International Conference and Exhibition on Lung Disorders & Therapeutics July 13-15, 2015 Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Dr. Verin has completed his Ph.D at the age of 29 years from Moscow State University, Moscow Russia and postdoctoral studies from University of Indiana, School of Medicine. Currently he is a Professor of Vascular Biology and Medicine at Vascular Biology Center and Pulmonary Division at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA. He has published more than 135 papers in reputed journals and serving as an academic editor of Cardiology and Angiology and an editorial board member in several other journals in the field of pulmonary and cardiovascular research such as Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Journal of Multidisciplinary Pathology, Journal of Vascular Diagnostics, The Journal of Biopharmaceutics Sciences, Tissue Barriers, World Journal of Respirology. In addition, he served as editorial board member in American Journal of Physiology (Lung) from 2006 to 2011 and was a reviewer for a number of highly regarded journals (ex. Circulation Research, Critical Care Medicine, Physiological Reviews, PNAS).

Vascular Biology

He completed PhD and M.Sc. from the Ohio State University and B.Sc. from the University of Baghdad. FELLOW member of the ASME, and a member of 11 other international professional societies. Editor of the ASME monograph series-Biomedical and Nanomedical Technologies and the Editor in Chief of the Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, and has been on the editorial and refereeing boards for several international journals. Published more than 270 papers in international journals and conference proceedings including two ASME books on Vibration and Acoustics in Biomedical Applications and a third one on CPAP devices. Supervised more than 90 postgraduate students in biomedical applications, vibrations, biomechanics, and electroactive polymers. During his academic career has forged strong alliances between academia and industries; in particular in the medical devices area.

Biomedical applications with particular interest in the application of vibration and acoustics to airways constriction therapies and artery non-invasive diagnostics.

Peisong Gao, M.D., Ph.D. is currently Associate Professor of Medicine at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Gao received his MD degree and pulmonary medicine training in The Fourth Military Medical University, China. From July 1997 to January 1999, he was a visiting research fellow in Oxford University. He subsequently moved to the University of Wales Swansea, pursuing a Ph.D. working in molecular genetics of asthma. In 2002, Dr. Gao became a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Division of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at Johns Hopkins. In 2008, Dr. Gao was promoted to Assistant Professor. Dr. Gao's research has been greatly recognized by several awards, including the 2004 Research Excellence Award, the 2007 Interest Section Award, and Outstanding Pediatric Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Award from AAAAI. Dr. Gao’s studies mainly focus on gene, environment, and development of asthma. He has published more than 60 papers in reputed journals.

study the mechanisms underlying cockroach exposure and how it induces allergic sensitization and asthma

Wassim H. Fares, MD MSc is a member of the Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program within the section of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine. Dr. Fares specializes in evaluation and management of the different stages of Pulmonary Hypertension. He is also specialized in Critical Care Medicine. His clinical and research focuses are pulmonary vascular disease, acute lung injury, heart–lung interactions, and ultrasound use in the ICU.

Pulmonary vascular disease, Acute lung injury, Heart–lung interactions, and ultrasound use in the ICU.

Navneet Dhillon completed her Ph.D in 2003 from Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, in India and her postdoctoral studies from University of Kansas Medical Center, KS. Now she is an Associate Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at KUMC. Her research is focused on unraveling the molecular mechanisms involved in HIV and drugs of abuse mediated cardio pulmonary dysfunction and is currently funded by American Heart Association and NIH grants. She has published 34 papers in reputed peer-reviewed journals and has been on various NIH and AHA study sections as an ad-hoc reviewer. She is also on editorial board of various reputed journals.

Research focused on unraveling the molecular mechanisms involved in HIV and drugs of abuse mediated cardio pulmonary dysfunction.