Oncolytics hires Tuchman as CMO, senior VP Oncolytics Biotech Inc (C:ONC)
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Friday September 28 2012 - News Release
Dr. Brad Thompson reports
ONCOLYTICS BIOTECH INC. ANNOUNCES THE APPOINTMENT OF DR. ALAN J. TUCHMAN AS CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Oncolytics Biotech Inc. has appointed Dr. Alan Tuchman to the role of chief medical officer and senior vice president, clinical and medical development.
Dr. Tuchman holds a B.S. from the City College of New York, an M.D. from the University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine and an MBA from the Columbia University, School of Business. Throughout his medical career he has held numerous academic and administration appointments at a variety of medical schools in the New York area and is currently Clinical Professor of Neurology at the New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York, and engaged in the private practice of neurology. Dr. Tuchman has staff privileges at the Montefiore Medical Centre, where he is the Attending, Department of Neurology. He holds membership in numerous professional societies, and has sat on advisory boards, boards of trustees and committees for a number of state and regional groups as well as hospitals, focused on neurological diseases.
Dr. Tuchman also brings substantial capital markets experience to this new role. He spent nearly four years as a sell-side analyst with Oscar Gruss & Son, advancing to the role of Senior Vice President, Equity Research. Subsequently he was a Principal at Xmark Funds, a biotechnology investment fund. Today he is a Managing Director at MedPro Investors LLP, an angel investment group focused on biotechnology companies. Dr. Tuchman is also the Chairman (previously Chairman and Chief Executive Officer) of Neurophysics Inc., a developer of innovative, non-invasive medical devices. He has served on the Company's Scientific Advisory Board and been a consultant to Oncolytics since 2001.
"Alan brings a powerful combination of extensive medical and capital markets expertise to his new role at Oncolytics," said Dr. Brad Thompson, President and CEO of Oncolytics. "We are pleased to have an individual of his caliber formally join our management team and expect him to make a substantial contribution, building on his long term association with the Company."
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