Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> February 24, 1999

Doros Platika – Ontogeny Inc

DOROS PLATIKA, M.D. is President and Chief Executive Officer of Ontogeny, Inc. Dr. Platika brings to Ontogeny depth in medicine and strength in the biotechnology industry. After completing his B.A. from Reed College, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and receiving his M.D. with honors from the State University of New York at Stony Brook School of Medicine, Dr. Platika completed residencies in medicine and neurology at the Massachusetts General Hospital, where he became Chief Resident. He did post-doctoral study at the Whitehead Institute, MIT and at the Massachusetts General Hospital in association with Harvard Medical School. Dr. Platika came to Ontogeny from Progenitor inc., a biotechnology company, where he held positions of increasing responsibility culminating in the position of Executive Vice President responsible for research and development. Profile
TWST: Could we start out by your giving us a brief overview of Ontogeny,

your history and activities, please?

Dr. Platika:Ontogeny was founded in August 1994 by developmental

biologist

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