Beyond precision medicine: Adding health to years

Prof. Dr Mrs Klara Posfay-Barbe

Professor Klara Pósfay-Barbe is a renowned Swiss pediatrician and infectious disease specialist. She was appointed Chief Medical Officer of the Geneva University Hospitals (HUG), becoming the first female physician to hold this position at a university hospital in Switzerland. A graduate in medicine with a doctorate from the University of Geneva in 1994, she completed her pediatric training in Geneva and went on to complete a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh (USA), specializing in pediatric infectious diseases and earning a Master’s degree in clinical research.

Upon returning to the HUG in 2004, she led the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Unit and coordinated the Pediatric Clinical Research Platform. In 2017, she was appointed Head of General Pediatrics and, in the same year, became a full professor at the University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine.

Her research focuses on immunocompromised children, particularly transplant recipients, their vaccine responses, and the detection and management of viral and bacterial infections, as well as host-pathogen interactions. She is also interested in the ethical challenges of clinical research in children.

Deeply committed to training young physicians, she continues to practice general pediatrics, particularly with migrant children.

Mr Timothy Seay-Morrison

Timothy Seay-Morrison is the Senior Vice-President of the Stanford Medicine Cancer Center. He leads the strategic, business, clinical and operational functions for the cancer system and is the executive leader of future cancer center developments. Previously, Timothy served as the Sr VP of the Service Lines and the Chief of Ambulatory Care Operations, functioning as the executive of several service lines, Workforce Health & Wellness (occupational health) for the health system, and partnerships with local county public health and community agencies. Timothy has been with Stanford Health Care since 2011 and has held positions as the Executive Director of Ambulatory Care & Service Lines and Executive Director of Clinical Support Services. Dr. Seay-Morrison is a faculty member at California State University, East Bay. Prior to joining Stanford, Timothy worked for UCLA Health and the UCLA School of Public Affairs. He has been recognized by the Stanford Medicine medical staff with the Administrator of the Year Award in 2021 and the Joan Upshaw Award for entrepreneurship from the Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care.

Prof. Anupam Sibal

Prof. Anupam Sibal (MD, FIMSA, FIAP, FRCP (Glasg), FRCP (Lon), FRCPCH, FAAP) is the Group Medical Director of Apollo Hospitals Group, India’s largest healthcare provider with 75 hospitals and 300 clinics.

Prof Sibal established the division of pediatric gastroenterology and hepatology in 1997 at Apollo Hospital, Delhi. He helped set up the first successful pediatric liver transplant program in India at Apollo Delhi in 1998. The Apollo Hospitals have performed more than 5000 liver transplants, of which 645 are pediatric.

Prof. Sibal served as the President of Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO) from 2020 – 2022. The organization aims is to bring together 1.4 million physicians of Indian origin in the world on one professional platform from 57 countries.

Prof Sibal is on the Editorial Board of 3 Journals and has 171 publications. He has edited a Textbook of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition.
His book on parenting, “Is Your Child Ready to face the World?” is a national best seller. He comments regularly in the print and electronic media on healthcare, pediatrics, leadership and parenting.