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ACADEMIC BIO SKETCH: Expert holds the rank of Professor of Hematology/Oncology, is a 33 year veteran of academic medicine, a key opinion leader and skilled principal investigator of over 200 clinical trials and has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles in major scientific and clinical medical journals. Over the past 3 decades, she has served on the faculties of Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, Albert Einstein Cancer Center in New York, Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, the Barrett Cancer Center of the University of Cincinnati and The Dana Farber Cancer Center of Harvard University. Expert has also served in several administrative capacities including the Director of the SWOG Clinical Trial Cooperative Group and the Director of Infusion Services at the Barrett Cancer Center. Over her 33 years in clinical practice, Expert has treated thousands of patients with solid tumors, hematologic malignancies and hematologic disorders and has also served on NCCCN panels to establish best practice pathway algorithms based on evidence-based trial data. Throughout her career, Expert has served as analyst and consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, early bio-tech start-ups and the investment community relative to investigational drugs and their clinical development. At present, Expert is CEO of her own practice, a practice which provides second opinions for rare and complex cancer cases, offers medical intelligence to the Pharma and Investment communities as well as legal expert witness services.

LEGAL BIO SKETCH: MEDICAL MALPRACTICE I served as expert witness in 2 malpractice cases in the setting of clinical management of early prostate cancer, dating to 2003 and 2005. For each, I wrote a declaration and was deposed. These cases were settled and did not go to trial.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY In 2014, I was retained, in a patent dispute where I served as an expert witness on the side of the patent owner. The case involved a patent dispute, which is used to treat 1.) hypercalcemia and 2.) treat bone metastases. In 2016, I functioned as an expert witness in a patent despite where the petitioner and ___was the patent owner and the drug in question was Fulvestrant, an estrogen receptor antagonist. After submitting a declaration, the case was settled. I also worked on a case where I wrote several declarations and assume that the case was settled since this work was completed in 2015. In 2017, I was retained as an expert witness in a patent dispute by the firm on the side of (patent owner) vs (petitioner). I have continued to assist with their patents and at present, I previously this year, assisted as expert witness in a patent dispute. At present, I am not retained or under contract. *More examples available upon request.