Ely Benaim, M.D. has served as Vice President, Clinical Affairs since April 2007. Dr. Benaim has twenty years of experience in the medical field including ten years of clinical research experience in academia, government and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. He most recently served as Global Development Leader, Global Clinical Development at Amgen, Inc. While at Amgen, Dr. Benaim oversaw the clinical development of multiple of oncology therapeutic drug candidates. Prior to joining Amgen in 2005, Dr. Benaim served as Global Senior Director, Oncology Clinical Development at Salmedix Inc. (now Cephalon, Inc.) where he led the development of TREANDA(R) (Bendamustine HCl) to a Phase 3 pivotal trial for lymphoma. Dr. Benaim received his M.D. from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas and completed his pediatric residency training at the University of South Florida. He completed fellowships in pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplantation at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. From 1997 to 2004, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee and an Assistant Member to the Department of Hematology/Oncology. As a member of the Transplantation and Gene Therapy program he published several manuscripts on the areas of stem cell transplantation, immunology and gene therapy. |