Reshma Kewalramani

Reshma Kewalramani (born 1973), is the president and chief executive officer of Vertex Pharmaceuticals, a biotechnology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, as of April 1, 2020.[1][2][3] She is the first female CEO of a large US biotech company.[2] She was previously the chief medical officer and vice president of global medicines development and medical affairs at Vertex.[4][5]

Early life and education

Kewalramani was born in 1973[2] in Bombay, India. She and her family immigrated to the US when she was 11 years old.[6]

She graduated in 1998 from the seven-year liberal arts/medical education program at Boston University,[7] Phi Beta Kappa, Summa Cum Laude.[8] She finished her internship and residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and her fellowship in nephrology at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital combined program.[9] After finishing her fellowship in clinical nephrology she did research in transplantation.[8] She graduated from the General Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2015.[4]

Career

Kewalramani began her career as a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital.[2][4] She was also a physician at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[8] She then entered the biopharma sector, working for Amgen for over 12 years, where she held leadership positions in research and development.[1] In 2017 she joined Vertex Pharmaceuticals.[2] She assumed the role of president and CEO on April 1, 2020 and is a member of the Vertex Board of Directors.[10]

Boards and awards

She is the recipient of the American College of Physicians Associates Council Award, the American Medical Women's Association Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, and the Harvard Medical School Excellence in Teaching Award. Kewalramani is also a Fellow of the American Society of Nephrology and received board certification in Internal Medicine in 2001 and in Nephrology in 2003.[8] She is a member of the board of directors of the Biomedical Science Careers Program, RIZE Massachusetts and sits on the Boston University School of Medicine Dean's Advisory Committee.[11][12][13] In 2019, she received the TiE Boston Healthcare Leadership Award,[14] and was named one of Boston Business Journal's Power 50.[15] In 2020, Kewalramani was named to the inaugural Business Leaders List by Indiaspora.[16]

Personal life

Kewalramani lives in Massachusetts,[4] and has a daughter and twin sons.[17]

References
  1. Toy, Sarah. "Vertex Pharmaceuticals names Chief Medical Officer Reshma Kewalramani as new CEO". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. "For biotech industry, a milestone: Vertex names woman as president, CEO - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  3. DeAngelis, Allison (2 April 2020). "VERTEX 3.0: One of the area's largest biotechs enters new era of leadership, drug development". BizJournals. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  4. Singh, Rishi. "Trail-blazing MED Alum to Lead Vertex Pharmaceuticals". Boston University. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  5. Surdez, Steven (2019-08-27). "These Female Executives Set the Standard of Excellence in the Biohealth Capital Region · BioBuzz". BioBuzz. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  6. "Alumni Profile: Reshma Kewalramani, MD". Boston University Medicine. Winter 2020: 33–34.
  7. "Boston University Medicine – Winter 2020". Issuu. January 2020. p. 33. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  8. "American Society of Nephrology | About ASN - Reshma Kewalramani, MD, FASN". www.asn-online.org. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  9. Jr, Compiled by GIOVANNI ALBANESE. "Career Briefs: Dr. Deepika Kalisetti Joins Commonwealth Health Physician Network". India West. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  10. Engl, India New; News (2019-07-25). "Vertex Pharmaceuticals Appoints Dr. Reshma Kewalramani as New CEO". INDIA New England News. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  11. "Leadership". BSCP. 2015. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  12. "RIZE Massachusetts Foundation Strategic Framework 2018-2021" (PDF). 2018. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  13. "BUSM Dean's Advisory Board". Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  14. Reporter, India-West Staff. "TiE Boston Recognizes Entrepreneurs at 2019 Gala: Lifetime Achievement Award for Indian American edX CEO Anant Agarwal". India West. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  15. "Meet BBJ's Power 50: The region's most influential leaders". www.bizjournals.com. 26 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  16. "2020 Indiaspora Business Leaders List". lists.indiaspora.org. Retrieved 2020-07-12.
  17. "For biotech industry, a milestone: Vertex names woman as president, CEO - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
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