Speaker Spotlight
Tom Daniel, MD
Board member, Scripps Research
Throughout a multifaceted career, he has helped advance healthcare as a physician, researcher, educator and business leader.
Tom brings more than 20 years of experience leading and building research and development organizations and leading investments in new companies at the forefront of innovative application of science to healthcare.
Recently he served as a Venture Partner at ARCH Venture Partners for five years following a decade as President of Global Research and Early Development at Celgene Corporation. He previously served in senior leadership roles at AmbRx, Amgen and Immunex. Tom was formerly a director at Juno, Epizyme, Sana, Larimar and Vir. He currently serves as board chair at LocanaBio, Gate Therapeutics and Trotana, and is director at Vividion, Gossamer Bio, Aspen and Mozart. He chairs the Board of Managers of Life Science Cares-San Diego and is a Trustee of Reed College. He also serves as senior advisor to several private biotechnology companies. In his role with the board of directors for Scripps Research, he is committed to sustaining its contributions to science and human health at the highest level.
A nephrologist and former academic investigator, he was previously C.M. Hakim Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology at Vanderbilt University. After he received his MD from the University of Texas, Southwestern, he trained in molecular genetics at UTSW and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital.
True to his physician roots, thoughts of the countless patients awaiting the translation of scientific progress are never far from Daniel’s mind.
“The most powerful inspiration for my early career was watching medical advances stay a half step ahead of my father’s cardiovascular disease, thereby sustaining his life for over 40 years beyond what would have otherwise been a certain death. Now, I’m building companies, advising research and business leaders and, hopefully, mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs— all with the express purpose of serving patients. In many ways, this is the richest time of my career.”
– Tom Daniel, MD
