Program Advisors

David Adler, PharmD
Associate Dean, UCSD School of Pharmacy

Captain Linnea M. Axman, Nurse Corps, United States Navy, Ph.D., MSN, CFNP, FAANP
Prospective Executive Officer, Naval School of Health Sciences, San Diego

Darrel P. Cohen, M.D., Ph.D.

Senior Director, Oncology Clinical Development; Pfizer Global Research and Development La Jolla

Gary S. Firestein, M.D.
Director of CII; Professor of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine

David Frakes, M.D., FRCPC, FAPA
Gloval V.P. of Medical and Scientific Services, Quintiles

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

Robert J. Hye, M.D.

SCPMG, Kaiser Permanente, San Diego

Carolyn Kelly, M.D.
Associate Dean, UCSD School of Medicine

Orville Kolterman, M.D.
Senior VP of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Ted Okerson, M.D., MAS CLRE, FACP

Executive Director, Clinical Research, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Norman A. Paradis, M.D.

Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Cylex Inc.

Robert E. Parson, M.S., MAS LHCO, CRE, CQE, CHE

Vice President, Global Clinical/Regulatory Affairs, Inverness Medical Innovations, Biosite Inc.

Mitchel Reff, Ph.D.

Vice President, Discovery Oncology, Biogen Idec, Inc.

Captain Jacqueline D. Rychnovsky, Nurse Corps, United States Navy, Ph.D., MSN, BSN

Senior Nurse Executive for the Director of Professional Education and Head Nursing Research and Analysis at the Naval Medical Center, San Diego

Joseph E. Scherger, M.D.

Professor of Clinical Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, San Diego County Medical Society

Kobi M. Sethna

President and Chief Executive Officer, Nereus Pharmaceuticals

Christian Weyer, M.D., MAS CLRE

Executive Director, Clinical Research, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.