Alastair J. J. Wood, M.D

Dr. Wood, a Managing Director of Symphony Capital LLC, has worked with Symphony since its inception, initially as Chairman of Symphony's Clinical Advisory Council, and joined the firm full-time in September 2006 as a Managing Director. Prior to joining Symphony Capital LLC full-time, Dr. Wood completed more than 30 years at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, most recently as Associate Dean of External Affairs, where he was also Attending Physician and Tenured Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology. Dr. Wood is currently Professor of Medicine (courtesy appointment) and Professor of Pharmacology (courtesy appointment) at Weill Cornell Medical School, appointments served in an unpaid capacity. Dr. Wood has written or co-authored more than 300 scientific papers and won numerous honors including election to the National Academy of Sciences' Institute of Medicine. He was until 2006 the chairman of the FDA's Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee, and recently chaired the FDA Advisory Committee on Cox-2 inhibitors. He previously served as a member of the Cardiovascular and Renal Advisory Committee of the FDA, and the FDA's Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee. Dr. Wood has been a member of and chaired National Institutes of Health study sections, served on the editorial boards of four major journals, and between 1992 and 2004 was the Drug Therapy Editor of The New England Journal of Medicine. Most recently, he was named to the Board of the Critical Path Institute. He earned his medical degree at the University of St. Andrews. Dr. Wood is a director of Symphony Evolution, Inc. and a member of the Development Committees of Symphony Dynamo, Inc., Symphony Allegro, Inc. and Symphony Icon, Inc., all Symphony portfolio companies.