Background
Messerschmidt, Gerald Leigh was born on February 2, 1950 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of George Gus and Joan May (Chapman) Messerschmidt.
pharmaceutical industry executive physician
Messerschmidt, Gerald Leigh was born on February 2, 1950 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Son of George Gus and Joan May (Chapman) Messerschmidt.
Bachelor of Science, Portland State University, 1972. Doctor of Medicine, University Oregon, Portland, 1976.
Resident in internal medicine, Letterman Army Medical Center, San Francisco, 1976-1979; fellow in oncology and hematology, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1979-1982; head experimental hematology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1981-1982; director bone marrow transplants for Department of Defense, Wilford Hall Medical Center, San Antonio, 1982-1988; director bone marrow transplants, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, 1988-1990; director medical affairs, Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceutical, Summit, New Jersey, 1990-1992; executive director medical affairs, Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceutical, Summit, New Jersey, 1992-1993; vice president medical and regulatory affairs, DNX Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey, 1993-1994; corporation vice president, C.R. Bard Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1994-1995; senior vice president, C.R. Bard Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey, 1995-1996; Chief Executive Officer, president, Kimeragen, Inc., Newtown, Pennsylvania, since 1996.
Major United States Air Force, 1982-1988. Fellow American College of Physicians. Member American Society Medical Oncology, American Society Hematology.
Married Donna Kay Mackinley, September 29, 1990. Children: Jacqueline Diane, Victoria Leigh, Jonathan Leigh.