Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong

Keynote Speaker

Executive Chairman & Global Chief Medical Officer
ImmunityBio, Inc.

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a physician and entrepreneur, serving as the Executive Chairman and Global Chief Medical Officer of ImmunityBio, Inc. With over 30 years of experience, Dr. Soon-Shiong has dedicated his career to developing cancer treatments and advancing medical innovations.

Throughout Dr. Soon-Shiong's career, he has pioneered therapies for diabetes and cancer, published over 100 scientific papers, and has been granted over 675 patents worldwide for groundbreaking advancements spanning myriad fields of medicine, technology, and artificial intelligence. As an Assistant Professor at UCLA in 1993, Dr. Soon-Shiong performed UCLA’s first whole-organ pancreas transplant and the world's first encapsulated islet cell transplant in Type 1 diabetic patients. His groundbreaking work led to the invention of Abraxane, a revolutionary drug approved by the FDA for several types of cancer, which has generated annual sales of approximately $1.0 billion.

In 2011, Dr. Soon-Shiong founded NantWorks, LLC, a group of companies with the goal of creating a transformative global health information and next-generation pharmaceutical development network for the secure sharing of genetic and medical information, addressing climate change and transforming digital communication. Dr. Soon-Shiong is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of NantWorks, LLC.