Board of Directors
Mansoor Raza Mirza, M.D.
Mansoor Raza Mirza, M.D. has served as a member of our Board since December 2014. Dr. Mirza is Chief Oncologist at the Department of Oncology, Rigshopitalet — the Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark and Medical Director of the Nordic Society of Gynaecological Oncology, or NSGO. Dr. Mirza is Chairman of the European Network of Gynaecological Oncological Trial groups, or ENGOT. Dr. Mirza is both a medical and radiation oncologist, with a primary focus in non-surgical treatment of gynecologic cancers. His key academic goals are to promote clinical research, international trial collaboration and education, and he has broad experience in clinical protocol development, trial conduct and clinical trial regulations. Dr. Mirza is the author of several phase 1, 2 and 3 studies. Several of those studies led to FDA and European Medicines Agency registrations. He serves on several Independent Data Safety Monitoring Committees of international studies. He is an invited speaker at several international conferences, such as “Meet the Professor” at American Society of Clinical Oncology and “Presidential Symposium” at European Society for Medical Oncology. He is the author of global consensus guidelines for the management of ovarian cancer and of European guidelines for the management of several gynecological malignancies. His other current appointments include service as ESGO Council Member (European Society of Gynaecological Oncology), Executive Director of GCIG (Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup), Vice-Chairman of the Danish Gynecological Cancer Society, faculty member of the European Society of Medical Oncology and of ESGO. He also serves on the board of directors of Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc., a public pharmaceutical company and has served as a clinical consultant to Karyopharm Therapeutics Inc. since 2010. He has multiple publications in high-impact journals, including several publications in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet. He holds an M.D., Diploma in Surgery and Diploma in Clinical Oncology from the Pirogov Moscow State Medical Institute as well as post-graduate education and certification in radiation and medical oncology from the University of Southern Denmark. We believe Dr. Mirza’s qualifications to serve on our board include his expertise in gynecologic cancers, and his knowledge of our company and its business through service on our board since December 2014.
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