Dr. Golden currently serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: PTCT), where he leads global clinical development across a broad rare disease pipeline. Before joining PTC, Dr. Golden served as the Chief Medical Officer at Espero BioPharma, Inc., a development-stage cardiovascular pharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs for unmet needs in thrombosis and cardiac rhythm control, and as Chief Medical Officer at Gemphire Therapeutics, Inc. He also serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for Coagulation Sciences LLC. Previously, Dr. Golden held senior roles at Pfizer, Actelion, Eisai, Mesoblast, and others, with a long-standing focus on cardiovascular and hematologic drug development. Dr. Golden has more than 25 years of industry experience, with increasing responsibilities, managing global, cross-functional teams responsible for creating and deploying strategic and clinical development plans. He has extensive experience across multiple therapeutic areas and with orphan diseases. Dr. Golden received a B.S. from the University of Michigan and an MD from New York University School of Medicine, where he also completed his Internal Medicine residency. He then completed Fellowships in Cardiology at the University of Miami and Interventional Cardiology at George Washington University Hospital, where he also served as an adjunct instructor.
