Invited Faculty
  • George Tsokos
    Harvard Medical School
    USA
  • George C. Tsokos, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, MA. His laboratory has led the field of molecular abnormalities on immune cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus and has identified previously unknown pathways that have served as the basis for novel treatments currently in various phases of development. More recently, he has launched studies to decipher the interaction between immune and kidney resident cells and to identify local processes that enable renal injury.
    Research & Clinical Focus

    lupus

    immune cells

    nephritis

    • Date Time Room Session Title Lecture Title
    May 18 14:30-15:30 Room Conference Room 205B [Meet the Mentor] Meet the Mentor 1 Meet the Mentor 1 - Prof. George Tsokos
    May 18 16:00-16:30 Room Auditorium [Plenary Session 2] Disease Mechanism Lupus nephritis: Mechanisms of kidney damage