• Board-certified neurologist and geneticist with over 10 years of combined experience in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries and academic clinical and translational research in neurological and genetic disorders• Recent experience in clinical development of AAV9 gene therapies for neurologic disorders, including work on two global Phase 3 trials, successful Sakigake application (Japanese breakthrough therapy designation), and BLA and MAA applications, leading to 2019 FDA approval of ZOLGENSMA for spinal muscular atrophy• Prior experience in design and execution of eight Phase 1-3B clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and rare/orphan neurologic disorders, including progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), early-onset autosomal dominant Alzheimer’s disease (ADAD), and advanced Parkinson’s disease• Other accomplishments include clinical leadership of two programs through FDA Pre-IND briefing books and successful IND applications, two successful Orphan Drug Designation (ODD) applications, completion and management approval of Phase 1-3 clinical development plans for three assets in neurological indications, and pre and post-approval work on DUOPA™, a drug-device combination product which earned FDA approval and orphan drug designation in 2015 and Japanese approval in 2016 for treatment of advanced Parkinson’s disease
Listed skills include Clinical Trials, Neuroscience, Neurology, Clinical Research, and 23 others.