David Porter | Director, Center for Cell Therapy and Transplant
University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Porter is the Jodi Fisher-Horowitz Professor of Leukemia Care Excellence at the Perelman School of Medicine and Abramson Cancer Center, and the Director of the Center for Cell Therapy and Transplant at the University of Pennsylvania.  He is also the co-director of Penn’s Colton Center of Excellence in Cell Therapy for Autoimmune Disease.  Dr Porter chairs or serves on numerous local, national and international committees focused on hematologic malignancies, stem cell transplantation and cell therapy.  He is a past Chair and emeritus member of the Board of Directors of the National Marrow Donor Program and currently serves as President of the American Society for Transplantation and Cellular Therapy.  He is the Deputy Editor of Transplantation and Cellular Therapy and is an Associate Editor for the American Journal of Hematology.  Dr. Porter is an accomplished clinical investigator with an extensive publication record and has been the primary or co-author of over 200 research and review articles.  Among other research highlights, he participated in the early development of reduced intensity allogeneic SCT, novel studies to limit GVHD, and along with colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania he has pioneered the successful development of CAR T cells for cancer.