Ray Pratt

Dr. Pratt is an accomplished Physician Executive in clinical medicine, Nephrology, drug development, and pharmaceutical industries. He has extensive experience troubleshooting issues concerning regulatory approval of drugs and devices and providing development strategies for global pharmaceutical companies. Ray is Chief Development Officer Rockwell Medical, Inc. since November 2019 and previously served as Chief Medical Officer since April 2012. Prior to Rockwell , from 2003 to 2010, Dr. Pratt worked at Shire, where he served in various roles including Vice President of R&D, Scientific Leader of Emerging Business and Renal Business Units, Vice President of Global Clinical Medicine and Global Clinical Affairs and Head of U.S. Clinical Development. While at Shire, Dr. Pratt was instrumental in the FDA approval of Fosrenol ESRD indication and CKD non-dialysis indication in the European Union and United States. He has managed 10 different drugs through all stages of global development for renal and other indications and has extensive experience appearing before the FDA. Prior to Shire, Dr. Pratt was Senior Director of Clinical Research and Development and Head of Central Nervous System and Internal Medicine Clinical Development at Eisai Medical Research for 9 years. He also previously served as an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Cornell Medical College in the Department of Medicine and Nephrology, and as the Assistant Chief of Nephrology and Director of Dialysis Services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dr. Pratt received his M.D. from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and completed his nephrology fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.