WEXMED Live: Discovery and Innovation in Medicine
Speakers for Our June 13, 2018 Event
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David Cohn, MD
Chief Medical Officer, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
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John Hummel, MD, FACC
Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research
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Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd, RDN
Assistant Professor, Medical Dietetics and Health Sciences
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Jianjie Ma, PhD
Director of Surgical and Biomedical Research
David Cohn, MD
Chief Medical Officer, James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute
Director, Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stuart M. Sloan and Larry J. Copeland MD Chair in Gynecologic Oncology
Dr. Cohn is a gynecologic oncologist, a scientist and a professor who earlier this year was named Chief Medical Officer at the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC – James). He is just the third Chief Medical Officer in the hospital’s history. As CMO, Dr. Cohn is responsible for ensuring that staff at the OSUCCC – James remains focused on delivering the highest quality and safest clinical care to patients. His research currently focuses on creating new, more targeted ways to deliver chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer.
John Hummel, MD, FACC
Professor of Internal Medicine Director of Clinical Electrophysiology Research
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Dr. Hummel is a cardiologist and electrophysiologist who conducts robust research in addition to his work with patients. In 2014, he was one of the first cardiologists in the world to successfully implant the world’s smallest pacemaker in a patient, leading to simpler, more efficient heart surgeries and greater hope for reduced infection after surgery. His research focuses on improving outcomes for patients with heart disease, creating better tools for treating atrial fibrillation and heart arrhythmia.
Colleen Spees, PhD, MEd, RDN
Assistant Professor, Medical Dietetics and Health Sciences
School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr. Spees serves as an academic researcher and faculty member in the Division of Medical Dietetics and Health Sciences at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. In addition, she is an active member of Ohio State’s prestigious Comprehensive Cancer Center and holds academic appointments in both the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences and the College of Education and Human Ecology. Dr. Spees’ primary research focuses providing nutrition interventions for vulnerable populations. She works with experts in food and crop science, social work, public health, nutrition, medicine, nursing, genetics, policy and business that seek to improve access to culturally appropriate, health-promoting and functional foods by impacting food availability, food access, food quality, and food use. Dr. Spees’ current studies target modifiable lifestyle behaviors associated with cancer survivorship and low-resource families at the Garden of Hope.
Jianjie Ma, PhD
Director of Surgical and Biomedical Research
Karl P. Klassen Chair of Thoracic Surgery
Dr. Ma is a professor and the Karl P. Klassen Chair of Thoracic Surgery at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical School who focuses on cardiovascular disease, muscle physiology, cancer biology, and regenerative medicine. He discovered a gene that can repair membranes in the body, accelerating healing in patients with tissue damage. Dr. Ma serves as a study section member for the National Institutes of Health, holds multiple grants from the National Institutes of Health and the Department of Defense, and has published widely on topics including basic physiology, animal models of human disease, and the development of therapeutic treatments of cancer, aging, and cardiovascular disease. He holds 10 patents and is founder of a University spin off biotechnology company. In addition to his research, he is an accomplished professor, teaching both in Columbus and abroad in China.
