Alex Y. Huang, MD., PhD

https://www.huanglab.com/

In 2006, Dr. Huang joined the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pediatric Hematology / Oncology at Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital - Rainbow / Ireland Cancer Center with a secondary faculty appointment in the Department of Pathology, Biomedical Engineering and General Medical Sciences, with membership in the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. Currently, Dr. Huang is also the director of clinical fellowship program in Pediatric Hematology / Oncology, and the holder of the Theresia G. & Stuart F. Kline Family Foundation Chair in Pediatric Oncology since 2014.  Dr. Huang was promoted to Associate Professor in 2012, tenured in 2014, and Professor in 2017. Currently, Dr. Huang is a member of the St. Baldrick's Foundation Scientific Advisory Board, Executive Scientific Committee of the Harrington's Discovery Institute, leader of the Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy interest group, leader of the Cancer Immunotherapy Initiative, as well as co-leader of the Hematopoiesis & Immune Cell Biology Program at the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Eric Leuthardt, MD

https://neurosurgery.wustl.edu/people/eric-c-leuthardt-md/

Eric C. Leuthardt, M.D. is a neurosurgeon who is currently a professor with the Department of Neurological Surgery and the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis. He is Director of the Center for Innovation in Neuroscience and Technology. His research has focused on neuroprosthetics – devices linked to the brain that may lead to cures for paralysis, allow patients to move artificial limbs, or restore other neurological functions. Dr. Leuthardt uses an integrated approach by employing multiple domains of expertise ranging from biomedical engineering, clinical neurosurgery, mathematical modeling, complex signal analysis, and computer programming. In addition to numerous peer reviewed publications, Leuthardt has numerous patents on file with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for medical devices and brain computer interface technologies.

Alireza Shamshirsaz, MD, FACOG

https://www.childrenshospital.org/directory/alireza-shamshirsaz

Alireza Shamshirsaz (09R–obstetrics and gynecology) ranks among the world’s foremost experts in fetal surgery and in the treatment of abnormally adherent placenta, a rare pregnancy complication also known as placenta accreta spectrum. He has pioneered novel surgical techniques for neural tube defects and twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, and he was part of the team that performed the first successful fetoscopic repair to treat spina bifida in the U.S. Shamshirsaz is board certified in OB-GYN and maternal fetal medicine and an appointed reviewer of 22 medical journals. He has published more than 250 peer-reviewed manuscripts in English language journals and 18 in Farsi. Shamshirsaz serves as director of the Maternal Fetal Medicine Care Center at Boston Children’s Hospital, part of Harvard Medical School.