Our Speakers

Keynote Speakers

Amrit Ray, MD, MBA

Biopharma Executive, Rare Parent
Dr. David A Pearce PhD

David A Pearce PhD

Chair International Rare Disease Research Consortium (IRDiRC)
Ms. Meredith Manning, President – The Americas Pharma Essentia USA Corporation.

Peter Marks, MD, PhD

Director Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) FDA

Dr. L Swasticharan

Additional DDG and Director (EMR) Directorate General of Health Services Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India
Ms. Meredith Manning, President – The Americas Pharma Essentia USA Corporation.

Vikram Karnani, MS, MBA

Executive Vice President and President, Global Commercial Operations and Medical Affairs Horizon Therapeutics

Special Address


AbbeySMeyers

Abbey S Meyers, PhD

Founder and past President National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)

Keynote Speakers

John F. Crowley

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

Rakesh K. Mishra, PhD

Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS)

Victoria Gamerman, PhD

RWD Insights

Vijay Kumar, MD

Office of Therapeutic Products CBER/FDA


Our Speakers

Anand Swaroop, PhD

NEI

Anish Bhatnagar, MD

IndoUSrare and Soleno Therapeutics

Amy Adams, Ph.D.

Institute for Biohealth Innovation, George Mason University

Bijaya Mishra,MD

BPKIHS,Nepal

Brian Tseng, MD, PhD

PolG Foundation

Bushra Afroze, MBBS, DCH, MCPS, FCPS

The Aga Khan University Hospital

Caitlyn Barrett, PhD

Milken Institute SPARC

Christopher P. Boone, PhD, FACHE, FHIMSS

Oracle Corporation

David Rintell, EdD

BridgeBio

Del Smith, PhD

Acclinate

Donney John, PharmD

NOVA ScriptsCentral

Dr. Bobby Mukkamala, MD

Board of Directors, American Medical Association

Dr. Ratna Devi

Dakshayani and Amaravati Health and Education

Erika Torjusen, MD, MHS

Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD), US FDA

Frank Sasinowski, JD, MPH

IndoUSrare and Hyman Phelps McNamara PC

Gerald Farrokh Daneshvar, MD

Ainsley Advisory Group

Gurdyal Kalsi, MD, MFPM (Hon), AskBio Consult

Asklepion Pharmaceuticals

Himanshu Kansara

TheGoodAI

Hemang Maniar

Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI)

Isaac R. Rodriguez-Chavez, PhD, MHSc, MSc

4Biosolutions Consulting

Jamie Sullivan, MPH

Every Life Foundation for Rare Diseases*

Jennifer Farmer, MS

Friedreich's Ataxia Research Alliance

Jenifer Waldrop, MSHRD

Rare Disease Diversity Coalition (RDDC)

Jill Yersak, PhD

Soleno Therapeutics

John Newby, JD

Virginia Bio

Juhi Naithani, MBA

IndoUSrare and bGlobal Consulting

Julienne M. Vaillancourt, RPh, MPH

CBER, US FDA

Kapil Patel

Inspiring Happiness At Work

Karla MacDonald

Entrada Therapeutics

Krishna Madiraju

Century Pediatrics Inc

Kuntal Sen, MD

Childrens National Hospital, Washington, DC

K Thangaraj, PhD

CCMB-TIGS Outstanding Scientist

Lara Bloom

The Ehlers-Danlos Society

Lisa Shea, BA, LLB, JD

Immigrants First, PLLC

Madhulika Kabra, MD

Indian Council for Medical Research

Mathew T Thomas, MBBS

IndoUSrare and former USFDA India Office Country Director

Mandeep Kaur, MD, MS

Valion Consulting

Mohamed Duklef, RPh, M.Sc.

Center for Orphan Drug Research (CODR), UMN

Monica Dudley-Weldon, BS, MSL

VA Commonwealth Health Research Board (CHRB) Appointee

Nandita Roy

Narendra Chirmule, PhD

Symphony Technologies

Neerja Gupta, MD, DM

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Nishitha Pillai, MD

University of Minnesota

Parva Purohit, PhD

Amneal Pharmaceuticals

Pesh Patel

A Kidney Life

Prof Sheffali Gulati, MD, FRCPCH (UK), FAMS, FIAP, FIMSA

All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi

Prof. Huma Cheema, MRCP, DPGN

University of Child Health, Lahore, Pakistan

Rajesh Gooty
Lead America Foundation

Community Champion Awardee

Ratna Dua Puri, MD, DM

Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

Reena Kartha, MS, PhD

IndoUSrare and Center for Orphan Drug Research, UMN

Rich Bendis

BioHealth Innovation and BioHealth Capital Region Forum

Sanket Shah, MD, PhD

Jazz Pharma

Sara Tylosky, MBA

Farmacon Global

Saikat Sarkar

Sambit Mohanty,MBA

Entero Healthcare Solutions Ltd

Scott K. Winiecki, MD

FDA

Sonit Handa, MD, MS, MBA

Biovance Consulting LLC

Sunitha Malepathi

CACNA1A Foundation

Terry Jo Bichell, PhD, MPH

COMBINEDBrain

Tina Aswani-Omprakash, MPH

South Asian IBD Alliance

Tshaka Cunningham PhD, Athari Bio

Polaris Genomics

Vaadiyar Madhusudhan (Madhu), PhD

LifeArc