Biography

Dr. Siegel has served as a director since November 2017. He most recently served as Chief Biotechnology Officer and Head of Scientific Strategy and Policy at Johnson & Johnson, which he joined in 2003, and on the Executive Committees and Boards of BIO and the Alliance for Regenerative Medicine and previously at Johnson & Johnson as Company Group President for Biotechnology, Immunology, and Oncology. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Dr. Siegel had a distinguished 20-year career at the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in positions of increasing responsibility, including directing the office responsible for reviewing and approving therapeutic biologics. Dr. Siegel currently is a member of the National Academies’ Forum on Regenerative Medicine and the National Academies’ Forum on Drug Development. He received a B.S. in Biology from the California Institute of Technology and an M.D. from Stanford University. He trained in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and in infectious diseases and immunology at Stanford University. The Board believes that Dr. Siegel’s medical training and more than 35 years of experience in biotechnology qualify him to serve as a member of our Board.