Jim Yee

Who is Jim Yee?

Dr. Jim Yee is the Chief Medical Officer for XDx. He brings more than 20 years of research and development experience. Most recently, Dr. Yee served as vice president and head of development for Celera Genomics, where he built the development organization at Celera South San Francisco and led clinical research and therapeutic development activities for cancer and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases. Prior to his work at Celera, Dr. Yee served as vice president of clinical and preclinical research for the Inflammatory and Viral Diseases unit at Roche Bioscience. In this role, he lead the team responsible for selecting and evaluating compounds for clinical drug development and oversaw groups responsible for toxicology, drug metabolism, pharmacokinetics, bioanalytical chemistry, analytical chemistry, formulations, regulatory affairs, project management and clinical research. Earlier in his career, Dr. Yee held a variety of research and development positions of increasing responsibility at Syntex Corporation, including vice president and director of the Institute for Clinical Medicine. Dr. Yee received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in electrical engineering and computer science. Dr. Yee went on to earn a Ph.D. in biophysics at UC Berkeley. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine to earn his medical degree, and he is board certified in internal medicine.