Richard S. Shames

Richard S.
Shames worked as a Senior Medical Director at Abbott Biotherapeutics Corp.
from 1999 to 2009, followed by a position as Scientist-Clinical Research at Merck & Co., Inc. from 2009 to 2013.
He then served as Chief Medical Officer at Aldea Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2013 to 2015 and later as Chief Medical Officer at Protagonist Therapeutics, Inc. from 2015 to 2019.
Prior to his industry positions, he was an Assistant Clinical Professor-Pediatrics at Stanford University and the University of California.
Shames received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his doctorate from the University of California.