Christopher Heery
Chief Medical Officer at Arcellx, Inc.
- Role
- Chief Medical Officer at Arcellx
- Location
- Durham, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Christopher Heery
Board certified medical oncologist with primary expertise in the translational and clinical development of immunotherapies, inclusive of PD-L1 inhibitors, therapeutic cancer vaccines, immune suppressor modulator (anti-IL-8), IDO inhibitor, adoptive NK cells, IL-15RA, neo-epitope vaccine strategy, use of standard therapeutics to induce immunogenic modulation (radiation and chemotherapy), first ever immunotherapy to target a transcription factor called brachyury, and the first ever randomized phase 2 trial in rare disease (chordoma) using a therapeutic cancer vaccine.Leadership of multifunctional development organizations in industry and at the NCI, with responsibility for budgets, team structure, reporting lines, functional disciplines and administration. Trained at the National Cancer Institute with the Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology. Mentored by Dr. Jeffrey Schlom, Dr. James Gulley, and Dr. Ravi Madan. Research interests: Cancer Immunotherapy; Cancer Vaccines; Identifying meaningful surrogates for patient outcomes in trials using cancer vaccinesTraining: Clinical focus in translational research; Trial management; Trial designSpecialties: Clinical Trials (strategy, design, writing, management, data analysis, regulatory interactions)Clinical Translational Science
Experience
Chief Medical Officer
Apr 2021 — Present
Responsible for medical oversight, clinical strategy, medical affairs, and regulatory strategy for the pipeline at Arcellx. Board certified medical oncologist with more than 10 years of drug development with primary focus on immuno-oncology, including off-the shelf therapeutics and cell therapies.
Education
East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
M.D., Medicine
2002 — 2006
Duke University
B.A., English Literature, History, Pre-med core
1997 — 2001
Skills
- Clinical Development
- Internal Medicine
- Clinical Trials
- Hospitals
- Medical Education
- Medicine
- Drug Development
- Life Sciences
- Cancer
- Board Certified
- Clinical Research
- Medical Research
- Vaccines
- Translational Research
- Healthcare
- Oncology
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