Speaker

Bellamkonda K. Kishore

Biography :

Prof. Bellamkonda Kishore, MD, PhD, MBA, is an academician and innovator, and has recently turned to entrepreneurship. His research focuses on purinergic signaling as it relates to obesity and metabolic syndrome, and diseases of the kidney. He developed and patented innovative therapies and launched a startup to commercialize them. Currently, he is the President, CEO & CSO of ePurines, Inc., while continuing as an Adjunct Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, Utah. In recognition of his innovative work, Dr. Kishore was inducted as a Senior Member of the National Academy of Inventors.