Powering Precision Health Summit 2017 (PPHS), the nation’s first precision health summit designed to be the premiere forum for world-leading researchers and clinicians, today announced that PPHS Founder and Chairman, Kevin Hrusovsky, will kick off the event on October 24th with an opening address titled, “The Variables of Life Can Be Measured, Evaluated, and Acted Upon to Transform 'Sick Care' to 'HealthCare.'”
“The goal of PPHS is to advance the innovations that truly move the needle in realizing the vision of precision health through rigorous debate and collaboration,” said Hrusovsky. “Our mission is to inform and inspire the incredible team of 500+ medical professionals and scientific innovators of the vast potential for ultra-sensitive and precise molecular measurements of life’s variables with the end goal of eradicating some of today’s most lethal diseases. We believe individuals, as well as the entire healthcare system, can be empowered to take control of environmental factors triggering disease at a personalized level in order to enable disease prevention and empower early treatment intervention. We will present concrete advances in neurology and brain health showing promise of detection in living humans for concussions, CTE, Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, ALS and Parkinson’s, as well as in oncology for pancreatic, lung, breast, brain and skin cancers.”
PPHS provides a forum for leading subject matter experts to unveil breakthrough medical and scientific research and collaborate on innovative diagnostics and treatments. With over 50 speakers, almost 1,000 years of collective experience, and over 6,300 scientific, peer-reviewed studies published, the mindshare at PPHS is comprised of the most qualified stakeholders, who have come together with the specific goal of advancing a new frontier in medicine that spans the entire continuum from health to disease. These world-renowned experts will present the latest advances in research, unveiling new detection technologies and treatments for today’s most devastating diseases, including breast cancer, pancreatic cancer, ALS, diabetes, heart disease and infectious disease.
“Can we diagnose pancreatic cancer six to nine months earlier, making it more treatable? Can we replace the mammogram with a less invasive, more precise blood test? Can we begin to measure the impact of contact sports and military combat on brain health in real-time? Can we detect Alzheimer’s five years before dementia and use today’s drugs to slow or stop its progression?” asked Hrusovsky. “These are the types of revolutionary questions that we’re looking to answer at this year’s Summit, and we’ve assembled a phenomenal group of thought leaders to help us do so. This is just one of the things that makes the Powering Precision Health movement so unique.”
In today’s world of medicine, we’re waiting for late-stage symptoms to present before prescribing treatment. The ability to detect and accurately measure disease risk is becoming increasingly important, as external lifestyle factors influence disease development, with research demonstrating that over 60 percent of factors linked to individual health and quality of life are correlated to lifestyle (World Health Organization).
“In just about every field of medicine, there are profound advances occurring in ultra-early molecular detection and diagnosis, enabling a sea of change from reactive 'sick care' to proactive 'healthcare.' This Summit is a movement designed to make Precision Health a global priority and to confront every boundary imaginable blocking the potential for this emerging field to prosper,” continued Hrusovsky. “If we continue making progress on the precision health initiative, I predict that by 2030, healthcare will cost 40% less, be 60% more accessible, and the average citizen will live eight years longer and live a more productive life.”
Hrusovsky’s opening presentation will also address the profound impact that environmental factors play in determining the state of our health, and how the ability to monitor critical biomarkers, less invasively, can lead to a breakthrough in healthcare. He will describe how baseline measurements of a person’s health are critical to improving the life and longevity of the population.
For more information about Powering Precision Health 2017, please visit: www.pphsummit.com. To register online and attend free of charge, please visit: https://goo.gl/z1LUhq.
About Powering Precision Health
Powering Precision Health is the nation's first summit dedicated to bringing the world's top physicians, scientists, innovators and patient advocates together to collaborate on the latest research on new biomarkers that are revolutionizing medicine. Founded by Kevin Hrusovsky, the acclaimed thought leader and visionary in life sciences and personalized medicine, PPHS is an executive think tank of researchers and clinicians working together to transform healthcare. Addressing key therapeutic areas including neurology, cardiology, oncology and infectious disease, PPHS unveils groundbreaking approaches for the prevention, early detection and diagnosis, and personalized treatment of disease. Join the movement on social media using #PPHSUMMIT on Twitter @KevinHrusovsky and @PPHSUMMIT, Facebook @PPHSUMMIT, and LinkedIn.
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