Michael Chorev

Michael Chorev, Ph.D. is an Associate-in-Medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, an Associate Professor of Medicine (Biochemistry) at the Harvard Medical School and a faculty member of the Laboratory for Translational Research at the Department of Medicine of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He led the development of the key reagents used in the diagnosis of glycated CD59. He has co-authored over 200 scientific articles and reviews in journals, chapters in monographs and books, and over 40 awarded and filed patents. He serves as an Editor for Journal of Peptide Science and is the recipient of the 2013 Vincent du Vigneaud Award from the American Peptide Society. Prof. Chorev is co-inventor of ladostigil and rivastigmine (Exelon®). Previously, Prof. Chorev held the Drs. Margaret and Henry Zentner Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry Chair at Hebrew University.

Prof. Chorev received his B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. from the Hebrew University and completed his post-doctoral training at University of California, San Diego.