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Dr. Peters has been the Chief Executive Officer of Adherex since March 2003 the Chairman of our Board since February 2004 and a member of the Board since November 2002. From March 2003 to February 2004 Dr. Peters served as the Vice Chairman of the Board. Dr. Peters has served on the faculty at Harvard University Duke University and Wayne State University. He originated the solid tumor high-dose chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant program at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and was Director of Bone Marrow Transplantation and Professor of Medicine at Duke University from 1984 to 1995 and was an Associate Director of the Cancer Center. He then served as President Director and CEO of the Karmanos Cancer Institute from 1995 to 2001. Simultaneously he served as Associate Dean for Cancer at Wayne State University and Senior Vice President for Cancer Services at the Detroit Medical Center. In 2001 he organized the Institute for Strategic Analysis and Innovation at the Detroit Medical Center of which he served as President. Dr. Peters has three Bachelor degrees (Biochemistry Biophysics and Philosophy) from Pennsylvania State University received his MPhil MD and PhD degrees from the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in New York and trained clinically at Harvard University Medical School’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He is board certified in internal medicine and medical oncology. He earned his MBA at the Duke University Fuqua School of Business. | 