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Catalina Pharma is a startup pharmaceutical company that is focused on pharmacological treatment of intraoperative hypothermia

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Amol Patwardhan, MD, PhD
Andrej Romanovsky, MD, PhD
Frank Porreca,
PhD
William Schmidt,
PhD

Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Medical Officer

 

Amol is a practicing anesthesiologist/pain physician and a pharmacologist with years of experience in TRPV1 pharmacology. He is a PI on funded  preclinical and clinical studies.

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VP and Chief Scientific Officer-Thermoregulation

 

Andrej’s lab has discovered the mechanisms of the hypether-mic response to TRPV1 antag-onists. Andrej consulted for 6 big pharma TRP programs. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the journal Temperature

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VP and Chief Scientific Officer-Pain

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Frank is an internationally recognized preeminent pain pharmacologist with over 500 publications who has served as a consultant to dozens of pharmaceutical companies

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President and CEO

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Bill is a preclinical and clinical pharmacologist, inventor, and entrepreneur who has worked in pain medicine and anesthesia throughout his career and has helped to bring 6 drugs to the market.

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