Gisela M. Schwab, MD, has served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer since September 2006 when she joined Exelixis. From 2002 to 2006, she held the position of senior vice president and chief medical officer at Abgenix, Inc., a human antibody-based drug development. She also served as vice president, clinical development, at Abgenix from 1999 to 2001. From 1992 to 1999, she held positions of increasing responsibility at Amgen Inc., most recently as director of clinical research and hematology/oncology therapeutic area team leader. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Heidelberg, and is board certified in internal medicine and hematology and oncology, and performed postdoctoral research at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, MD and at the French National Health and Medical Research Institute (INSERM) in Paris. Dr. Schwab is a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Society of Hematology, the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Nephrology. |