Itzhak D. Goldberg, M.D., FACR, President and CEO
Dr. Goldberg was formerly a faculty member at Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, Radiation Oncologist-in-Chief for the North Shore-LIJ Health System, New Hyde Park, NY, and Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. He has made seminal contributions in the field of HGF over the last 20 years.
Weizhong Cai, Ph.D., VP-Drug Development
Dr. Cai trained at Harvard Medical School and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA. He was formerly Senior Research Investigator at OSI Pharmaceuticals and has over 15 years of drug discovery and development experience in the biotechnology industry.
Prakash Narayan, Ph.D., VP-Preclinical Research
Dr. Narayan was formerly a faculty member at University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. He is an expert in models of acute and chronic disease and is the recipient of multiple NIH translational research awards.
Bijoy Panicker, Ph.D., Director of Discovery Chemistry
Dr. Panicker received his training at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India and at the University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. He has had 10 years of industry experience including senior positions at Recon, Shasun, Rhodia Chirex and OSI Pharmaceuticals. Dr Panicker is an expert in rational drug design and medicinal chemistry.
Bert Oehlen, Ph.D., Principal Investigator in Pulmonary and Fibrotic Diseases
Dr. Oehlen received his doctorate from the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands and was a post doctoral fellow at Rockefeller University in New York City. He has had 10 years of industry experience working previously at Cadus Pharmaceuticals and OSI Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Oehlen has expertise in the areas of drug development and pulmonary diseases.
David E. Smith, Ph.D., Principal Investigator in Neuroscience
Dr. Smith received his training at SUNY-Stony Brook, NY, Rockefeller University, NY and the Roche Institute of Molecular Biology, NJ. He was formerly a senior scientist at OSI Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Smith has extensive expertise in drug discovery and neuroscience.
