Keynote Speaker
David L. Amrani PhD, Senior Director and Head of R&D Cellular Therapies, Baxter Healthcare
David is currently senior director and heading up R&D for the Cellular Therapies/Regenerative Medicine Business, Baxter Healthcare. David received his, BA in Biology/Chemistry (1969) and MA, Molecular Biology (1973) from Hunter College of CUNY, and Ph.D. in biology/biochemistry from St. John’s University/SUNY Downstate Medical in 1980. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the New York Blood Center from late 1979-1981in Hematology and cell biology, assistant professor of Medicine at U of Wisconsin Medical School from 1981-1986, associate professor at the Medical School and U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1987-1990, and full professor at both institutions until 1997. He remains affiliated with U of Wisconsin as an adjunct Full Professor.
Dr. Amrani’s past and present research has focused on research and clinical hematology and hemostasis including an expertise in blood-derived stem cells, fibrin(ogen) and platelets, and biomaterial-device hemocompatibility. He serves as a reviewer for a number of journals including Blood Coagulation and Fibrinolysis, J. Biol. Chem., Blood, and Transfusion. He is currently on the board of directors of the International fibrinogen Society, Illinois Institute of Technology, and U. of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford.
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