”
- W.P. Andrew Lee, MD, Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, “Regenerative Therapies for Wounded Soldiers”
- John Pollock, PhD, Associate Professor, Duquesne University, and Director, SEPA Regenerative Medicine Education project