Ellen Strahlman, MD, MS
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Ellen Strahlman, MD, MS
Independent Board Member
Dr Strahlman brings to the Board C-suite executive experience at multiple global healthcare companies. She is passionate about innovation that transforms and democratizes technology into products that help people, with an accompanying track record of delivering value to business through her philosophy of Servant Leadership.
Dr. Strahlman served as Executive Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer of Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, from 2013 until her retirement in 2018. While at BD, the company was selected as the Outstanding Corporate Innovator in 2015 by the Product Development & Management Association. Before joining BD, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for GlaxoSmithKline, plc (NYSE:GSK) from 2008 to 2013, spending her last year at GSK as Senior Advisor to the CEO, leading GSK’s Global Health Programs. Prior to 2008, Dr. Strahlman held senior executive leadership roles in global product development and commercialization and business development at Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Virogen Limited, and Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE: MRK). She was the Senior Vice President for Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer for Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BLCO ) from 1995-2000.
Dr Strahlman was chosen to serve as Industry Representative on the FDA/CDER Dermatology and Ophthalmology Advisory Committee (DODAC), from 2008-2013. From 2016 to November 2020, Dr. Strahlman served as a director of Syncona Limited (NYSE: SYN.L), having previously served as a director of Syncona Partners, LLP. She is currently a director of Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO). In addition to her corporate board service, Dr Strahlman serves as Visiting Professor, University of Turku, in Finland.
Dr Strahlman earned a BA from Harvard University in biochemistry and an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is an American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) board-certified ophthalmologist, having trained at the Wilmer Eye Institute from 1984-1987. She was awarded a Carnegie Mellon Public Health Fellowship in 1987, during which she earned an MHSc in Epidemiology from the Bloomberg School of Public Health (1987-1989).
Dr. Strahlman served as Executive Vice President, Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer of Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX), a leading global medical technology company, from 2013 until her retirement in 2018. While at BD, the company was selected as the Outstanding Corporate Innovator in 2015 by the Product Development & Management Association. Before joining BD, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer for GlaxoSmithKline, plc (NYSE:GSK) from 2008 to 2013, spending her last year at GSK as Senior Advisor to the CEO, leading GSK’s Global Health Programs. Prior to 2008, Dr. Strahlman held senior executive leadership roles in global product development and commercialization and business development at Pfizer, Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS), Virogen Limited, and Merck & Co., Inc (NYSE: MRK). She was the Senior Vice President for Research & Development and Chief Medical Officer for Bausch & Lomb (NYSE:BLCO ) from 1995-2000.
Dr Strahlman was chosen to serve as Industry Representative on the FDA/CDER Dermatology and Ophthalmology Advisory Committee (DODAC), from 2008-2013. From 2016 to November 2020, Dr. Strahlman served as a director of Syncona Limited (NYSE: SYN.L), having previously served as a director of Syncona Partners, LLP. She is currently a director of Altria Group, Inc. (NYSE:MO). In addition to her corporate board service, Dr Strahlman serves as Visiting Professor, University of Turku, in Finland.
Dr Strahlman earned a BA from Harvard University in biochemistry and an MD from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She is an American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) board-certified ophthalmologist, having trained at the Wilmer Eye Institute from 1984-1987. She was awarded a Carnegie Mellon Public Health Fellowship in 1987, during which she earned an MHSc in Epidemiology from the Bloomberg School of Public Health (1987-1989).