2025 Guest Speaker
Karen C. Young, M.D., M.S., FAAP
Dr. Young is Professor of Pediatrics, Director of the Neonatology Fellowship Program and Director of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine/Holtz Children’s Hospital. Originally from Jamaica, she earned her medical degree at the University of the West Indies and completed her pediatric residency and neonatology fellowship training at UM/Jackson Memorial Hospital. During her training, she was honored with several teaching awards.
Previous Guest Speakers
- 2024 – Kevin Flanigan, MD
- 2023 – Kate Zernike
- 2022 – Robert McKenna, Ph.D.
- 2021 – John Brooks, M.D.
- 2020 – William Cefalu, M.D
- 2019 – Richard Sanford Finkel, MD
- 2018 – Brian Kaspar, PhD
- 2017 – Catherine DeAngelis, MD, MPH
- 2016 – Phil Johnson, Senior Advisor, International Aids Vaccine Initiative
- 2015 – Ilan Ganot, CEO and Founder, Solid Biosciences
- 2014 – Michael I. Goran, PhD
- 2011 – Jon Abramson, M.D.
- 2010 – Robert Lane, M.D.
- 2009 – Mark A Sperling, M.D.
- 2008 – Kenneth I. Berns, M.D., Ph.D.
- 2007 – Marie Egan, M.D.
- 2006 – Mervin C. Yoder, M.D.
- 2005 – Ora H. Pescovitz, M.D.
- 2004 – George J. Dover, M.D.
- 2003 – Margaret Hostetter, M.D.
- 2002 – Thomas Hansen, M.D.
- 2001 – Stephen Welty, M.D.
- 2000 – Carol J. Baker, M.D.
- 1999 – Gregory J. Redding, M.D.
- 1998 – Ronald G. Strauss, M.D.
- 1997 – Terri H. Finkel, M.D., Ph.D.