Robert Hershberg

Robert Hershberg, M.D., Ph.D., is a Venture Partner on the life sciences team at Frazier Healthcare Partners. Rob previously served as President and Chief Executive Officer of VentiRx Pharmaceuticals, a Frazier-founded company that he led through its transformational partnership with Celgene. Rob then joined Celgene, where he was promoted to Chief Scientific Officer and subsequently to Chief Business Officer. Before VentiRx, he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Dendreon Corporation and as Vice President of Medical Genetics at Corixa, a Frazier portfolio company. Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.

Rob received his undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.