Scott McConnell

Dr. McConnell is Vice President, Medical Affairs at Venatorx Pharmaceuticals, where he is responsible for leading the medical affairs function at Venatorx and overseeing the planning and execution of medical strategy, field medical engagement and scientific communications. Additionally, Dr. McConnell and his team are responsible for communicating scientific data to key opinion leaders and well as other infectious disease and critical care healthcare professionals to broaden awareness of, and support for Venatorx’s pre-clinical- and clinical-stage programs.

Dr. McConnell has over 20 years of experience in infectious disease, oncology, rare and orphan diseases and academia. He graduated with a Pharm.D. from Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions after which he completed a one-year Pharmacotherapy Residency at Basset Healthcare and a two-year post-doctoral Infectious Disease Pharmacology Fellowship at The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Subsequently, Dr. McConnell served on faculty at both the University of Arkansas and Creighton University Pharmacy Schools, teaching infectious diseases and oncology with clinical practice sites in bone marrow transplantation, oncology/hematology, and infectious disease.

In 2006, Dr. McConnell joined Cubist Pharmaceuticals, where he held several medical affairs roles and remained at the company until 2015 when it was acquired by Merck & Co., Inc. Following the Cubist acquisition, Dr. McConnell built, led and/or managed Medical Affairs functions for several companies including Alkermes, Kaleido Biosciences, and Chiasma, the latter of which was acquired by Amryt Pharma in August 2021.