Dawn McGuire
Dawn McGuire, M.D., (Chair)
Dr. McGuire is the Chair of Opexas Scientific Advisory Board and the Companys acting chief medical officer. She is a board certified neurologist with more than a decade of executive leadership in drug development. Previously, Dr. McGuire was vice president of clinical research at Elan Pharmaceuticals where she served as development leader for Tysabri, a drug now marketed for the treatment of patients with relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Dr. McGuire also holds several academic and service positions, including American Academy of Neurology committee memberships, peer review committee membership in the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and serves on the Advisory Council of the Gill Heart Institute.