Speaker Profile
M.D., Head of Innovation, Assuta Ashdod Hospital (Israel)
Biography
Dr. Levy invented the concept of Lyras surgical implant and has led the pre-clinical and clinical trials and all of the companys training aspects. Also an experienced entrepreneur with a successful track record, he established and later sold Urogyn Ltd., a medical device company within his field of expertise. Dr. Levy founded and currently runs the Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery division at the Assuta University Medical Center, Ashdod. Prior to joining Assuta, Dr. Levy founded the Urogynecology unit at Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center (MHMC) and served as Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction and Reconstructive Surgery at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, and Staten Island University Hospital. Dr. Levy is a renowned researcher and the author of numerous publications. He was on the New York Magazines Best Doctors list in 2008.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Edward Esplin, Invitae
- PMWC Award Ceremony
Pioneer Honoree: Michael Snyder, Stanford
Pioneer Honoree: Kári Stefánsson, deCode Genetics
- Keynote
- Kári Stefánsson, deCode Genetics - Genomic & Multiomic Intervention and Prevention of Disease: Colorectal Cancer
- Edward Esplin, Labcorp Genetics - Multi-omic Characterization of Cancer Development and Progression
Chair: Kathleen Barnes, Oxford Nanopore Tech
- Carol Greider, UCSC
- Orit Rozenblatt-Rosen, Genentech
- Emily Leproust, Twist Biosciences - Imaging and Data Strategies in the Human Tumor Atlas Network (HTAN)
- Sean Hanlon, NIH/HTAN
- Advanced Image Analysis and Data Integration in the Human BioMolecular Atlas Program (HuBMAP)
- Pinaki Sarder, University of Florida - Predicting Disease and Managing Health Through Wearables Technologies (PANEL)
Chair: Michael Snyder, Stanford
- Jessilyn Dunn, Duke
- Noosheen Hashemi, January.ai
- Gil Levy, Assuta Ashdod Hospital - Protein Scoring Empowers Improved Disease Risk Prediction
- Cindy Lawley, Olink
- Multi-omic Interrogation of Organ Systems
Chair: Jessilyn Dunn, Duke
- Gloria Pryhuber, University of Rochester Medical Center
- Chenchen Zhu, Stanford
- Assaf Kacen, PromiseBio - Harnessing Single-Cell Genomics for Precision Disease Intervention
- Ben Hindson, 10x Genomics - Vision for Tomorrow: Pioneer Insights (Audience Qs)
Chair: Cindy Lawley, Olink
- Kári Stefánsson, deCode Genetics
