William Ludlam

Dr. Ludlam develops and manages RRD’s US and Canadian portfolio, partnering with the medical and scientific community to increase disease awareness, improve diagnosis, and expand the availability of the company's rare disease products.

Earning his MD and PhD from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dr. Ludlam also completed an internal medicine residency and endocrinology fellowship. In his early experience as medical director, he established two pituitary disease treatment centers where he actively treated patients with Cushing’s disease and acromegaly. Upon shifting to industry, he served at Novartis in the role of senior medical director, pituitary disorders, US oncology clinical development and medical affairs for the company's rare disease business. In his most recent position with Chiasma as senior vice president of clinical development and medical affairs, Dr. Ludlam was essential to FDA’s approval of the first oral octreotide for acromegaly treatment. He has served as principal investigator in numerous clinical trials and is published extensively in endocrinology.