Kirk Shepard, MD Biography
- Title:
- Former Vice President of Medical and Scientific Affairs at Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Marijuana Be a Medical Option?"
- Reasoning:
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“With chemotherapy, I would say yes, there are some studies that show that marijuana is effective.”
“Marinol: The Little Synthetic That Couldn’t,” High Times Magazine, July 1994
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Senior Vice President, Global Medical Affairs Oncology, Eisai
- President, Medical Affairs Professional Society
- Former Vice President, Medical and Scientific Affairs, Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.
- Former Vice President, Clinical and Scientific Affairs, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Former Senior Vice President of Business Unit/Hospital Strategy, Roxane Laboratories, Inc.
- Former Vice President, Medical Affairs, Roxane Laboratories, Inc.
- Board-certified in oncology and hematology
- Education:
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- Residency, Internal Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- Fellowship, Hematology and Oncology, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics
- MD, University of Cincinnati Medical School
- BA, Cornell University
- Other:
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- None found