Avtar S. Dhillon

Biography

 Avtar S. Dhillon, M.D., is Independent Chairman of the Board of OncoSec Medical Incorporated., since March 10, 2011. Dr. Dhillon has served as the Chairman of our Board since March 2011. Previously, Dr. Dhillon was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (formerly Inovio Biomedical Corporation) (NASDAQ: INO) from October 2001 to June 2009, was President and CEO of Inovio from June 2009 until October 2009, was Executive Chairman until August 2011, and is Chairman since September 2011. During his tenure at Inovio, Dr. Dhillon led the successful turnaround of the company through a restructuring, acquisition of technology from several European and North American companies, and a merger with VGX Pharmaceuticals to develop a vertically integrated DNA vaccine development company with one of the strongest development pipelines in the industry. Dr. Dhillon led multiple successful financings for Inovio and concluded several licensing deals that included global giants Merck and Wyeth (now Pfizer). Prior to joining Inovio, Dr. Dhillon was vice president of MDS Capital Corp. (now Lumira Capital Corp.), one of North America’s leading healthcare venture capital organizations. In July 1989, Dr. Dhillon started a medical clinic and subsequently practiced family medicine for over 12 years. Dr. Dhillon has been instrumental in successfully turning around struggling companies and is influential as an active member in the biotech community. He was lead fund manager at MDS Capital Corp. structuring, launching, and funding Tekimira (NASDAQ: TKMR) and helped launch and fund Aspreva Pharmaceuticals (acquired by Galenica Ltd. for approximately $1 billion).

Research Interest

 pharmaceutical technologies medicine business and administration