Susan Desmond-Hellmann

Who is Susan Desmond-Hellmann?

Susan Desmond-Hellmann is president, Product

Development. In this role, Hellmann is responsible for Genentech's

Development, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Compliance, Product Portfolio

Management, Alliance Management, Business Development and Pipeline

Strategy Support functions. Hellmann is a member of Genentech's

executive committee.

Hellmann joined Genentech

in 1995 as a clinical scientist and she was named executive vice

president, Development and Product Operations in 1999, and chief

medical officer in 1996. In addition to her work at Genentech, Hellmann

is an adjunct associate professor at the University of California, San

Francisco (UCSF). Hellmann is board-certified in Internal Medicine and

Medical Oncology and completed her clinical training at UCSF. In March

2004, Hellmann was named to her current role as president, Product

Development.

Prior to joining Genentech,

Hellmann was associate director of clinical cancer research at

Bristol-Myers Squibb's Pharmaceutical Research Institute. While at

Bristol-Myers Squibb, she was the project team leader for Taxol.

Hellmann

has also served as Assistant Professor, Hematology-Oncology at UCSF.

During her nine years of training in internal medicine and oncology,

Hellmann spent two years as visiting faculty at the Uganda Cancer

Institute studying AIDS and cancer. She also spent two years in private

practice before returning to clinical research.

Hellmann

was named the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association's "Woman of the

Year" for 2006. She was named to FORTUNE magazine's 2005, 2004, 2003

and 2001 "Top 50 Most Powerful Women in Business" list. In 2005 and

2004, The Wall Street Journal listed Hellmann as one of its "Women To

Watch." In 2005 she was elected to the American Association for Cancer

Research Board of Directors, and in 2001 she was named to the board of

directors of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.

Hellmann

received her Bachelor of Science in pre-medicine and her medical degree

from the University of Nevada, Reno. She also holds a Master of Public

Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley.