Ely Benaim, MD has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare including 15 years of clinical research experience in academia, government and pharmaceutical industry as well as extensive experience in global regulatory affairs. Dr. Benaim was most recently Senior Vice President of Regulatory Affairs & Chief Medical Officer of Berg Pharma. Prior to joining Berg Pharma, Dr. Benaim was Global Clinical Development Leader at Millennium/Takeda Pharmaceuticals where he oversaw global clinical development of the Aurora A kinase inhibitor program. Prior to joining Takeda in 2011, Dr. Benaim served as Vice President of Clinical Affairs for Sangamo BioSciences where he led the development of zinc-fingers transcription factors cellular therapies in the areas of Cancer, Diabetes, Neurology, Cardiovascular and HIV. Before Sangamo, Dr. Benaim served at Amgen as Global Clinical Lead for the development of rilotumumab, a hepatocyte growth factor antibody for solid tumors, currently in late stage development. Prior to Amgen he was a Senior Director, Oncology Clinical Development at Salmedix/Cephalon Inc. (now Teva, Inc.) where he led the development of TREANDA® to a Phase 3 pivotal trial for lymphoma. Dr. Benaim received his M.D. from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas and completed his pediatric residency training at the University of South Florida. He completed fellowships in pediatric oncology and bone marrow transplantation at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, in Memphis, Tennessee. From 1997 to 2004, he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee and an Assistant Member to the Department of Hematology/Oncology. As a member of the Transplantation and Gene Therapy program he published several manuscripts on the areas of stem cell transplantation, immunology and gene therapy. Dr. Benaim also has a passion for global pediatric cancer awareness and care and has been awarded for his contributions in Latin America and the United States.