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2026 T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Symposium

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2026 T. Denny Sanford Pediatric Symposium
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"From Codons to Clinical Care: Genetic & Genomic Drivers of Pediatric Disease"
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Agenda

🕑: 09:00 AM
Welcome & Introduction
Host: Shane Hamilton, SCSC Clinic Director
🕑: 09:10 AM
Keynote Speaker: David Brown, PhD
Host: David Brown, PhD

Info: David Brown, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, Mighty Therapeutics. Talk Title: "The Mitochondrial Energy Grid: Insights, Advances, and Ongoing Questions"


🕑: 10:00 AM
Networking Break & Poster Preview
🕑: 10:30 AM
Session 1: Metabolism and Rare Disease
🕑: 10:30 AM
Speaker: Kurt Warnhoff, PhD
Host: Kurt Warnhoff, PhD

Info: Associate Scientist, Sanford Research; Associate Professor, USD SSOM. Talk Title: "Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency: Lessons from the Nematode Caenorhabditis Elegans"


🕑: 10:50 AM
Speaker: Brendan Lanpher, MD
Host: Brendan Lanpher, MD

Info: Medical Geneticist, Mayo Clinic.


🕑: 11:10 AM
Speaker: Ralitza Gavrilova, MD
Host: Ralitza Gavrilova, MD

Info: Medical Geneticist/Neurologist, Mayo Clinic


🕑: 11:30 AM
Panel Q&A
🕑: 11:50 AM
Lunch with Optional BYOT Breakouts
🕑: 01:00 PM
Session 2: Neurogenetics
🕑: 01:00 PM
Speaker: Louis Jan Pilaz, PhD
Host: Louis Jan Pilaz, PhD

Info: Associate Scientist, Sanford Research Institute; Associate Professor, USD SSOM. Talk Title: "Leveraging 3D Electron Microscopy to Identify Cellular Phenotypes in a Mouse Model of BPAN: A Sanford-Mayo Collaboration"


🕑: 01:20 PM
Speaker: Kimberly Carpenter, PhD
Host: Kimberly Carpenter, PhD

Info: Assistant Professor/Assistant Research Professor, Duke University School of Medicine.


Speaker: Keith Coffman, MD
Host: Keith Coffman, MD

Info: Pediatric Neurologist, Mayo Clinic.


🕑: 02:00 PM
Speaker: David Isum Ward, MD
Host: David Isum Ward, MD

Info: Pediatric Genetics, Associate Professor, USD SSOM


🕑: 02:20 PM
Panel Q&A
🕑: 02:40 PM
Break
🕑: 03:00 PM
Session 3: Nephrology
🕑: 03:00 PM
Speaker: Kamesh Surendran, PhD
Host: Kamesh Surendran, PhD

Info: Scientist, Sanford Research, Professor, USD SSOM; Talk Title: The Molecular and Cellular Basis of Kidney Abnormalities Associated with Alagille Syndrome


🕑: 03:20 PM
Speaker: Christian Hanna, MD, MS
Host: Christian Hanna, MD, MS

Info: Pediatric Nephrologist, Medical Director for the Pediatric Cystic Kidney Disease Clinic, Mayo Clinic.


🕑: 03:40 PM
Speaker: David Sas, DO
Host: David Sas, DO

Info: Pediatric Nephrologist, Mayo Clinic


🕑: 04:00 PM
Panel Discussion / Q&A Session
🕑: 04:20 PM
Closing Remarks
🕑: 04:30 PM
Posters & Pairings Session

Info: With Drinks & Hors d' Oeuvres by JJ's


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Sanford Research, 2301 East 60th Street North, Sioux Falls, United States

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