RE: Another mouth to feed22 Nov 2016 21:39
Prior to his role at Dana-Farber, Dr. Benz served as the chairman for the Department of Medicine and Sir William Osler Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as physician-in-chief at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Benz has also served as President of the American Society of Hematology, the Association of American Cancer Institutes, the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the American Clinical and Climatological Society, and the Friends of the National Institute of Nursing Research. Over the course of his career, Dr. Benz has authored more than 300 articles, books, reviews and abstracts and has received numerous awards including the Margaret L. Kripke Legend Award, the American Society of Hematology Mentoring Award in Basic Science, and Leon Resnick Awards for Research.
Dr. Edward Benz Jr. commented, “I am excited to be joining the Xenetic team at such an important time for the Company. I believe that Xenetic continues to take the necessary steps to advance the Company, its partnerships and product candidates towards commercialization in areas of significant unmet need.”
Dr. Benz earned his bachelor’s degree from Princeton University. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Harvard Medical School, completed his medical school thesis at Boston Children’s Hospital and completed his training at the National Institutes of Health, Yale University School of Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA.
Reads like a retirement job to me.