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Cord Blood

CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunitie for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

AM25-SN-17-L - CBC: Defining Novel Growth Opportunities for the Cord Blood Field: Lessons Learned & Pathways Forward

Sunday, October 26, 2025

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM PT

Room: SDCC 32

CE: 0 CME (AMA Physician Credit) / 1 CE (Non-Physician Credit)

CABP Eligible

Program Chair(s)

Tomasz Baran, MD, MBA (he/him/his)

Chief Medical Officer
FamiCord

Disclosure(s): FamiCord AG: Full-time/Part-time Employee or Owner (Ongoing), Stock Shareholder (self-managed) (Ongoing)

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Speaker(s)

Heather Brown, MS

Commercial Development, Advocacy, Clinical Oversight
CBR by CooperSurgical

Disclosure(s): CooperSurgical, Inc: Full-time/Part-time Employee or Owner (Ongoing)

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Roberto Waddington, BScEcon (he/him/his)

CEO & Country Manager
CryoHoldco Brasil
SAO PAULO, Sao Paulo

Disclosure(s): CryohHoldco do Brasil Participacoes S.A:: Full-time/Part-time Employee or Owner (Ongoing)

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Sara Shields, MPH, MLS (ASCP)

Director of Operations
Cleveland Cord Blood Center
Warrensville Heights, Ohio

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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Effectively addressing the challenge of scaling and growing the cord blood industry is critical for increasing the impact of our work in society.

Learning Objectives:

Lessons learned - do's and don'ts of industry consolidation.
Medical/scientific excellence and/or sustainable profitability.
New growth avenues: genetic testing and biobanking.
What role should public banking have going forward.