Timothy MacDonald

Dr. Macdonald is Past Chairman and Professor of Chemistry and Pharmacology at the University of Virginia. Dr. Macdonald is an expert and early pioneer in the creation of T-type calcium channel blockers for use in cancer. He has over 250 publications and 45 pending and issued patents. He is the founder of four pharmaceutical companies including Adenosine Therapeutics LLC, which sold to Clinical Data in 2008. Dr. Macdonald has shepherded four of his own compounds from the bench to the clinic and helped to oversee the development of another dozen drugs as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry. He was a senior scientific advisor to Allergan Inc. and has served on several scientific advisory boards, including for Serenex Inc. Dr. Macdonald has been awarded numerous honors, including being twice recognized as the “Inventor of the Year” by the University of Virginia. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and was an NIH Fellow at Stanford University.