TOXINS 2022 Speakers

Alberto Albanese, MD

Professor
Humanitas Research Hospital
Rozzano
Milan
Italy

Philipp Albrecht, MD

Professor of Neurology
Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
North Rhine-Westphalia
Germany

Marc Allard, PhD

Research Microbiologist
Office of Regulatory Science
Food and Drug Administration
College Park, Maryland
United States

Katharine Alter, MD

Medical Director
Functional and Applied Biomechanics Section
Senior Clinician
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
United States

Charenya Anandan, MD

Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
United States

Nadine Attal, MD, PhD

Associate Professor
Pain Center at Ambroise Paré Hospital
Boulogne-Billancourt
Hauts de Seine
France

Joseph Barbieri, PhD

Professor
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
United States

Julie Bass-Kaplan, FNP-BC, NP-C, MSN, CANS, CPSN, HCMT, PHN

President/Founder
Disappearing Act Laser and Skin Rejuvenation
JBK Aesthetics
Redding, California
United States

Andrew Blitzer, MD, DDS

Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Director
New York Center for Voice and Swallowing Disorders
Head and Neck Surgical Group
New York, New York
United States

Travis Blum, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow
Merkin Institute of Transformative Technologies in Healthcare
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts
United States

Gary Borodic, MD

Assistant Professor Ophthalmology
Harvard Medical School
Executive Medical Director
Associated Eye Physicians and Surgeons
Consultant Oculoplastic Surgery and Related Diseases
Quincy, Massachusetts
United States

Chris Boulias, MD, PhD, FRCP(C)

West Park Healthcare Centre University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Francisco Cardoso, MD

Professor
UFMG – Brazil
Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais
Brazil

Robert Chen, MD

Professor of Medicine (Neurology)
University of Toronto
Krembil Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Nicholas Coles, PhD

Social Science Research Scholar
Stanford University
Stanford, California
United States

Cynthia Comella, MD

Professor Emeritus
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois
United States

Roger Dmochowski, MD

Professor of Urology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
United States

Min Dong, PhD

Associate Professor
Harvard Medical School
Boston Children’s Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
United States

Alberto Esquenazi, MD

Enterprise SVP for Rehabilitation and Post-Acute Care
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals
Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
United States

Eric Finzi, MD, PhD

CEO
Healis Therapeutics
Kensington, Maryland
United States

Gerard Francisco, MD

Professor and Chair
UT Health
McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas
United States

Parisa Gazerani, PharmD, PhD

Associate Professor
Department of Life Sciences and Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Oslo Metropolitan University
Norway

Dee Anna Glaser, MD

Professor
Department of Dermatology
Internal Medicine, ENT
Vice Chairman and Director of Clinical Research
Department of Dermatology
Saint Louis University School of Medicine
St. Louis, Missouri
United States

Mark Gormley, MD

Associate Medical Director of Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Gillette Children’s Specialty Healthcare
St. Paul, Minnesota
United States

Jean-Michel Gracies, MD, PhD

Professor and Chair of Neurorehabilitation
Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor
Créteil
France

Deirdre O. Hooper, MD

Dermatologist
Audubon Dermatology
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States

Konstantin Ichtchenko, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
New York University School of Medicine
New York, New York
United States

Cindy Ivanhoe, MD

Clinical Professor
University of Texas McGovern School of Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas
United States

Hyder Jinnah, MD, PhD

Professor
Departments of Neurology, Human Genetics, and Pediatrics
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia
United States

Mandar Jog, MD

Professor
Western University
London, Ontario
Canada

Ryuji Kaji, MD

Professor
Tokushima University
Tokushima
Japan

Suzanne Kalb, PhD

Division of Laboratory Sciences
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Georgia
United States

Michael Kane, MD

Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon
Private Practice
New York, New York
United States

Barbara Karp, MD

Chair, CNS IRB
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
United States

Lori Kels, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Psychiatry
Department of Clinical and Applied Science Education
UIWSOM
San Antonio, Texas
United States

Hei Sung Kim, MD

Professor
Department of Dermatology
The Catholic University of Korea
Incheon
South Korea

Nikita Kohli, MD

Assistant Professor
Yale University School of Medicine
Southport, Connecticut
United States

Wendy Lee, MD

Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology and Dermatology
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
Miami, Florida
United States

Mark Lew, MD

Professor of Neurology
USC/Keck School of Medicine
Los Angeles, California
United States

Codrin Lungu, MD

Clinical Director
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland
United States

Carolina Luquez, PhD

Team Lead
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Decatur, Georgia
United States

James Marks, MD, PhD

Professor of Anesthesia
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California
United States

Peter McAllister, MD

Director
New England Institute for Neurology and Headache
Chief Medical Director
Ki Clinical Research
Associate Professor
Yale University
Stamford, Connecticut
United States

Patrick McNutt, PhD

Associate Professor
Wake Forest School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
United States

Sabine Pellett, PhD

Senior Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Department of Bacteriology
Madison, Wisconsin
United States

Sarah Perez, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology
Tulane Center for Clinical Neurosciences
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States

Sarah Pirio Richardson, MD, FAAN

Professor
Department of Neurology
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico
United States

Michel Popoff, PhD

Director of Research
Institut Pasteur
Paris
Ile de France
France

Ornella Rossetto, PhD

Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Padova
Padova
Italy

Dudley Robinson, MBBS, MD, FRCOG (UK)

Consultant Urogynaecologist
King’s College Hospital
London
United Kingdom

Andreas Rummel, PhD

Senior Group Leader
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover Institut für Toxikologie
Hannover
Niedersachsen
Germany

Giampietro Schiavo, PhD

Professor of Cellular Neurobiology
Department of Neuromuscular Diseases
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
London
United Kingdom

Kristin Schill, PhD

Associate Scientist
Food Research Institute
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
United States

David Simpson, MD

Professor of Neurology
Director
Clinical Neurophysiology Labs and Neuromuscular Division
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York
United States

Theresa Smith, MS

Research Microbiologist (Retired)
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, Arizona
United States

Nowell Solish, MD

Assistant Professor of Dermatology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Canada

Jonathan Steinberg, MD

Research Professor of Medicine
University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry
Rochester, New York
United States

Paul Stenmark, PhD

Professor in Neurochemistry
Stockholm University
Biochemistry and Biophysics
Stockholm
Sweden

Cristina Tassorelli, MD

Professor
Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences
University of Pavia
IRCCS C. Mondino Foundation
Pavia
Italy

Ann Henderson Tilton, MD

Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics
Children’s Hospital
New Orleans, Louisiana
United States

Andrea Toomer, MD

Medical Director
West Jefferson Medical Center Inpatient Rehabilitation Unit
Marrero, Louisiana
United States

Glenn Vallecillos, MD, FACS

Plastic Surgeon
Private Practice
Beverly Hills, California
United States

Aparna Wagle Shukla, MD

Professor
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida
United States

Anthony Ward, MBE, BSc, MD, FRCP

Professor
North Staffordshire Rehabilitation Centre
Stoke-on-Trent
Staffordshire
United Kingdom

Travis Wentz, MHS

Basic Scientist
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, Wisconsin
United States

Laura Wiggs, PT

Harris Health System
Houston, Texas
United States

Jörg Wissel, MD, FRCP

Professor of Neurology
Neurorehabilitation and Physical Therapy
Vivantes Klinikum Spandau, Berlin
University Potsdam
Germany

Haley Wood, WHNP, MSN, CPSN

Nurse Practitioner
The Look Facial Aesthetics
Franklin, Tennessee
United States

Woffles Wu, MBBS, FRCS, FAMS

Woffles Wu Aesthetic Surgery & Laser Center
Singapore