Dr William Pao

William Pao is a physician-scientist whose career has spanned academia, industry and biotech. He started his career as a thoracic oncologist, lab researcher and clinical investigator at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in Ne York and then Vanderbilt University in Nashville, where he also served as the Division Chief of Haematology/Oncology. Through executive leadership positions at Roche and Pfizer, he oversaw the discovery and development of portfolios of new molecular entities, many of which have been approved, to treat a variety of diseases. He currently is CEO and Co-Founder of a cancer biotechnology company.