Kári Stefánsson M.D. Dr. Med. has served as our President Chief Executive Officer and a Director since he co-founded deCODE in August 1996. Dr. Stefánsson was appointed to serve as the Chairman of our Board of Directors in December 1999. From 1993 until April 1997 Dr. Stefánsson was a professor of Neurology Neuropathology and Neuroscience at Harvard University. In addition from 1993 through December 1996 he was Director of Neuropathology at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston Massachusetts. From 1983 to 1993 he held faculty positions in Neurology Neuropathology and Neurosciences at the University of Chicago. Dr. Stefánsson received his M.D. and Dr. Med. from the University of Iceland and is board-certified in neurology and neuropathology in the United States. |