Speakers

2026’s Expert Speaker Faculty

Explore the industry leaders coming together at the anniversary 10th IPF Summit sharing expert insights:

World Renowned Key Opinion Leaders

Pharma Giants Driving Innovation

C-Level Executives from Biotech’s Leading Development Across IPF & PPF

Biotech Leaders at the Forefront of Driving Progress Across IPF & PPF

Organizations at the Forefront of Patients Advocacy

Expert Investors & Partnering Leaders with Respiratory Experience

World Renowned Key Opinion Leaders

Yasmina Bauer

Translational Data Science Lead
Department of Biomedicine

Naftali Kaminski

Section Chief, Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Yale School of Medicine

George Washko

Clinical Investigator, Imaging & Quantitative Image Analysis & Associate Physician
Brigham and Women's Hospital

Rachel Knipe

Assistant Professor, Medicine & Head of Knipe Laboratory
Harvard Medical School

Toby Maher

Director of Interstitial Lung Disease
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California

Sydney Montesi

Clinical Investigator, Associate Professor of Medicine, Pulmonary
Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School

Marilyn Glassberg

Chair, Department of Medicine
Medicine Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Fernando Martinez

Early Chair in Biomedical Research, Pulmonary Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Pharma Giants Driving Innovation

Henrik Landgren

Scientific Director, Precision Medicine Immunology & Fibrosis
Abbvie

Matt Thomas

Head of Respiratory Exploratory Innovation, Germany
Boehringer Ingelheim

Jerica Gu

Clinical Trial Physician, Pulmonology
Bristol Myers Squibb

Glenda Trujillo

Senior Director, Pulmonary Fibrosis & Admilparant, Worldwide Medical Affairs
Bristol Myers Squibb

Megan Vierhout

Postdoctoral Fellow
Novartis AG

Katie McCauley

Director & Head of Portfolio Strategy & Fibrosis Research
Novartis AG

Cynthia Lebeaupin

Principal Scientist, Inflammation & Immunology Research Unit,
Pfizer

C-Level Executives from Biotech’s Leading Development Across IPF & PPF

Timothy Watkins

Chief Medical Officer & Head of Development
Contineum Therapeutics

Robin Mansukhani

Chief Executive Officer
Deciduous Therapeutics

Vipin Kumar Chaturvedi

Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
GRI Bio, Inc.

Marc Hertz

President & Chief Executive Officer
GRI Bio, Inc.

Glenn Crater

Chief Medical Officer
Innospera Pharma

Jeffrey Bornstein

Chief Medical Officer
Mediar Therapeutics

Paul Yaworsky

Chief Scientific Officer
Mediar Therapeutics

Janethe De Oliveira Pena

Chief Medical Officer & Co Founder
Oorja Bio

Nan Tang

Chief Executive Officer
Pulmongene

James Cassella

Chief Development Officer
Trevi Therapeutics

Paul Frohna

Scientific & Clinical Advisor
Vasarya Therapeutics

Ahmed Mousa

Chief Executive Officer
Vicore Pharma Holding

David lagares

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Zenon Biotech

Biotech Leaders at the Forefront of Driving Progress Across IPF & PPF

Vincent Anquetil

Director, Translational Data Science
Alentis Therapeutics

Breanne Gibson

Senior Scientist, Clinical Development
Cumberland Pharmaceuticals

Carol Ann Satler

Senior Vice President, Global Clinical Development
Insilico Medicine

Loka Raghu Kumar Penke

Senior Scientist
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Camilla Graham

Vice President, Medical Affairs
PureTech Health

Franck Rahaghi

Executive Director of Cardiopulmonary, Global Medical Affairs
United Therapeutics Corporation

Christophe Giot

Vice President, Global Medical Affairs
Vicore Pharma Holding

Organizations at the Forefront of Patients Advocacy

Sharon Lee

Chief Executive Officer
Canadian Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Amy Case

Chief Medical Officer
Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation

Expert Investors & Partnering Leaders with Respiratory Experience

Vincent Nadeau

Principal
BSQUARED Capital

Adam Cotton

Principal
Novartis Venture Fund

Bertil Lindmark

Venture Partner
XGEN Venture

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