
Sanjay Gupta
Carter Kissell Associate Professor and Research Director
Case Western Reserve University
USA
Biography
Sanjay Gupta is Carter Kissell Associate Professor & Research Director in the Department of Urology at the Case Western Reserve University and University Hospitals Case Medical Center. He also holds secondary appointments in the Departments of Nutrition and Division of General Medical Sciences at Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr Gupta obtained faculty position in 2002 at Case, School of Medicine.
Research Interest
Biomarkers of Prostate Cancer Chemoprevention of Prostate Cancer by Naturally Occurring or Synthetic Compounds Epigenetic Mechanisms of Gene Silencing in Prostate Cancer Identification and Characterization of Prostate Tumor Stem Cells Molecular Mechanisms of Prostate Cancer Molecular Targets of Prostate Cancer Prevention-based Clinical Trials with Promising Agents Role of Inflammation in Promoting Prostate Cancer Stem Cells as Therapeutics in Prostate Cancer

Ali Al Dameh
Consultant Thoracic & Cancer Surgeon (Thoracic & Surgical Oncology)
Tawam Hospital UAE
UAE
Biography
Dr Ali Is Certified in Surgery, thoracic Oncology and Thoracic Surgery. He received his advanced thoracic surgical education in Harvard Medical School, Boston USA at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Following that he completed an Advanced fellowship in minimally invasive Thoracic and Foregut surgery at Harvard Medical School. He was mentored by US leaders in their field of Thoracic Surgery who followed the tradition of pioneers in their fields, including Dr. Pearson in Toronto, Luketich in Pittsburgh, Orringer. He has closely worked with Dr Sugarbaker the late President of the American Association of Thoracic Surgery, Dr Scott Swanson a world leader in VATS surgery and Dr Steve Menzer, an expert in Lung surgery and Esophagectomy in North America.
Research Interest
His main interest include lung cancer, esophageal surgery, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), GERD, hiatal hernia, lung transplantation, minimally invasive visceral cancer surgery and thoracic oncology. Dr Ali is a Fellow member of the Royal Australasian & American College of Surgeons, Society of Thoracic Surgery, Member of the Society of Surgical Oncology, Member of The American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons and Member of the Society for the Surgery of the Alimentary tract. His principal professional goal is the welfare of patients with thoracic , lung cancer and upper GI disease and malignancies. His main interest is in minimally invasive surgery and robotics to provide faster and smother recovery for his patients.
Biography
Professor Michael Silbermann (D.M.D) PhD and certified specialist in oral and maxilla‐facial surgery served for over 20 years as the Head of the Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Research. He then served as the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Technion; Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health; Chairman of the Board of Governors, the United States‐Israel Binational Science Foundation; Member of the Committee for the Promotion of Infrastructure in Biomedical Research, Ministry of Science, State of Israel; Member of the Foulkes Foundation (United Kingdom) Committee for Doctoral Fellowships; The Isreal Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Member of the National Committee for Ethics in Science and Intellectual Property, Israel; Executive Director, the Middle East Cancer Consortium since its establishment in 1996; First Representative of the State of Israel in the European Commission in the Program Committee of Bio‐Medical Research; EU, Brussels; Chairman, National Committee for Examining Academic Specialty Training in Health, Social and Education Professionals, The Council for Higher Education, State of Israel; Excellence in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, The Finnish Academy of Sciences, Helsinki, Finland.
Research Interest
Professor Michael Silbermann (D.M.D) PhD and certified specialist in oral and maxilla‐facial surgery served for over 20 years as the Head of the Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Research. He then served as the Chairman of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Technion; Chief Scientist, Ministry of Health; Chairman of the Board of Governors, the United States‐Israel Binational Science Foundation; Member of the Committee for the Promotion of Infrastructure in Biomedical Research, Ministry of Science, State of Israel; Member of the Foulkes Foundation (United Kingdom) Committee for Doctoral Fellowships; The Isreal Academy of Sciences and Humanities; Member of the National Committee for Ethics in Science and Intellectual Property, Israel; Executive Director, the Middle East Cancer Consortium since its establishment in 1996; First Representative of the State of Israel in the European Commission in the Program Committee of Bio‐Medical Research; EU, Brussels; Chairman, National Committee for Examining Academic Specialty Training in Health, Social and Education Professionals, The Council for Higher Education, State of Israel; Excellence in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, The Finnish Academy of Sciences, Helsinki, Finland.