Athena Countouriotis

Director at Iovance Biotherapeutics

Dr. Countouriotis is the President and Chief Executive Officer, and a member of the Board of Directors of Turning Point Therapeutics. Dr. Countouriotis has also served as the Chief Medical Officer for multiple public biotechnology companies, including Adverum Biotechnologies, Halozyme Therapeutics and Ambit Biosciences. Earlier in her career, Dr. Countouriotis led development of products for Pfizer and Bristol-Myers Squibb, including Sutent®, Mylotarg®, Bosulif® and Sprycel®. Dr. Countouriotis also serves on the Board of Directors at Passage Bio. Dr. Countouriotis holds an undergraduate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and an M.D. from the Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Countouriotis received training at the University of California, Los Angeles and at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Program.

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