Symposium Guide

2026 Baptist Health Biomedical Research Symposium
Friday, May 1, 2026

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Presentations

7:30 a.m.Breakfast and Registration
8 a.m.Introductions
Scott Lipkin, DPM
Juan C. Cendan, M.D.
8:15 a.m.Panel 1
Manmeet Ahluwalia, M.D.
8:20 a.m.Does Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy Impart a Higher Risk of Capsular Contracture when Compared with Intensity Modulated Photon Radiotherapy in the Post-Mastectomy Reconstruction Setting?
Joseph Panoff, M.D.
8:30 a.m.RT Induced Dysgeusia - Time Course & Determinants
Noah Kalman, M.D.
8:40 a.m.Topical Chemoprevention for Oral Dysplasia
Alessandro Villa, DDS, Ph.D., MPH
8:50 a.m.Is It Primetime for Neoadjuvant Endocrine Therapy?
Delia Guaqueta, M.D. 
9 a.m.Questions & Answers
9:20 a.m.Panel 2
Stephen Black, Ph.D.
9:25 a.m.Glycoengineering CAR-T Cells to Evade Immunosuppression
Lee Seng Lau, Ph.D.
9:35 a.m.Reengineering the Proteasome Inhibitor Carfilzomib in Multiple Myeloma Therapy
Kyung Bo Kim, Ph.D.
9:45 a.m.Identifying Novel Therapy Targeting RNA m6A Methylation: from Brain Tumor to Breath
Ting Wang, Ph.D.
9:55 a.m.Pain TMS Protocol
Saurabh Aggarwal M.D., Ph.D.
10:05 a.m.Questions & Answers
10:15 a.m.Break
10:40 a.m.Panel 3
Stephen Black, Ph.D.
10:45 a.m.In Pursuit of Glycoprotein Biomarkers for the Early Detection of Oral Cancer
Kevin Brown Chandler, Ph.D.
11:00 a.m.Molecular Determinants of Meningioma Classification
Maria Clara Franco, Ph.D.
11:10 a.m.Extracellular Vesicles as Circulating Biomarkers of Disease
David Marciano, M.D.
11:20 a.m.The Earliest Clues: Subjective Cognitive Impairment and Future Risk
Peter C. Gliebus, M.D., and Patricia Junquera, M.D.
11:30 a.m.Questions & Answers
11:40 a.m.Panel 4
Michael McDermott, M.D.
11:45 a.m.Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Treatment of Acute Limb Ischemia: A Paradigm Shift
Brian Schiro, M.D.
12 noonSuper-Large Bore Aspiration Catheters for The Treatment of Stroke from Large Vessel Occlusion: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Guilherme Dabus, M.D.
12:15 p.m. RELIEVE: Randomized Evaluation of Less Invasive Ventricular Enhancement
Masaki Nakamura, M.D.
12:30 p.m.Questions & Answers
12:45 p.m.Closing
Scott Lipkin, DPM  
12:50 p.m. Networking Lunch for Attendees
1:50 p.m.Adjourn

NOTE: Schedule subject to change.


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