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C. Thomas Caskey M.D., F.A.C.P.

Adjunct Partner, Essex Woodlands Health Ventures

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Dr. C. Thomas Caskey, M.D., F.A.C.P., Tom, is an Adjunct Partner at Essex Woodlands Health Ventures since joining in April, 2004. Dr. Caskey Essex Woodlands Health Ventures in April 2004. He has over 35 years of experience in molecular genetics. He is a distinguished scientist with a highly respected record of accomplishment in his research field, as well as success in his private-sector enterprises. He was a Consultant of Government Affairs at Lexicon Genetics Inc. ... since March 21, 2005. He served as the President, Founding Director, and Chief Executive Officer at CoGene Biotech Ventures, Ltd. since April 2000. From 1995 to March 2000, he served as the Senior Vice President of Human Genetics and Vaccines Discovery at Merck Research Laboratories, West Point as well as the President of Merck Genome Research Institute from 1996 to March 2000. He served as the Chairman of Genome Canada, since June 18, 2009. He serves as a Director of Argolyn Bioscience, Inc., MDS Inc, Washington Advisory Group. He has been a Director of Luminex Corp. since January 2001. He serves as also a Scientific and Clinical Advisor of Athersys, Inc. since April 2000. He served as Member of Scientific Advisory Board - Psychiatry at EnVivo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He served as a Director of Lexicon Genetics Inc. since 2000. Dr. Caskey served as the Chairman of Board of Directors of Lexicon Genetics Inc. since April 2000 until March 21, 2005. He served as a Director of Genometrix Inc., since February 2000. He served as a Director of Odyssey Thera. He served as a Director of Complete Genomics Inc., since August 2009 until March 2013. He has been a Member of many medical societies and Advisory Boards throughout his career. He is also a Consultant to the FBI in forensic science. He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Clinical Genetics, Medical Genetics, Metabolic Diseases, and Molecular Diagnostics with 25 years of patient care experience in these specialties. His genetic research documented the universality of the genetic code, discovered the mechanism of peptide chain termination, identified the genetic basis of ten major heritable diseases, opened the understanding of triplet repeat diseases - Fragile X, myotonic dystrophy, and others, developed the STR method of DNA-based personal identification for forensic studies, and developed a viral vector vaccine for HIV. Dr. Caskey has been elected to the Division of Life Sciences of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada. His personal identification patent is the basis of worldwide application for forensic science. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute of Medicine and Royal Society of Canada. He is also a Director and Chief Executive Officer of Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases (IMM) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He is responsible for daily management of the IMM as well as developing research programs and recruiting additional scientists to the company. Since 2004, Dr. Caskey has served as an Adjunct Professor and as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the IMM. He was the Chairman of the Advisory Panel on Forensic Uses of DNA Tests, United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment from 1989 to 1990. He was a Committee Member on DNA Technology in Forensic Science and National Research Council. Before joining Merck, he served 25 years at Baylor College of Medicine in a series of senior positions, including the Chairman, Department of Human and Molecular Genetics, and Director, and Human Genome Center. Dr. Caskey served as the President of the American Society of Human Genetics and the Human Genome Organization from 1993 to 1996. He was also the President of Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science. He was an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Biochemistry, and Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston and in the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Dr. Caskey has received numerous academic and industry related honors. He received the Distinguished Texas Geneticist Award from the Texas Genetics Society in 1998 and serves on Texas Governor Mr. Rick Perry's Council on Science and Biotechnology. He served on the National Institutes of Health, on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Medical Association and Science, and as an Editor of the Annual Review of Medicine. Dr. Caskey has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of South Carolina and a Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University.

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