Session Chair Profile
M.D., Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University
Biography
Ralph Snyderman, MD is Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine in the Duke University School of Medicine. He served as Chancellor for Health Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine at Duke University from 1989 to July 2004 and led the transition of this excellent medical center into an internationally recognized leader of academic medicine. He oversaw the development of the Duke University Health System, one of the most successful integrated academic health systems in the country, and served as its first President and Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Snyderman has played a leading role in the conception and development of Personalized Health Care, an evolving model of national health care delivery. He was amongst the first to envision and articulate the need to move the current focus of health care from the treatment of disease-events to personalized, predictive, preventive, and participatory care that is focused on the patient. Dr. Snyderman is the recipient of numerous awards recognizing his contributions to research and to developing more rational models of health care. In 2012, he received the David E. Rogers Award from the Association of American Medical Colleges who referred to Snyderman as “the father of personalized medicine.”
Session Abstract – PMWC 2019 Silicon Valley
Session Synopsis: Three visionary pioneers of personalized/precision medicine will discuss their views of the field at its inception, its current status and their assessment of where it will be in the next decade. The group includes Craig Venter, Brook Byers and Ralph Snyderman who respectively helped develop personalized/precision medicine through their leadership in genomics, venture capital investing and healthcare design and delivery. Ralph Snyderman will moderate this exciting and informative fireside chat.
