Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Associate Professor, Emory U.
Biography
Dr Viswanath holds appointments in the Departments of Pediatrics and Biomedical Engineering as well as a Research Biomedical Engineer at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. He has authored over 60 peer-reviewed journal publications, 130+ conference papers & abstracts, 1 book chapter, as well as delivered over 100 invited talks and panel discussions both in the US and abroad. He has 10 issued patents in the areas of medical image analysis, computer-aided diagnosis, and pattern recognition and has been elected to Senior Member in the National Academy of Inventors, the IEEE, and the SPIE. Recognition for his work includes the Fulbright Specialist Award, in addition to multiple awards from SIIM, SPIE, and Crain’s Cleveland Business. His research has received funding from federal and state agencies including the DOD/CDMRP, the VA, the NIH (NCI, NIBIB, NINR, NHLBI), as well as private foundations.
Session Abstract – PMWC 2027 Silicon Valley
Track Chair:
Serge Saxonov, 10x Genomics
PMWC Award Ceremony
• Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute (Luminary)
• Aviv Regev, Genentech (Pioneer)
Featured Speakers
• Sarah Teichmann, Wellcome Sanger Institute
• Aviv Regev, Genentech
• Eric Lander, Broad Institute
• Gad Getz, Broad Institute
• Emma Lundberg, Stanford
• Garry Nolan, Stanford
• Nikhil Wagle, Genentech
• Satish Viswanath, Emory
• Alex Shalek, MIT / Broad Institute
• Christina Curtis, Stanford
• Fei Chen, Broad Institute
• Andy Beck, PathAI
• Kevin Wei, Harvard
• Rebecca Critchley-Thorne, Castle Biosciences
• Dan Rozelle, Rancho BioSciences
• Maximilian Strauss, OmicVision
The Next Map of Biology
From the Human Genome to the Human Cell Atlas in the AI era.
Spatial Biology in Practice
From tissue architecture to decisions that change the answer.
Spatial Proteomics
Cell states, therapeutic targets, and what can be measured in context.
Spatial Pathology from Discovery to Clinical Biomarker
Turning a beautiful image into a validated test.
AI for Spatial Biology
Foundation models, digital pathology, and tissue-scale interpretation.
Scaling Spatial Biology to Clinical Translation
From discovery platform to reproducible clinical evidence.
PMWC Hall of Impact
Previous Speakers Include
Nobel laureates, technology founders, regulators, CEOs and scientific pioneers who have taken the PMWC stage.
