Geoff Mackay
TRANSPLANTATION,IMMUNOLOGY
UPSIDE BIOTECHNOLOGIES
New Zealand
Biography
Geoff is currently the CEO of Avrobio, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA with proven success leading innovative businesses. While CEO of Organogenesis Inc., the company treated 1 million patients with living cell therapies, received the first FDA CBER allogeneic cell-therapy approval and achieved an unparalled position within regenerative medicine. Geoff is board member and interim CEO of eGenesis, applying CRISPR Cas-9 gene editing to xenotransplantation. Geoff spent 11 years at Novartis in senior leadership positions within the Global Transplantation and Immunology franchise. Past activities include Chairman of the Board of MassBio, Chairman of the Board of the Alliance of Regenerative Medicine, and Advisory Council to the Health Policy Commission for Massachusetts. Through his public and private enterprise work, Geoff is dedicated to applying innovation to reshape and improve the quality of healthcare.
Research Interest
TRANSPLANTATION,IMMUNOLOGY