Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> October 29, 2004

DAVID MOSKOWITZ – GENOMED INC (GMED)

DAVID W. MOSKOWITZ, MD, MA Chief Medical Officer of GenoMed. Dr. Moskowitz majored in Chemistry (summa cum laude) at Harvard College, Biochemistry (first class honours) at Merton College, Oxford, and received an MD (cum laude) from the Harvard-MIT Division in Health Sciences and Technology (Harvard Medical School). He trained for 7 years in Internal Medicine and Nephrology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, before spending 11 years on the faculty of St. Louis University School of Medicine. From 1994 to 1997, Dr. Moskowitz experienced first hand the clinical effectiveness of knowing a disease- associated gene (the angiotensin converting enzyme, or ACE, gene). Dr. Moskowitz is a pioneer in the field of medical genomics, and has been recognized for his ground breaking treatment of diseases associated with the angiotensin I-converting enzyme, such as chronic renal failure due to hypertension or type II diabetes. Profile
TWST: Could you give us a little history and a quick overview of

GenoMed?

Dr. Moskowitz: We're a medical genomics company. Our goal is to find

disease-causing genes and then change what's done