2023 Physician-Scientist Symposium
May 19, 2023
EPNEC Auditorium
Join us for the third annual WU Physician-Scientist Symposium highlighting the work of Washington University Physician-Scientist trainees.
Hosted by the WashU Division of Physician-Scientists.
Keynote and First Annual Stuart Kornfeld Physician-Scientist Lecture
Joseph L. Goldstein M.D.
Regental Professor, Dept. of Molecular Genetics
UT Southwestern School of Medicine
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1985
Ophthalmology Presentations
“NAD+ depletion induces cholesterol–mediated macrophage senescence that drives neurodegeneration”
Mitsukuni Yoshida, MD PhD
Resident – Anesthesiology (ASAP trainee)
Posters
“Targeting cell type–specific, choroid–peripheral immune signaling to treat age–related macular degeneration”
Joseph Lin, BS
MSTP trainee
“Energy metabolism is a distinguishing feature of retinal ganglion cell types and is correlated with survival after axon injury”
Zelun Wang
MSTP trainee