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Dr. Kessler is Senior Vice President Clinical Medical and Regulatory Affairs as of March 2007. Joining Nabi Biopharmaceuticals in 2005 he most recently served as Vice President Clinical Research. He spent over 6 years at GenVec Inc. a gene therapy company as Head of Clinical Research where he led clinical efforts in therapeutic angiogenesis oncology and anti-angiogenesis (macular degeneration). From 1989 to 1998 he was an Assistant Professor and later Associate Professor of Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine where he conducted gene and cell therapy research; and he was an attending cardiologist on the Heart Failure and Transplant Service.
He earned a B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh a M.Sc. from the University of London and an M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He trained in internal medicine and was a research fellow in heart failure at The Mount Sinai Hospital New York and was a research and clinical fellow in Cardiology at the Johns Hopkins University where he was a National Institutes of Heath Physician Scientist Award recipient. He is the author of 45 peer reviewed research articles and has received 5 issued U.S. patents. | 