President and CEO
National Hemophilia Foundation
Leonard A. Valentino, MD, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the
National Hemophilia Foundation. He is a board-certified pediatric hematologist
oncologist and practiced at Rush University Medical Center where he was a
Professor of Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Immunology-Microbiology and
Biochemistry and the Director of the Rush University Hemophilia and
Thrombophilia Center in Chicago, IL, USA for more than two decades until he
retired from academic medicine in 2013. Dr. Valentino then worked in the
biopharmaceutical industry for seven years at Baxter Healthcare, Baxalta,
Shire, and most recently at Spark Therapeutics, where he was Vice President
and strategy lead for hematology. During his long career as a hematologist, he
treated many patients with hemophilia, von Willebrand Disease, platelet
disorders and rare bleeding disorders, as well as those with hereditary
thrombotic disorders. He has published more than 160 peer-reviewed
manuscripts and participated in phase 1, 2 and 3 clinical research trials as well
as leading a basic science research laboratory investigating the molecular basis
of joint disease in hemophilia patients. He joined the National Hemophilia
Foundation in February 2020.
Sunday, July 10, 2022
10:45 AM – 12:00 PM