5th World Congress on
Primary Healthcare and Medicare Summit

Dr. David Van Thiel is a gastroenterologist in Berwyn, Illinois and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including Rush Oak Park Hospital and Rush University Medical Center. He received his medical degree from David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and has been in practice for 39 years. Dr. Van Thiel accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. He is one of 21 doctors at Rush Oak Park Hospital and one of 25 at Rush University Medical Center who specialize in Gastroenterology.

Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver-transplantation and Inflammatory.

Dr. Timothy Niewold is an Associate Professor at Mayo Clinic, Division of Rheumatology and Department of Immunology Chair, Federation of Clinical Immunology Societies Centers of Excellence. Dr. Niewold did his MD from University of Illinois at Chicago. Investigations in Dr. Niewold’s group are broadly focused upon functional genetic variations and pathogenic factors which predispose to human autoimmune disease. Most of Dr. Niewold’s current work involves study of the genetic regulation of interferon alpha and other cytokine signals in the prototype autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Through a number of collaborative relationships, they have active projects involving translational work in other autoimmune diseases and large-scale genetic epidemiology in diverse populations.

Dr. Timothy Niewold's research interests are Genetic Variation and Aberrant Cytokine Signaling in Human Autoimmune Disease Pathogenesis

Dr. Hao Shen is an Associate Professor of Microbiology at Department of Microbiology at Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Hao Shen has contributed to around 47 publications. Dr. Hao Shen completed his B.S. from Jiangxi University, China in 1983 and Ph.D. from University of California at Riverside in 1992. Dr. Hao Shen has a long-standing interest in basic questions related to generation of effective immune responses, mechanisms of protective immunity, and the establishment of long-term immunological memory.

Dr. Hao Shen’s research interests include: Immune surveillance of intracelluar and emerging infectious agents, rational design of effective vaccines.

Dr.Shepard R. Hurwitz is Professor of Orthopaedics and Director of American Board of Orthopedics Surgery.

Outcome measures after treatment of foot and ankle procedures Arthritis following joint injury Adult patients with foot or ankle problems Amputations of the lower extremity Bone & joint infections

Dr. John P. Albright is a professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in UI Carver College of Medicine, university of IOWA. He earned his PhD in orthopaedic surgery from Mayo Clinic Foundation. He has more than 50 publication on the topic of orthopedic surgery for the benifit of the scientific community.

Dr. John P. Albright's research interests include: Ortho Surgery & Ortho Research.