Arnold L. Oronsky, Ph.D., Director - Dr. Oronsky has served on our board of directors since September 2000. Dr. Oronsky is a General Partner at InterWest Partners, a venture capital firm focusing on investments in life sciences and information technology. Dr. Oronsky joined InterWest Partners in a full-time capacity in 1994 after serving as a special limited partner since 1989. He also serves as a senior lecturer in the Department of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Medical School. From 1980 to 1993, Dr. Oronsky was Vice President for Discovery Research at the Lederle Laboratories division of American Cynamid Company, a pharmaceutical company. From 1973 to 1976, Dr. Oronsky was Head of Inflammation, Allergy and Immunology Research at Ciba-Geigy. From 1970 to 1972, he was an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, where he also served as a research fellow from 1968 to 1970. Dr. Oronsky serves on the board of directors the publicly-held biotechnology companies BioTransplant, Inc., Corixa Corporation and Myogen, Inc. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons and a B.S. degree from University College, New York University. |