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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 noon | Super-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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