Meet Our Speakers
Leading Voices in Autoimmune Care and Research
Victoria Shanmugam, MD
Director, Autoimmune Research
National Institutes of Health
Philip Mease, MD
Director of Rheumatology Research Providence/Swedish Health
Stacie Bell, PhD
Former Chief Clinical Officer
Lupus Research Alliance
Michael Chiorean, MD
Director
IBD Center | Swedish Medical Center
Anastasia Albanese-O'Neill
VP, Medical Affairs
Breakthrough T1D
Jennifer Hadlock, MD
Director of Medical Data Science Institute for Systems Biology
Christine Rousseau, Ph.D.
Advisor - Medical Research Program
Valhalla Foundation
Atul Deodhar, M.D
Professor of Medicine, Medical Director
Oregon Health & Science University
Matthew Schwede, MD
Hematologist/Oncologist
Swedish Cancer Institute
Jason Goldman, MD, MPH
Infectious Diseases Physician
Swedish Medical Center
Mary McGowan, MA
President/Chief Executive Officer
Foundation For Sarcoidosis Research
Christyn A. Edmundson, MD
Neurologist
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Pavle Repovic, MD, PhD
Neurologist
Swedish Neuroscience Institute
Osama W. Amro, MD, MS
Nephrology Director
Swedish Medical Center
Scott Lee, MD
Director & Gastroenterologist
UW Medical Center
Lauren Beach, PhD
Assistant Professor
Northwestern Medicine
Namita Singh, MD
Senior Medical Director
Takeda
Wendy Zheng
President of the Board of Directors
Kin On
Shamekka Marty
Lupus Patient & CEO
Beyond the Game
Kathy Benton
Associate Director, SSEL
Takeda
Paiten Hart, RN, BSN
IBD Patient
Pulmonary RN at Optum
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Estela Mata
RA & Fibromyalgia Patient
Looms for Lupus
Thomas Lie, PhD
AS Patient, Microbiologist
Spondylitis Association of America
Reynelda Solitaire
Northwest Chapter Board Member
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation
Catina Morrison, RN, BSN
RA, Hidradenitis Suppurativa patient
President, Inflamed Sisters Thriving
Aaron Abend, MBA
Executive Director
Autoimmune Registry
Luis Rodriguez
Director, State Government Affairs Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease
Summer Mengelkoch, PhD
Researcher
UCLA Stress Lab
Jin Lee, PhD
Autoimmune advocate &
IMIDeology Founder