The goal of the Pacific Health Summit is to transform global healthcare through the prevention, early detection, and early treatment of disease through the use of emerging science and technology.

This goal could not be realized without collaboration from experts and an open and spirited dialogue on the issues. The organizers of the Summit are pleased to welcome the best minds in science, policy, medical practice, research and public health from around the Pacific Rim. The featured participants at Summit 2005 have started down a path towards realistic policy solutions that will impact how disease is detected and treated worldwide.

The 2005 Pacific Health Summit was pleased to welcome:

Peter ANDREWS, Ph.D.
Chief Scientist, Queensland Government, Australia

Andrew BERLIN, Ph.D.
Director, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Intel Corporation

Alan BERNSTEIN, Ph.D.
President, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Louis BURNS
Vice President and General Manager, Intel Digital Health Group

William CASTELL
President and CEO, GE Healthcare

Ding-Shinn CHEN, M.D.
Chairman, Taiwan Hepatitis Control Committee and Dean, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University

May Tsung-Mei CHENG
Host, International Forum, International Center, Princeton University

Molly COYE, M.D., M.P.H.
CEO, Health Technology Center

Eric DISHMAN
General Manager, Consumer Health Platforms, Intel Corporation and Principal Research Scientist, Intel Corporation

Victor DZAU, M.D.
Chancellor, Duke University Medical Center & Health System

Christopher J. ELIAS, M.D., M.P.H.
President, PATH

Stephen H. FRIEND, M.D., Ph.D.
Executive Vice President, Oncology and Advanced Technologies, Merck and Co. Inc.

Lee HARTWELL, Ph.D.
President and Director, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

J. Edward HILL, M.D.
President, American Medical Association

Lee HOOD, M.D., Ph.D.
President, Institute for Systems Biology

Gary KAPLAN, M.D.
Chairman and CEO, Virginia Mason Medical Center

Caroline KOVAC
General Manager, IBM Healthcare and Life Sciences

Kiyoshi KUROKAWA, M.D.
President, Science Council of Japan

David LANE
Executive Director, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology

David LAWRENCE, M.D.
Former Chairman & CEO, Kaiser Permanente

Jong-Wook LEE, M.D.
Former Director-General, World Health Organization

Kyeong-Ho LEE, Ph.D.
President, Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI)

Shichuo LI, M.D.
President, Chinese Association Against Epilepsy

Depei LIU, Ph.D.
Vice President, Chinese Academy of Engineering and President, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Edison LIU, M.D.
Executive Director, Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS)

Craig MUNDIE
Senior Vice President, Chief Technical Officer, Microsoft

Yusuke NAKAMURA, M.D., Ph.D.
Chief Director, Human Genome Center, University of Tokyo

Maynard OLSON, Ph.D.
Director, Genome Center and Professor of Medicine, Genome Science, University of Washington

Koji OMI
Former Science and Technology Minister and Member of House of Representatives, Japan

Mark V. PAULY, Ph.D.
Bendheim Professor, Wharton School

John POTTER, M.D., Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and Director, Division of Public Health Sciences,
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

You-Lin QIAO, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Professor and Chief, Department of Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Institute, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

Uwe REINHARDT, Ph.D.
James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Princeton University

Satku K SATKUNANANTHAM, M.D.
Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Singapore

Haruo SHIMADA, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Economics, Keio University

Peter A. SINGER, M.D.
Sun Life Financial Chair in Bioethics and Director, University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics

Ralph SNYDERMAN, M.D.
Chancellor Emeritus, Duke University Health System

Linda SONNTAG, Ph.D.

Kenneth STUART, Ph.D.
President and Director, Seattle Biomedical Research Institute

Chris TAN, Ph.D.
Senior Counselor, Asia-Pacific International Molecular Biology Network

Andrew C. Von ESCHENBACH, M.D.
Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Huimin WANG, M.D.
Corporate Vice President, Japan & Intercontinental, Edwards Lifesciences

John WONG, M.D.
National University of Singapore, Vice-President of Research and Life Sciences and Director of Office of Life Sciences

Cheng-Wen WU
President, International Federation of Cell Biology and President, National Health Research Institutes

Dezhi YU
Deputy Director-General, Department of Planning and Finance

Elias A. ZERHOUNI, M.D.
Director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Huaying ZHANG, M.D.
Director, Health and Wellness for Asia, The Beverage Institute for Health and Wellness, The Coca-Cola Company

Confirmed Moderators


Steve BURRILL
CEO, Burrill & Co.

Maria CATTAUI
Secretary-General, International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)

Richard KLAUSNER, M.D.
Executive Director, Global Health, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Moises NAIM, Ph.D.
Editor and Publisher, Foreign Policy Magazine