Dr. Ronald Christensen has broad-based experience in academia, clinical research, and the biopharmaceutical industry.Following his fellowship training in Pediatric Endocrinology, he was Director of Endocrinology at Phoenix Children's Hospital.As a Director in both the Marketing and Medical Affairs Departments at Genentech, Inc., he provided expertise in development of observational studies to support clinical, safety, and product commercialization efforts. He was responsible for the design, implementation, and management of several patient registries in various therapeutic areas over a 10-year period.

As Senior Director of Medical Affairs at Genentech, Dr. Christensen was responsible for the management and direction of four groups: Medical Information, Drug Safety, Epidemiology, and Post-marketing Studies. These groups provided customer and product support for commercial products and were involved in the clinical development of new molecular entities.