Keynote Speakers
KEYNOTE: "WHAT COULD THE FUTURE OF CP TREATMENTS LOOK LIKE?"
Developing novel preventative/therapeutic approaches for CP will require integrated approaches incorporating unbiased medium-to-high throughput screens that leverage small as well as large animal models. Here, Dr. Emin Maltepe will detail his experience developing therapeutics for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy for the low- and middle-income country setting using such an approach. Dr. Maltepe will describe the unique aspects of this approach and how they can be leveraged for therapeutics development for other drivers of CP including intraventricular hemorrhage or genetic disorders. Additionally, Dr. Maltepe will outline our experience leveraging such a platform to develop novel prognostic biomarkers that can help guide clinical decision making.
Dr. Emin Maltepe - University of California, San Francisco
Dr. Emin Maltepe is a Professor of Pediatrics, Biomedical Sciences, and Developmental and Stem Cell Biology at UCSF. His research laboratory studies mechanisms whereby hypoxia signaling pathways regulate normal development, contribute to the origins of pregnancy complications, and drive disease processes such as pulmonary hypertension and retinopathy of prematurity in newborn infants.
Additionally, Dr. Maltepe is a co-founder of the Initiative for Pediatric Drug and Device Development (www.ipd3.org), a multi-institutional collaborative comprised of leaders in pediatrics and pharmaceutical sciences that functions as a ”one-stop-shop” to advance drug and device development for pediatric indications. In this capacity, we have been working with non-profit and industry sponsors on multiple fronts, including neurotherapeutics for birth asphyxia, novel oxygen delivery biotherapeutics for treatment of hemorrhagic shock, as well as cardioprotective agents for infants undergoing repair of congenital heart defects.
KEYNOTE: "ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR ENHANCING CARE IN CP"
Discover how state-of-the-art advances in artificial intelligence are improving care for individuals with cerebral palsy.
This keynote will showcase clinically-driven innovations supporting earlier diagnoses, more personalized interventions, and smarter long-term management, offering a glimpse into the future of care for individuals with CP.
Dr. Alexis Mitelpunkt - Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center
Dr. Alexis Mitelpunkt, M.D., B.Sc. is a pediatric neurologist, physiatrist, and computer scientist. He is the director of the pediatric rehabilitation divison at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and a Senior Lecturer at The Gray Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, Tel Aviv University. His work integrates clinical care, artificial intelligence, and data science to enhance pediatric neurorehabilitation.
Dr. Mitelpunkt has led pioneering research in medical big data analytics, machine learning applications in neurodevelopmental disorders, and precision rehabilitation medicine. His collaborative efforts at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center brought together specialists from Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Occupational and Physical Therapy, and biomedical informatics to develop data-driven models for personalized patient care.
His innovative contributions include predictive modeling for early diagnosis of prematurity complicaitons and motor function in cerebral palsy, redefining Cerebral Palsy and Alzheimer’s disease subtypes using computational approaches, and advancing brain-computer interface and virtual reality applications in pediatric rehabilitation. As a principal investigator on multiple national and international grants, he continues to drive forward the intersection of medicine and technology to improve clinical outcomes for children.
International Speakers
Dr. Cathy Morgan - Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Institute, University of Sydney
Workshop Speakers
Dr. Lauren Ayala - University of Utah
Kanishka Baduni - University of Georgia, Emory University
Dr. Robert Bruce - Emory University
Dr. Joanna Burton - Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Daniela Castro - Emory University
Dana Dinet - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Andrea Duncan - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Dr. Eileen Fowler - UCLA
Dr. Gwendolyn Gerner - Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins Hospital
Dr. Jill Heathcock - The Ohio State University
Dr. Simon Keep - The Ohio State University
Dr. Rachel Kempfert - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Salathiel Kendrick-Allwood - Emory University
Dr. Caitlin Kjeldsen - Emory University
Dr. Jacob Lepard - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Lisa Letzkus - University of Virginia
Dr. Enoch Leung - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Jennifer Lyman - Cerebral Palsy Foundation
Dr. Nathalie Maitre - Emory University
Dr. Larken Marra - Emory University
Allison McIntyre - Emory University
Megan Moran - Emory University
Dr. Melissa Murphy - Emory University
Dr. Mary Lauren Neel - Emory University
Dr. Betsy Ostrander - University of Utah
Dr. Mark Peterson - University of Michigan
Dr. Colleen Peyton - Northwestern University
Valerie Pieraccini - United Cerebral Palsy of Central Arizona
Dr. Nicole Pouppirt - Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Dr. Laura Prosser - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Paige Ryals - Emory University
Dr. Barbara Sargent - University of Southern California
Dr. Paulo Selber - Hospital for Special Surgery
Dr. Durga Shah - Emory University
Dr. Theresa Sukal-Moulton - Northwestern University
Dr. Josh Vova - Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
Dr. Seth Warchausky - University of Michigan
Dr. Sarah Winter - University of Utah
Louise Wulfsohn - Children's Hospital of Philadelphia