Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the COPD Drug Development Summit in 2026.

C. Vivek Lal

C. Vivek Lal

Founder & Chief Scientific Officer
Alveolus Bio

Phil Murphy

Head of Imaging and Digital Health, Immunology
Johnson & Johnson

Harm Tiddens

Chief Medical Officer
Thirona

Raul San Jose Estepar

Director, Applied Chest Imaging Laboratory, Lead Investigator, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Associate Professor
Boston Children's Hospital

Lee Borthwick

Chief Executive Officer
FibroFind

Chip Kreisman

Patient Advocate
COPD Foundation

Bruce Miller

Chief Scientific Officer
COPD Foundation
Marianna Rowlands

Marianna Rowlands

Head of Respiratory Translational Science, Immunology
Johnson & Johnson
Thaher Pelaseyed

Thaher Pelaseyed

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer
MucoLife Therapeutics
Larry Lands

Larry Lands

Chief Medical Officer
CILA Therapeutics
George Washko

George Washko

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

Barry Quart

Chief Executive Officer
Connect Biopharmaceuticals
Peter Khan

Peter Kahn

Director Clinical Research
Sanofi
Abdulkader Rahmo

Abdulkader Rahmo

President & Chief Scientific Officer
SMSbiotech
Amit Parulekar

Amit Parulekar

Senior Director, Clinical Development
Generate Biomedicines
Aprile Pilon

Aprile Pilon

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Trove Therapeutics
Megan Hardin

Megan Hardin

Head of Clinical Development, Respiratory
Sanofi
Gonzalo Vegas

Gonzalo Vegas

Director Clinical Imaging, Early Clinical Development
AstraZeneca
Mahesh Patel

Mahesh Patel

Vice President, Global Clinical Development
Merck & Co
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