Management

Dr. Kenneth Blum, B.Sc. (Pharmacy), M.Sc., PhD, DHL- received his PhD in Neuropharmacology from New York Medical College and is a graduate from Columbia University and New Jersey College of Medicine. He trained at the Institute of Behavioral Genetics, Colorado University at Boulder, Colorado. He also received a doctor of humane letters from St Martins University. He has published over 500 abstracts, peer– reviewed articles and books (16). He has been the recipient of many grants and awards including a Life-Time Achievement in Addiction Medicine (Holistic Institute on Addiction Studies); Marquis Who Who’s Life –Time Achievement Award, and Presidential Award for Scientific Excellence (National Council of Alcohol & Drug Abuse Councilors), Scientific Achievement Award (City of Life Miami) and Best Abstract (2012) Award ASRA (Pain); Path Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award (2014) and Honorary Full Professor (Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Psychology, Budapest, Hungary) and American Society of Addiction Medicine Millennium Laboratory Award among many others. He coined the term “Reward Deficiency Syndrome “in 1995 now in Microsoft Dictionary, Gates Scientific dictionary and featured in SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal Psychology (2017). Currently he serves as Editor-in-chief of Journal of Reward Deficiency Syndrome & Addiction Science (Editor-in-chief), Co-EIC Neuroimaging in Psychiatry & Neurology, and is on the editorial board of 18 other scientific journals.

Dr. Goutham Edula completed his medical education from Osmania Medical college and has an MS degree in Biomedical Informatics from Singapore. He has worked as Senior Scientist and Senior Research physician in Eli Lilly in Singapore and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in Sweden for 12 years. He is the founder director of several medical research and innovation based companies in US, EU, Singapore and India. He has extensive experience in incorporating healthcare related business and building them into successful global enterprises. He lectures to medical students in Europe, and has published 12 research publications and one book chapter.

Having a vast experience in handling scientific events, Mr. Juan Torres joined USG in 2015 as onsite event director. Known for his organizational skills and setting up an operations plan at the conference, Mr. Torres takes great care training and supervising the onsite conference staff, scheduling the pre-conference meeting with the conference and session chairs, handling the concerns with the delegates and the speakers regarding presentations guidelines, etc.

Since inception of USG Conferences, technical director Mr. Frank Viagran III is playing a vital role in handling activities, including meeting room setup, audio-visual setup, food and beverage service requirements and works closely with on-site management team, the facility staff and other vendors to help the conference run smoothly.