Team
Founders
David Kalergis, MBA/JD
Founder & CEO
- Founder & former Chairman/CEO of Diffusion Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly-traded biotech firm in late-stage clinical trials (NASDAQ: DFFN)
- Raised $150+ million from equity markets and high net worth investors
- Previously Director of UVA Gateway, strengthening ties between industry and academia in the life sciences area
- Previously on Board of Directors and General Counsel at Pharmaceutical Research Associates Health (NASDAQ: PRAH)
- Co-founder and previous Director of Virginia National Bank (NASDAQ: VABK)
James Bates, MD/PhD
Chief Medical Officer
- Co-Inventor of the novel platform technology
- Former practicing anesthesiologist and Assoc. Prof., University of Iowa
- Author of dozens of published papers in related areas
- BA, Molecular Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara
- MA, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara
- PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara
- MD, Medicine, University of Miami School of Medicine
SCIENTIFIC ADVISORY BOARD
Benjamin Gaston, MD/PhD
Co-Inventor; Professor of Pediatrics and Vice Chair for Translational Research
Herman B Wells Center, Indiana University School of Medicine
Stephen Lewis, PhD
Co-Inventor, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pulmonology, Allergy and Immunology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
James Bates, MD/PhD
Co-Inventor; Practicing anesthesiologist and Assoc. Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa PhD, Biochemistry/Molecular Biology, University of California-Santa Barbara
Atelerix Chief Medical Officer