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Biographical Information

Dr. Schmidt is currently the head of NorthStar Consulting, LLC, which specializes in providing advice on preclinical and clinical studies of novel analgesic drugs, and simultaneously part-time Senior VP of Development at Limerick NeuroSciences in South San Francisco, CA.  Dr. Schmidt was previously VP, Clinical Research, for Renovis, Inc., in South San Francisco, CA, an emerging biopharmaceutical company developing drugs to treat stroke, chronic neurological diseases, and pain.  Prior to Renovis, Dr. Schmidt was VP, Scientific Affairs, at Adolor Corporation in Exton, PA, where he was a key member of the team leading to the clinical development and NDA filing of Entereg® (alvimopan).  Dr. Schmidt continues as a Scientific Advisory Consultant to both Adolor and Renovis.

Dr. Schmidt is the Immediate Past-President of the Eastern Pain Association, the largest regional affiliate of the American Pain Society.  He has over 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience with a special emphasis on the discovery and development of novel analgesic and narcotic antagonist drugs.  He is the co-editor of “Pain: Current Understanding, Emerging, Therapies, and Novel Approaches to Drug Discovery” (Marcel Dekker, 2003; 2nd edition in preparation).  Dr. Schmidt received his Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the University of California, San Francisco.  Following his postdoctoral fellowship at Boston University School of Medicine, Dr. Schmidt joined DuPont Pharmaceuticals (later the DuPont Merck Pharmaceutical Company) where he helped to develop nalbuphine (Nubain®), naltrexone (Trexan®, ReVia®) and the oxycodone-ibuprofen formulation used in Combunox™.


Board of Directors 2006-2008

President

On Board as of 2002
(Term ends 2008)

Donald C. Manning MD, PhD
Executive Director
Clinical Research and Development
Celgene Corporation
86 Morris Avenue
Summit, NJ 07901
Phone: 908 673-9529
Fax: 908 673-2778
Email: dmanning@celgene.com

President-Elect

On Board as of 2005
(Term ends 2008)

Dania Chastain PhD
Director UVA Acute Pain Service
Box 800710
Charlottesville, VA 22908
Phone: 434 982-3500
Fax: 434 243-5689
Email: dcc6w@virginia.edu

Immediate Past President

On Board as of 2001
(Term ends 2008)

William K. Schmidt PhD
1337 Marina Circle
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 650-438-3018 (cell)
Fax: 866-410-8835 (toll free)
Email: schmidtwk@aol.com (personal)
Email: schmidtwk@sbcglobal.net (business)

Treasurer

On Board as of 2001
(Term ends 2008)

Nancy Z. Olson MPS CCRC
Analgesic Development Ltd
635 Madison Ave, 3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10022-1009
Phone: 212 813-1200
Fax: 212 813-9620
Email: analgesicdevel@att.net

Parliamentarian

On Board as of 1974
(Term ends 2008)

B. Berthold Wolff PhD
343 E 30th St, Apt 4K
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212 689-8816
Fax: 212 726-0024

Directors-At-Large

Allen Lebovits PhD (Past Pres.)
On Board as of 2001
Term ends 2008
NYU Medical Center
Pain Management Ctr
317 E 34th St. 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212 201-1004
Fax: 212 685-5365
Email: allen.lebovits@med.nyu.edu

Stephen A. Cooper DMD PhD
On Board as of 2004
(Term ends 2008)
San Merano Apartments
26000 Portofino Circle Apt 107
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
Phone: 973-710-6677
Fax: 973 660-7162
Email: sacooper3@aol.com

Michel Dubois MD (Past Pres.)
On Board as of 2001
(Term ends 2008)
NYU Pain Management Center
Department of Anesthesiology
317 E. 34th Street 9th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: 212 201-1004
Fax: 212 685-5365
Email: michel.dubois@med.nyu.edu

Roy C. Grzesiak PhD
On Board as of 2001
(Term ends 2008)
Newsletter Editor
220 Lenox Avenue
Westfield, NJ 07090
Phone: 908 789-3344
Fax: 908 789-3118
Email: rgrzesiak@optonline.net

Charles E. Inturrisi PhD (Past Pres.)
On Board as of 2001
(Term ends 2008)
LC-524 Pharmacology
Weill Medical College of Cornell University
1300 York Ave
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212 746-6235
Fax: 212 746-8835
Email: ceintur@med.cornell.edu

Robert F. Kaiko PhD (Past Pres.)
On Board as of 12-05
(Term ends 2008)
Purdue Pharma LP
One Stamford Forum
Stamford, CT 06901-3431
Phone: 203 588-7210
Fax: 203 588-6522
Email: dr.robert.kaiko@pharma.com

Ada G. Rogers RN (Past Pres.)
On Board as of 2001
(Term ends 2008)
420 East 64th Street #W2D
New York, NY 10021-0353
Phone: 212 421-0353
Email: SweetNSassyJJ@aol.com

Michael L. Weinberger MD
On Board as of 2004
(Term ends 2008)
Pain Management Center, PH5 East
622 West 168th St.
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212 305-7114
Fax: 212 305-8883
Email: mlw45@columbia.edu

Alex Mauskop, MD (Past Pres.)
On Board as of 2006
(Term ends 2008)
New York Headache Center
30 East 76th St
New York, NY 10021
Phone: 212 794-3550
Fax: 212 794-0591
Email: nyheadache@aol.com

Ronald Kanner, MD
On Board as of 2006
(Term ends 2008)
Dept of Neurology
Long Island Jewish Med Ctr
New Hyde Park, NY 11042
Phone: 718 470-7311
Fax: 718 347-3016
Email: ronchefdoc@aol.com

Joyce Lowinson, MD
On Board as of 2006
(Term ends 2008)
111 East 56th St
New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212 753-8600
Fax: 212 754-5683
Email: lowinsj@mail.rockefeller.edu

Paul Desjardins, DMD, PhD
On Board as of 2006
(Term ends 2008)
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
5 Giralda Farms
Madison, NJ 07940
Phone: 973 660-6693
Fax: 973 660-7162
Email: desjarp2@wyeth.com


Nominations Committee
Michel Y. Dubois, MD
Charles R. Inturrisi, PhD
Mary Pontrello, RN
Gary Walco, PhD

 

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