David Altarac

David Altarac MD, MPA joined Entasis as Chief Medical Officer in 2020. Prior to this, David was a Senior Vice President and Head of Global Regulatory Affairs, Global Drug Safety and R&D Quality and Compliance at Shire Inc. Prior to joining Shire, David spent two years as VP, Regulatory Affairs at NeoStem, a biopharmaceutical company developing novel, cell-based, individualized therapeutics. Before joining NeoStem, David spent over 13 years at Merck & Company where he served on multiple senior leadership teams. David holds an M.D. degree from New York Medical College, a Master of Public Administration (M.P.A.) degree from New York University, and a B.A. in Chemistry from the State University of New York at Binghamton, New York. David completed his Internal Medicine residency and Infectious Diseases fellowship at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. David has been the principle and co-investigator on TB, HIV and STD grants funded by the CDC, NIH, and New York State Department of Health. David has held multiple academic, hospital and post graduate teaching appointments during his career and has authored/coauthored numerous scientific publications.