Dr. Top is Senior Vice President of MedImmune, Inc.'s biotechnology venture capital affiliate, MedImmune Ventures, Inc. Dr. Top joined MedImmune in June 1988 as Executive Vice President and was a member of its Board of Directors from 1988 through 2004. He became MedImmune's Medical Director in 1990, and most recently served as acting head of Medical Affairs. From 1987 to 1988, Dr. Top served as Senior Vice President for Clinical and Regulatory Affairs at Praxis Biologics. Prior to 1987, Dr. Top served for 22 years in the U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, where he was appointed Director, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1983. Dr. Top holds a Doctorate of Medicine cum laude and a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from Yale University. |