An invitation to alumni, parents, and friends
of Cornell University

Hosted by Cornell University President David J. Skorton, MD, and Weill Cornell Medical College Dean and Cornell University Provost for Medical Affairs Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., MD, DPhil

Featuring the keynote "Doing Well by Doing Good" with David R. Fischell '75, MS '78, PhD '80, Chief Executive Officer, Angel Medical Systems

Great things are happening at the interface of laboratory and hospital-- where issues of health and disease inspire scientific pursuit, and technological innovations save and improve lives. Thanks to the combined power of basic research and clinical expertise found at Cornell University, from the Ithaca campus to Weill Cornell Medical College, previously unimaginable inventions are solving some of the most enduring problems in health care.

Join us as we showcase the innovations Cornell's research faculty, physicians, and alumni are bringing to your life and the lives of others around the world.

2:00pm	Doors Open. Registration
2:30pm	From Bench to Bedside. A discussion with cardiologist and biomedical imaging specialist David J. Skorton, MD, President, Cornell University, and educator and cardiovascular disease authority Antonio M. Gotto, Jr., MD, DPhil, Dean, Weill Cornell Medical College
3:45 pm	Breakout Sessions Featuring Cornell Faculty. Cornell's University-Wide Global Health Program: Collaborations in New York, Haiti, and Tanzania Daniel W. Fitzgerald, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine | Warren D. Johnson, Jr., MD, B.H. Kean Professor of Tropical Medicine and Director, Center for Global Health | Rebecca J. Stoltzfus, PhD '92, Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, and Co-Director, Cornell Program in Global Health Closer to Clinical Reality: Newly Invented Biomaterials for Wound Repair and Disease Treatment C.C. Chu, Professor, Fiber Science and Apparel Design | Roger W. Yurt, MD, Johnson & Johnson Distinguished Professor and Director, William Randolph Hearst Burn Center Refining Brain Surgery: Laser Transections to Control Epilepsy Chris B. Schaffer, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering | Theodore H. Schwartz, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Neurology, Neuroscience, and Otorhinolaryngology
5:20 pm	Keynote. David R. Fischell '75, MS '78, PhD '80, Chief Executive Officer, Angel Medical Systems
6:00 pm	Buffet Dinner & Poster Session. Featuring Cornell alumni in health and medicine
8:00 pm	Conclusion.