Ep 039 - Being a Physician Scientist in the Pharmaceutical Industry with Dr. Brandon Atkins

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Dr. Brandon Atkins


Dr. Atkins is a cardiologist as well as a Clinical Director of
Cardiovascular Clinical Research at Merck Research Laboratories
in Rahway, New Jersey.


Dr. Atkins completed his undergraduate degree at the University
of Virginia in 1993; completed his M.D. and Ph.D. in Molecular
Biology at the University of Pennsylvania by 2000; completed an
internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in
2003; and then completed a fellowship in Cardiology at
Massachusetts General Hospital in 2006.


Upon completing his fellowship, Dr. Atkins was recruited to
Cleveland where he was an Assistant Professor in the Department
of Medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center. At
University Hospitals, he treated patients on the in-patient
Cardiovascular Service and served as an Associate Program
Director of the Internal Medicine residency. In addition, Dr.
Atkins was a faculty member in the Case Cardiovascular Research
Institute within the Case Western Reserve University School of
Medicine. During his basic science research career, he received
and completed a mentored K Award from the National Institutes of
Health as well as a career development award from the Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation. He was able to establish his own independent
biomedical research laboratory focused on the study of vascular
biology and the basic molecular mechanisms of cardio- and
cerebro-vascular disease. His work has resulted in multiple
publications in the literature and presentations at scientific
meetings.


In mid 2015, Dr. Atkins transitioned from academia to the
pharmaceutical industry joining Merck Research Laboratories as a
Clinical Director of Cardiovascular Clinical Research, work that
has seen him involved with early and late stage development
projects in atherosclerosis, heart failure, and thrombosis.


Please enjoy with Dr. Brandon Atkins.