Conference Speakers
Thomas Ming Swi Chang MD, PhD
Emeritus Professor of Physiology, Medicine and Bioengineering McGill University
Director, Artificial Cells and Organs Research Centre
Director of Artificial Cells & Organs Research Centre and Emeritus Professor, McGill University. He invented the first artificial cell (Chang, McGill 1958, Science 1964). It is now used for blood substitutes, nanomedicine, COVID vaccines, nanobiotechnology, gene therapy, enzyme therapy, cell/stem cell therapy, cancer therapy, drug delivery, regenerative medicine, hemoperfusion, nanorobotics etc. He received the highest Canadian civilian award of the Order of Canada (O.C.). He was voted worldwide as the “the Greatest McGillian” in McGill University’s 190 year history.
Presented by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis