Dr. Bijan Almassian is a co-founder, President and CEO of CaroGen Corporation. Prior to CaroGen, Dr. Almassian served as President and CEO of ExSAR Corp, COO of Panacea Pharmaceuticals, and Vice President of Drug Development at Vion Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Almassian holds a MS and PhD from Northeastern University and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, respectively and was a NIH postdoctoral fellow at Boston University Medical School.