Vice President, Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs at NeoStem
Former Associate Center Director, FDA Center for Devices & Radiologic Health
Jonathan Sackner-Bernstein, M.D., FACC, an internationally recognized clinical investigator in cardiology, was appointed as the Company’s Vice President of Clinical Development and Regulatory Affairs in April 2012. He brings to the Company over 20 years of experience in clinical practice, medical research, and healthcare management.
From 2008 to 2011, Dr. Sackner-Bernstein served as Associate Center Director for Technology and Innovation at U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health. During his tenure at the FDA, he launched the Center’s Entrepreneurs in Residence program; led the Center for Devices for Devices and Radiological Health Innovation Initiative; served as chairman of the Center’s task force focused on using new science in regulatory decision-making; and established the Center’s Council on Medical Device Innovation in concert with several other federal agencies.
Previously, Dr. Sackner-Bernstein served as Chief Medical Officer at the clinical research organization, Clinilabs, where he established a Phase I research unit from 2006 to 2008 He also served as assistant professor of medicine at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1993 to 2003. His academic accomplishments include contributions to medical therapy of heart failure and patients following heart attack as well as leadership in changing the paradigms of drug development in heart failure. Dr. Sackner-Bernstein’s model for rewarding altruism and increasing donation of kidneys for organ transplant was recently enacted by the Israeli government.
In 2011 Dr. Sackner-Bernstein founded ExVivos, LLC, a privately-held company focusing on engineering tissues and organs from human cells for the development of drugs, vaccines and biological products, for which he continues to serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
Dr. Sackner-Bernstein earned his B.S.E. from the Moore School of Electrical Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College. He completed training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. In addition, he holds Secret Clearance from the U.S. government.
