Speaker Profile
M.D., Ph.D., MHA, Chair of the Department of Pathology, U. of Pittsburgh
Biography
Dr. Liron Pantanowitz is the Maud Menten Professor and Chair of the Department of Pathology at UPMC and the University of Pittsburgh. He received his BScHons, Medical Degree, and PhD from the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa. He subsequently completed his anatomical and clinical pathology residency training at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard in Boston. He then completed a hematopathology fellowship at Harvard and Cytopathology fellowship at Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University. He is board certified by the American Board of Pathology in APCP, Cytopathology and Clinical Informatics. Dr. Pantanowitz has also completed his MHA from Ohio University. He joined UPMCPitt in 2010 where he became the Vice Chair for Pathology Informatics and Director of Cytopathology. In 2020 he moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan as a Professor in the Department of Pathology and Director of Anatomical Pathology at the University of Michigan. He returned to Pittsburgh in 2023 to Chair the Department of Pathology at UPMCPitt. He has been listed several times as a top doctor in the Pittsburgh Magazine and Pittsburgh Business Times.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2025 Silicon Valley
Track Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- PMWC 2025 Award Ceremony:
Luminary Honoree: Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
Pioneer Honoree: Michael E. Phelps, UCLA - Keynote: Precision Imaging for Precision Medicine
- Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Keynote: PET Imaging and Theranostics: Revolutionizing Cancer Detection and Treatment
- Michael E. Phelps, UCLA
- Radiopharmaceuticals for Cancer Therapy
Chair: Wiliam Oh, Mount Sinai
- Naga Vara Kishore Pillarsetty, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Jones Nauseef, Convergent Therapeutics
- Thomas Hope, UCSF
- Advancements in Digital Imaging: Enhancing Accuracy in Cancer Diagnostics
Chair: Razelle Kurzrock, Medical College of Wisconsin
- Hedvig Hricak, Memorial Sloan Kettering
- Liron Pantanowitz, University of Pittsburgh
- Eliot Siegel, VA Maryland Healthcare System
- Sharmila Majumdar, UCSF
- Wafik El-Deiry, Brown University - Digitalizing Oncology Care: Challenges and Opportunities
Chair: Christian Wolfrum Siemens Healthineers
- Ashley Smith, Varian
- Marshall Pitz, Manitoba Cancer Care
- PMWC Showcase: Informing Patient Treatment Decisions using Advanced Molecular Diagnostics
- Matthew Goldberg, Castle Bio
- Navigating Regulatory Hurdles and Reimbursement Pathways for Oncology Innovations
Chair: Sheila Walcoff, Goldbug Strategies
- Gabriel A. Bien-Willner, Palmetto GBA
