Dr. Tom Koutsavlis

Biography

 Dr. Tom Koutsavlis is Vice President, Research and Development at Purdue Pharma (Canada). He is responsible external R&D strategy, and the management of all current and future plans involving Purdue Canada’s Pharmaceutics, Analytics, Clinical Development, Medical and Regulatory Affairs functions. Tom has over 20 years of academic, government and corporate experience in healthcare. He has experience working at several multinational corporations across Canada. Most recently, Tom’s experience includes Vice President roles in both International and United States Medical Affairs at Shire and Senior Director leadership of Global Clinical Epidemiology at Abbott Laboratories. Tom is also an accomplished Epidemiologist and holds a Community Medicine Fellowship with the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Further, Tom has varied and accomplished education from several prestigious institutions across Canada. His education includes a BSc, MD and MSc from McGill University in 1992, 1996 and 1999 respectively. He also received his MBA from Concordia University in 2009. Tom is also a Fellow of the Collège des médecins du Québec (Quebec College of Physicians)

Research Interest

 Pharmaceutics, Analytics, Clinical Development, Medical and Regulatory Affairs functions