Program Advisors

Industry:
Susan Carpenter, PhD
Director Clinical Services, Applied Molecular Evolution, Eli Lilly & Co.

Eileen Casal, RN, MSN
Sr. Director Clinical Affairs, Dexcom

G. Bryan Cornwall, PhD, PEng
SVP, Research and Clinical Resources, NuVasive, Inc.

David Frakes, MD, FRCPC, FAPA
Global VP of Medical and Scientific Services, Quintiles

Tom Gehring, Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director,
San Diego County Medical Society

Steven Hanling, CDR, USN, MC, NMCSD
Director Pain Medicine Center & Fellowship Program,
Naval Medical Center San Diego

CAPT Anita H. Hickey, MD
Director, Pain Research & Integrative Pain Medicine Dept. of Anesthesiology, Naval Medical Center San Diego

Andreas Koester, MD, PhD
VP Clinical Trial Innovation, External Alliances,
Janssen Research & Development, Global Clinical Operations,
Johnson & Johnson

Ajay Madan, PhD, DABT
Senior Director, Preclinical Development, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.

John Malone, MD, MPH, FACP, FIDSA, CPE
Head Clinical Investigations Department, Naval Medical Center San Diego

Larry Mimms, PhD
VP, R & D, Quidel Corporation

Grace R. Nakayama, PhD, PMP
Associate Director, Project Management, Prometheus Laboratories

Carlos M. Nunez, MD
Chief Medical Officer, SVP of Medical Operations, CareFusion

Ted Okerson, MD, MAS CLRE, FACP
Senior Director – Global Medical Affairs, Allergan

Kourosh Parivar, Mpharm
VP & Head Clinical Pharmacology, Oncology Business Unit, Pfizer

Mitchell E. Reff, PhD
Consultant, Oncology and Large Molecule Discovery and Development

Kobi M. Sethna, President and Chief Executive Officer,
Nereus Pharmaceuticals

K.A. Ajit Simh, MS
Principal Consultant, Shiba Biotechnology Consultants, Inc.

Christian Weyer, MD, MAS CLRE
SVP, Research & Development, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

UC San Diego:
David Adler, PharmD
Associate Dean, UCSD School of Pharmacy

Gary S. Firestein, MD
Dean/Translational Medicine, Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

Gabriel G. Haddad, MD
Physician in Chief in Pediatrics and Professor/Chair Rady Children's Hospital

Carolyn Kelly, MD
Associate Dean, UCSD School of Medicine

Maria Savoia, MD
Dean, UCSD School of Medicine

Robert S. Zeiger, MD, PhD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, UCSD

Director of Allergy Research, Kaiser Permanente SD