Name: Celebrating 25 Years of Innovation Speaker Series with Dr. Stephen Kingsmore
Start: 2023-01-19T16:00:00-08:00
End: 2023-01-19T18:00:00-08:00

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You are invited to the continuation of KGI’s 25th Anniversary Speaker Series, as part of the Institute’s 25th Anniversary, featuring Dr. Stephen Kingsmore, who will discuss “Reviewing the first 10 years of genome-informed healthcare for children and predicting the next 10 years.”

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4 p.m. – Speaker Series | Founder’s Room, Building 517, Room 165
5 p.m. – Meet and Greet | Chan Family Café & Patio, Building 517

Location: Keck Graduate Institute, 535 Watson Drive, Claremont, CA 91711 | Map & Directions

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About the Speaker

Stephen Kingsmore, MD, DSc
President and CEO, Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine

Dr. Stephen F. Kingsmore is President/CEO of Rady Children’s Institute for Genomic Medicine (RCIGM), where he leads a multi-disciplinary team of scientists, physicians, and researchers who are pioneering the use of rapid Whole Genome Sequencing to enable precise diagnoses for critically-ill newborns.

Among his achievements, Kingsmore holds the Guinness World Record for achieving the fastest molecular diagnosis using whole genome sequencing in just 19.5 hours.

Before being selected to lead RCIGM, he was the Dee Lyons/Missouri Endowed Chair in Genomic Medicine at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine and Director of the Center for Pediatric Genomic Medicine at Children’s Mercy Hospital, Kansas City.

Kingsmore received MB, ChB, BAO, BSc, and DSc degrees from the Queen’s University of Belfast. He trained in clinical immunology in Northern Ireland and did a residency in internal medicine and fellowship in rheumatology at Duke University Medical Center.