RCIGM - Key Persons
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- Professor, Biomedical Data Science, Professor of Genetics Operations Stanford University
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- CEO, Laronde / CEO - Partner, Flagship Pioneering
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- Executive VP, Scripps Research Professor, Molecular Medicine Director & Founder, Scripps Research Translational Institute
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- Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Neurosciences / Chairman, Department of Pediatrics / Vice Dean, Children 's Academic Programs, UCSD
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- Chairman, Department of Biomedical Informatics Harvard Medical School Assoc. Professor of Medicine Brigham and Women 's Hospital
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- Assoc. Vice Chancellor Computational Health Sciences UC San Diego
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- Vice President, Global Government Affairs
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- Co - Founder / Biosite Inc.
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- Executive Director
- Senior Vice President
A highly skilled executive leader, Perez has directed clinical, research and business operations at large health care systems for more than 15 years. Most recently Vice President of the Brain Health Center and Marcus Autism Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Perez has an impressive history of driving consistently excellent results for clinical outcomes, research and science, revenue, and patient satisfaction/loyalty.
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- Special Projects / Emeritus Cancer Center Director
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- Founding Principal / SENTRE Partners
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- Managing Director - Global Life Sciences R & D
Rady Children - CEO, CFO, Chief Legal Officer
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- CEO
- Chief Financial Officer
- General Counsel
- President Emeritus
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- President, Children's Specialists of SanDiego Senior Vice President, Executive Director Rady Children's Specialists of San Diego Vice Dean, Children 's Services UC San Diego School of Medicine
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- Executive Chairman & Co - CEO / Kymenta Corporation
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- Chief Information & Privacy Officer
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- President & Professor Keck Graduate Institute
Among his achievements, Dr. Kingsmore pioneered the development of ultra-rapid Whole Genome Sequencing to decode rare disease in newborns. In 2021, he led the RCIGM team to break his own world speed record by achieving diagnosis via WGS in 13.5 hours. Dr. Kingsmore came to Rady Children's in 2015 from Children's Mercy Kansas City, where he was the Executive Director of Medical Panomics. He previously served as President and CEO of the National Center for Genome Resources; COO of Molecular Staging Inc.; Vice President of Research at CuraGen Corporation; founder of GatorGen; and Assistant Professor at the University of Florida's School of Medicine. Dr. Kingsmore received MB, ChB, BAO and DSc degrees from the Queen's University of Belfast. He trained in clinical immunology in Northern Ireland and did residency in internal medicine and fellowship at Duke University Medical Center. He is a fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists.
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- Vice President and Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer
Our team shares a passion for ending and ultimately preventing the diagnostic odyssey. As a non-profit, we welcome collaborations that will help drive availability and access to cutting edge genomic medicine."
After a long and successful trajectory in IVD industry including working for sequencing giants such as Roche, Illumina and Thermo Fisher Scientific Wendy Benson joined the leadership team of RCIGM in 2016. At the Institute, she draws on her deep experience developing business opportunities for molecular diagnostics companies to building strategic alliances that advance RCIGM's mission and cutting-edge technology access. She oversees a multi-disciplinary team that includes Business Development, Strategy, Operations, Marketing and Business Analytics to help maximize the effectiveness of precious resources.
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- Chairman & CEO / the Koman Group