Management TeamRobert L. ChioiniFounder, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and PresidentRobert L. Chioini, 46, is the Founder, Chairman, Chief Executive Office and President of Rockwell Medical, Inc. Mr. Chioini has served as the Chairman since March 2000, as well as the President and Chief Executive Officer since January 1995. In addition, Mr. Chioini is a Board Member of Medical Mainstreet, an alliance of world-class hospitals, universities, medical device and biopharmaceutical companies creating a global center of innovation in health care, research and development, education and commercialization in the life sciences industry in Oakland County, Michigan. Prior to founding Rockwell, Mr. Chioini served as Regional Sales Manager for Dial Medical of Florida, Inc., from 1993 to 1995, which was then acquired by Gambro HealthCare, Inc. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chioini served in sales, management and marketing capacities with medical manufacturing companies. Mr. Chioini is a graduate of Michigan State University and earned his Bachelor's degree in 1987.
Thomas E. KlemaVice President, Chief Financial Officer and SecretaryThomas E. Klema, CPA/MBA, 56, is the Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary of Rockwell Medical and has served in that position since January 1999. Prior to joining Rockwell, Mr. Klema served as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for Whistler Corporation. Previously, Mr. Klema held senior management roles at Molson's Diversey subsidiary, which was acquired by Unilever. While at the Molson Companies and Unilever, Mr. Klema served as Vice President of Finance, Administration and Business Development. Mr. Klema earned his Bachelor's Degree in 1976 and his Master of Business Administration Degree in 1977 from Michigan State University.
Ajay Gupta, M.D.Chief Scientific OfficerAjay Gupta, 52, is the Chief Scientific Officer and has served in that position since he joined the company in June of 2009. Dr. Gupta has been a member of Rockwell’s Scientific Advisory Board since November, 2005. From 2002 to 2009, Dr. Gupta was an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA and Charles Drew University Schools of Medicine in Los Angeles; while at UCLA, he has had an active nephrology practice. Dr. Gupta is the inventor of dialysate iron therapy using Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) as well as the inventor of intravenous (IV) iron therapy using slow continuous infusion of SFP. He has filed a number of patents in the areas of drugs, medical devices and diagnostic tests. Dr. Gupta earned his MBBS degree and completed his residency in Internal Medicine from All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. In 1990, he completed a Nephrology Clinical/Research Fellowship from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He has served on the faculty at Washington University, St. Louis; State University of New York, Syracuse; University of Alabama, Birmingham and Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit; MI. Dr. Gupta is the founder and Chairman of the Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research and has completed a clinical fellowship in Nephrology from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan and a research fellowship in Nephrology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Annamaria T. Kausz, M.D., M.S.Vice President, Drug Development and Medical AffairsAnnamaria T. Kausz, 47, is the Vice President of Drug Development and Medical Affairs and has served in that position since she joined the company in September, 2011. Dr. Kausz was Executive Director, Clinical Research from 2009 to 2011 and Senior Director, Clinical Research from 2006 to 2009 at AMAG Pharmaceuticals. During her tenure at AMAG, she was the Medical/Scientific lead for the submission of the U.S. NDA, Canadian NDS, European MMA and for the subsequent post approval process for Feraheme. In addition, Dr. Kausz actively participated in the evaluation of potential partnerships and in-licensing opportunities and was instrumental in securing partnerships, both U.S and ex-U.S. Dr. Kausz obtained her BS in Biology at Georgetown University, earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, and her Master of Science in Epidemiology degree from the University of Washington School of Public Health. She completed a combined Internal Medicine and Pediatric residency at the University of North Carolina Hospitals in Chapel Hill, her Pediactric Nephrology fellowship at the Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle, and her Nephrology fellowship at the University of Washington, Seattle. Subsequently, she joined Tufts Medical Center, Boston as Staff Nephrologist and has served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA since 1998, where she maintains an outpatient clinic. Dr. Kausz has extensive renal and anemia research experience and her work has been published in numerous peer reviewed publications.
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