The Capital Grille
1338-46 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19107
(215) 545-9588
Date: Tuesday, March 26th, 12:00 pm (Doors open at 11:30 am)
Program Presenter:
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PAUL PETER TAK, M.D., PH.D., FMEDSCI, President & Chief Executive Officer
Speaker Biography
PAUL PETER TAK, M.D., PH.D., FMEDSCI
President & Chief Executive Officer
Paul Peter Tak, M.D., Ph.D., FMedSci, has served as President and Chief Executive Officer and as a member of the board of directors of Candel since September 2020; he oversaw the IPO process on the Nasdaq in 2021.
He received his medical degree cum laude from the Amsterdam University Medical Center and was trained as an internist, rheumatologist, and immunologist at Leiden University Medical Center, where he also received his Ph.D. Dr. Tak has been Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego. Next, he served as Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology at the Amsterdam University Medical Center. Dr. Tak has pioneered preclinical and clinical research on the role of the vagus nerve in chronic inflammation. This work provided a platform from which to explore bioelectronics as a therapeutic approach in autoimmune disease.
He has published ~600 papers in peer-reviewed journals (H-index 142) and received numerous awards. He has been elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (U.K.). At GlaxoSmithKline he served as Senior Vice Pr