Portland Chapter of the Society of Physician Entrepreneurs (SoPE)

Speaker: Sadik Esener, PhD, Director of OHSU Cancer Early Detection Advanced Research (CEDAR), Knight Cancer Institute. His recent work has focused on the synthesis and application of nanoparticle delivery of biologics for cancer therapies, brain mapping and in vivo imaging, and Dr. Esener has translated his research into several companies.

Biotech Startup Pitch: Antra Boyd, RN, MSN and Ciera Dube, RN, BSN, Founders, Connected Care Patient Advocates. Antra and Ciera are registered nurses and observed that patients did not have an optimized comprehension of their disease or options. Connected Care is working to assist patients in navigating the healthcare system and decrease the approximately 12 million medical errors every year.

Heavy appetizers, open bar will be available. All in the biotech startup ecosystem are invited.