Mike Vasconcelles

EVP, Research, Development & Medical Affairs at ImmunoGen

Dr. Vasconcelles joined ImmunoGen in 2023 from Frazier Healthcare Partners where he served as a Senior Advisor to the Life Sciences team. Prior to that, he was the Chief Medical Officer and Head of the Medical and Scientific Organization at Flatiron Health, a health tech company focused on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care. Before joining Flatiron, Dr. Vasconcelles served as Chief Medical Officer at Unum Therapeutics, a cell and gene therapy company developing autologous-engineered T-cell products for the treatment of cancer. He also spent several years at Takeda/Millennium, where he was Senior Vice President and Head of the Oncology Therapy Area Unit. Earlier in his career, Dr. Vasconcelles was Group Vice President and the Global Therapeutic Area Head of Transplant and Oncology at Genzyme Corporation, where he was responsible for clinical development of the transplant and oncology portfolio and a member of the Transplant and Oncology Business Unit management team. Following Sanofi’s acquisition of Genzyme, he joined Sanofi Oncology as Head of Personalized Medicine and Companion Diagnostics. Dr. Vasconcelles serves as a non-executive director of Molecular Partners AG and Magenta Therapeutics, Inc., a Board member of the Personalized Medicine Coalition and the Eastern New England American Cancer Society, and a member of several Scientific Advisory Boards within the biopharmaceutical industry.

From 1996-2021, he was a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and an associate physician at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Dr. Vasconcelles received both his BA and MD from Northwestern University.

Timeline

  • EVP, Research, Development & Medical Affairs

    January, 2023 - present