C. Lowell Parsons, M.D., a director and Chief Medical Officer of Urigen, is a leader in medical research into the causes and treatment of interstitial cystitis, which is a painful bladder syndrome with typical cystoscopic and/or histological features in the absence of infection or other pathology, and has published over 200 scientific articles and book chapters in this area describing his work. Dr. Parsons received his M.D. degree from the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, CT, in 1970. After completing his medical internship at Yale in 1971, Dr. Parsons spent two years as a staff associate in the Laboratory of Microbiology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He then completed his urology residency training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1977. Dr. Parsons joined the Division of Urology faculty at the University of California, San Diego, or UCSD, in 1977 as assistant professor. He served as Chief of Urology at the UCSD-affiliated Veterans Affairs Medical Center in La Jolla from 1977 to 1985. Since 1988, he has been Professor of Surgery/Urology.
Edward R. Teitel, M.D., J.D., M.B.A. currently serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of ThromboVision, Inc. Prior to founding ThromboVision in 2005, Dr. Teitel served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at MicroMed Technology, Inc. (now MicroMed Cardiovascular, Inc.). As a part of senior management at MicroMed, Dr. Teitel participated in all aspects of clinical trials and regulatory matters, business scope and fund raising activities, as well as legal matters. As chief medical officer for the DeBakey Left Ventricular Assist Device at MicroMed, Dr. Teitel acquired extensive experience in platelet function and anti-platelet therapy, especially relating to artificial surface devices. Before joining MicroMed Technology in 2002, Dr. Teitel practiced for many years as a board certified general and vascular surgeon. He founded, managed, and developed a multi-specialty group practice in Alabama until he closed his practice in 1997 to transition into corporate medicine and management. Dr. Teitel earned his MBA at Auburn University and worked with a boutique investment banking firm, Colby Capital, in Atlanta where he worked to fund start-up companies in the life sciences. After completing law school in 2002, he joined the senior management team at MicroMed. Dr. Teitel earned his MD degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and completed his surgical residency at St. Mercy Medical Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan. He received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston, with a focus in healthcare law, intellectual property and business law. Dr. Teitel holds a BS in chemistry from Sul Ross State University.
Dan Vickery, Ph.D. is a pharmaceutical business development consultant. Prior to starting his practice in 2005, he held a senior business development position at Mylan Pharmaceuticals, overseeing their Branded Products and Drug Delivery divisions, during which he focused on transactions for Drug Delivery products in the EU, and in-licensing and out-licensing of branded products. Prior to joining Mylan, Dr. Vickery had worldwide commercial development responsibility at Pharmacia for the therapeutic areas of Urology, Women's Health Care, and Sexual Dysfunction. Dr. Vickery also has significant experience in drug development, having lead the Regulatory Affairs department at Parke-Davis division, Warner-Lambert Canada, during the time in which Lipitor was approved and launched. Dr. Vickery has an M.B.A. from the Ivey Business School, University of Western Ontario, and his Ph.D. (Genetics) and B.Sc. (Biology) are from the University of British Columbia.
