Murray Stephen R.

Biography

  Dr. Stephen R. Murray, M.D., Ph.D serves as the Chief Medical Officer of Affectis Pharmaceuticals AG. Dr. Murray served as Chief Medical Officer of Clinilabs, Inc. He served as a Vice President of Clinical Development at Omeros Corporation since April 2009. He has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry, in both large and small companies. He served as the Chief Medical Officer of Clinical Development at Memory Pharmaceuticals Corp., since August 2007 and Vice President of Clinical Development from April 2006 to August 2007. From 2001 to 2006, he held several senior positions at Pfizer, including Senior Medical Director, Worldwide Medical Team Leader, Schizophrenia and Full Development Team Leader for Ziprasidone from 2004 to 2006 and Medical Director with Pfizer Pharmaceutics Group, Inc., from 2001 to 2004, where he was responsible for Phase 3b and Phase 4 clinical trials for Ziprasidone. Prior to joining Pfizer, Dr. Murray was a psychiatrist in private practice for five years. Prior to 2004, he served as Medical Director at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Group and as an assistant medical director at Janssen Pharmaceuticals. From 1999 to 2001, he was an Associate Medical Director of Global CNS Clinical Research & Development with Janssen Research Foundation. Prior to joining Janssen, he was in private practice. Dr. Murray has authored/co-authored original research in such journals as the American Journal of Psychiatry and Science, made over a hundred presentations at international congresses and meetings, and is a member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He is a psychiatrist. From 1992 to 1998, he completed his Internship, Residency and Fellowship at the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Murray received his M.D. and Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the Medical University of South Carolina, Medical Scientist Training Program in 1992 and his Bachelor of Science from the University of South Carolina, South Carolina College, in 1985.  

Research Interest

 neurology