Day One, Tuesday, February 5, 2008
8:15 AM–9:00 AM
Clinical, Financial, and Technological Forces For and Against Integration of In Vivo and In Vitro Diagnostics
Bruce A. Friedman, M.D., Professor Emeritus of Pathology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

9:00 AM–9:45 AM
Emerging Technologies and New Directions for Molecular Diagnostics
Jared N. Schwartz, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Pathology & Lab Medicine, Presbyterian Healthcare, Charlotte, NC, and, Richard C. Friedberg, M.D., Professor and Deputy Chairman Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA

10:15 AM–11:15 AM
How Molecular Imaging Technologies Will Transform Radiology and Integrated Diagnostics
Chaitanya Divgi, M.D., Chief of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Molecular Imaging, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

11:15 AM–12: 00 PM
How the Integration of Molecular Imaging, Molecular Diagnostics, and Informatics Will Lead to Pre-symptomatic Diagnosis and Treatment
Thomas Miller, Executive Management Board of the Medical Solutions Group, Siemens AG, Malvern, PA

Concurrent Breakout Sessions
Radiology/In Vivo Track
1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Radiology and Molecular Imaging on the Cutting Edge at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Elliot Fishman, M.D., Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science and of Oncology Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Pathology/In Vitro Track
1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Screening for Lung Cancer in the HIV Patient (Time change for speaker)
Malcolm Brock, M.D., Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Informatics Track
1:00 PM–1:50 PM
Full Digitization of Molecular Diagnostics and Molecular Pathology
Dirk Soenksen, CEO, Aperio Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA

Radiology/In Vivo Track
2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Combining Proteomics Diagnostics with CT Perfusion Data for Managing Blood Thinners
Stephen Wong, Ph.D., Vice Chair of Radiology and Chief of Medical Physics, The Methodist Medical Center/Cornell University School of Medicine, Houston, TX

Pathology/In Vivo Track
2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Molecular Diagnostics: From Revolution to Mainstream to Genomic Medicine
Daniel H. Farkas, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center for Molecular Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI

Informatics Track
2:00 PM–2:50 PM
Oncology, Molecular Diagnostics, and Informatics Integration
Michael J. Becich, M.D., Ph.D., Chairman, Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

Radiology/In Vivo Track
3:00 PM–3:50 PM
Bridging Molecular Imaging Between the Hospital and Outpatient Services
Joseph J. Busch, M.D., Radiologist, Battlefield Imaging, Ringgold, GA

Pathology/In Vitro Track
3:00 PM–3:50 PM
Generation X Integrates Radiology and Pathology In Dual-Specialty Practice
Heidi Umphrey, M.D., Chief Resident, Radiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

Informatics Track
3:00 PM–3:50 PM
Case Study: MedCentral Health Systems Uses Integrated IT to Achieve Major Gains in Three Core Measures of Performance
Fred Crowgey, MBA, Project Director, Information Services, MedCentral Health, Mansfield, OH

General Session
4:00 PM–4:35 PM
Molecular Medicine’s Exploding Role in In Vitro Fertilization
James M. Goldfarb, M.D., Director of In Vitro Fertilization Program, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH

4:35 PM–5:10 PM
How an Oncologist Works through a Case: From Diagnosis to Therapy and Ongoing Patient Management (Speaker and time change)
Allan Lipton, M.D., Medical Oncologist, Penn State Cancer Institute, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA

5:10 PM–5:45 PM
Panel Discussion: Lessons Learned from First Movers in Molecular Medicine and Integrated Informatics (Speakers added to panel)
Moderator: Bruce A. Friedman, M.D.; Panelists, Richard Friedberg, M.D., Ph.D., Elliot Fishman, M.D., Jared N. Schwartz, M.D. Ph.D.

5:45 PM–7:30 PM
GRAND RECEPTION
With food and refreshments

Day Two, Wednesday, February 6, 2008
8:00 AM–8:45 AM
Explosion of Bio-Markers Will Drive Growth of Personalized Medicine
Carol Kovak, Managing Director, Burrill & Co., San Francisco, CA

8:45 AM–9:30 AM
How a Cardiologist Works through a Case: From Diagnosis to Therapy and Ongoing Patient Management (Speaker and time change)
Aaron L. Baggish, M.D., Division of Cardiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

9:30 AM–10:15 AM
Case Study: Integration of Radiology, Pathology, and Informatics at Methodist Medical Center, Houston, TX (Time change)
King Li, M.D., Chair of Radiology, The Methodist Medical Center/ Cornell University School of Medicine, Houston, TX

10:35 AM–11:20 AM
Case Study: Integration of Radiology, Pathology, and Informatics at Laboratorio Fleury, Sao Paulo, Brazil (Time change)
Jose Marcelo A. de Oliveira, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, Diagnostic Center Director, Laboratorio Fleury, Sao Paolo, Brazil

General Session
1:10 PM–1:40 PM
Advances in Full Gene Sequencing By DNA Analysis
John Compton, Ph.D., CEO, GeneDx, Gaithersburg, MD

1:10 PM–1:40 PM
Looking at RIS and LIS from the Vendor's Perspective (Time change) Gilbert Hakim, CEO, SCC Soft Computer Systems, Clearwater, FL

1:40 PM–2:20 PM
Forward Steps to Integrate Molecular Data from Radiology, Pathology, and OMICS (Time change)
Michael Feldman, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Dean for IT, Academic Programs, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

2:20 PM–3:00 PM
How Payers Will Respond to the Evolution of Molecular Imaging and Molecular Pathology (Speaker and time change)
Mitchell I. Burken, M.D., Medicare Medical Director, TrailBlazer Health Enterprises, Timonium, MD

3:15 PM-3:55 PM
Pursuing the Vision of Integrated Molecular Imaging and Molecular Diagnostics in Today’s Clinical Service (Time change)
Richard C. Friedberg, M.D., Professor and Deputy Chairman Department of Pathology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA

3:55 PM–4:35 PM
Panel: Looking at the Landscape for Integration of Imaging, Diagnostics, and Informatics (Time change)
Moderator: Bruce Friedman, M.D.; Panelists, Carol Kovak Ph.D., Gilbert Hakim, Jose Marcelo A. de Oliveira, M.D., Ph.D.

-Official End of Molecular Summit 2008-