Bernard Siegel
Country:
USA
Company:
Healthspan Action Coalition
Florida attorney, Bernard Siegel is the Executive Director of the nonprofit Regenerative Medicine Foundation (RMF) and co-founder and executive director of Healthspan Action Coalition (HSAC). RMF's mission is to accelerate regenerative medicine to improve health and deliver cures. Cancer survivor and patient advocate, Bernie helped forge a visionary advocacy movement- the foundation of the stem cell and regenerative medicine ecosystem. Bernie conceptualized, created and co-chaired twenty (20) World Stem Cell Summits,World Stem Cell Summit-Shanghai (2019), Equine World Stem Cell Summit (2016), three (3) Regenerative Medicine Capital Conferences and "Human Cloning in all its aspects" at UN Headquarters (2004). For most of these events, he invited 100's of speakers individually, either by personal email or phone call. As a connector and influencer, his projects have sparked valuable collaborations worldwide. The Healthspan Action Coalition has enrolled 150+ organizations under the banner of healthy longevity, aiming to deliver global access of longevity medicine to all populations. Healthspan should be recognized as a fundamental human right. Bernie emcees the annual Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine "Action" Awards and serves co- editor of the World Stem Cell Report-supplement to the journal STEM CELLS Translational Medicine, RMF's official journal partner. He was a founding director of Alliance for Regenerative Medicine (ARM) industry group and board member of the DC-based Coalition for Advancement of Medical Research (CAMR). In 2020, he served on the board of the massively successful California Proposition 14 ballot measure authorizing an additional $5.5 BILLION for research and clinical trial efforts. He presently co-chairs the advisory board of the Alliance for Cell Therapy NOW, promoting public policy efforts in Washington. In 2002, he filed the first court case relating to reproductive cloning. He is widely credited for debunking the claim of the group claiming that they cloned the first baby. He organized and ran the Genetics Policy Institute undertaking the pivotal role in galvanizing a global movement that lobbied the UN to reject a treaty that called for a prohibition of SCNT- a form of stem cell research. His many media appearances include CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox & Friends, Canada AM, CNBC, CBS Morning Show, NPR's "All Things Considered".