Age and Longevity Conference Keynote Speakers
R. Sean Morrison, M.D., FAAHPM
Dr. R. Sean Morrison is Director of the Lilian and Benjamin Hertzberg Palliative Care Institute and the National Palliative Care Research Center, organizations devoted to improving care for persons with serious illness and their families and enhancing the knowledge base of palliative care in the United States. He is also Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine; and Hermann Merkin Professor of Palliative Medicine in the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. During 2009-2010, he served as President of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. He has been on the faculty of the Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine and Department of Medicine at Mount Sinai since 1995. Please click to see Dr. R. Sean Morrison’s presentation on “Palliative Care 2020: The Future of Palliative Care”.
Mike West, Ph.D.
Dr. West, has served as the BioTime Inc. Chief Executive Officer since 2007, and on the BioTime Inc. Board of Directors since 2002. Dr. West is also the Director of BioTime company Asterias Biotherapeutics (NYSE MKT: AST). From 1998 to 2007, he served as CEO, President, and Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology, Inc. (now Ocata Therapeutics, Nasdaq: OCAT), a company engaged in developing human stem cell technology for use in regenerative medicine. In 1990 Dr. West founded Geron Corporation (Nasdaq: GERN) of Menlo Park, California, which may have been the first regenerative medicine company. He secured investment in Geron from Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, Venrock and other venture capital firms, and for the company’s Scientific and Clinical Advisory Board he recruited Nobel Laureates Drs. Carol Greider and James Watson, as well as Leonord Hayflick and others. He also created the research consortium with Drs. James Thomson and John Gearhart that led to the first isolation of human embryonic stem cells. Please click to see Dr. Michael D. West’s 2018 presentation at The World Stem Cell Summit on “Stem Cell Innovations That Will Change the World“.