Physician-Scientist Career Development Meeting

Thursday, November 4 - Friday, November 5, 2010

Sponsored by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation, the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

The Physician-Scientist Career Development Meeting, held at the New York Academy of Sciences, focused on addressing the wide range of scientific and career development issues faced by clinical investigators. This event brought together distinguished junior faculty who have received a career development award from one of the four sponsoring organizations, and who are engaged in basic and clinical biomedical research. The schedule included a Speed Networking Event for grantees, as well as talks from speakers Ezekiel Emanuel, MD, PhD, and Keynote Speaker Andrew Zolli.

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Damon Runyon Physician-Scientists:

Ronald Buckanovich, MD, PhD (‘08-‘11), University of Michigan
Tobias J.E. Carling, MD, PhD (‘10-‘13), Yale University School of Medicine
Delphine L. Chen, MD (‘06-‘09), Washington University School of Medicine
Rachael A. Clark, MD, PhD (‘08-‘11), Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Oscar R. Colegio, MD, PhD (Fellow ‘09-‘10), Yale University
Andrew L. Feldman, MD (‘09-‘12), Mayo Clinic
Douglas K. Graham, MD, PhD (‘07-‘12), University of Colorado Denver
N. Lynn Henry, MD, PhD (‘10-‘13), University of Michigan
William Y. Kim, MD (‘09-‘12), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kevin R. Kozak, MD, PhD (‘10-‘13), University of Wisconsin
Igor Matushansky, MD, PhD (‘10-‘13), Columbia University
C. Ryan Miller, MD, PhD (‘09-‘12), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Elahe A. Mostaghel, MD, PhD (‘08-‘11), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Ctr
Vu H. Nguyen, MD (‘09-‘12), University of Chicago
John M. Pagel, MD, PhD (‘05-‘10), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Juan Carlos Ramos, MD (‘07-‘10), University of Miami
Muneesh Tewari, MD, PhD (Fellow ‘01, Innovator ‘09-‘11), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Brian G. Till, MD (‘10-‘13), Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Catherine J. Wu, MD (‘07-‘12), Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Damon Runyon Board Members:

William L. Carroll, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Pathology, New York University Langone Medical Center
Thomas J. Fahey, Jr., MD
Senior Vice President, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Richard B. Gaynor, MD
Vice President, Oncology Business Unit, Eli Lilly and Company
Richard J. O’Reilly, MD
Chairman, Department of Pediatrics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Samuel C. Silverstein, MD
John C. Dalton Professor, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University