Background
Patricia S. Walker, MD PhD
Board-certified dermatologist. Pharmaceutical industry veteran.
Key Product Approvals
Cosmoderm®
Cosmoplast®
LAP-BAND®
Notable Society Memberships
American Academy of Dermatology & AAD Association
1991-Present
Full Member, 1997
Board Committee Member, 1999-present
American Dermatological Association
2003-Present
Women’s Dermatologic Society
1991-Present
Board Member, 1999-2005
Women’s Dermatology Foundation,
2004-Present
Board Member
Tri-County Dermatology Society
2004-Present
President, 2013-2016
American Society of Cosmetic Dermatology & Aesthetic Surgery
2001-Present
University of Iowa College of Medicine Alumni Board,
1999-2007; 2011-Present
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society,
1989-present
Full Member
Academic & Professional Honors
Physician’s Recognition Award in Continuing Medical Education, American Medical Association, November 1, 2001-November 1, 2004
Continuing Medical Education Award, American Academy of Dermatology, valid to October 2004
Allergan Financial Accounting Program, University of California, Irvine, Graduate School of Management, September 2003
Allergan, Award for Excellence, November 2002
Authors and Inventors at Allergan, Best Paper, Clinical Science, 2002 Allergan Project Team Leadership Program, University of California, Irvine,
Graduate School of Management, August 2001 Allergan, Award for Excellence, August 1998
Award for Young Investigators in Dermatology, American Academy of Dermatology, 1997
Scholarship, American Academy of Dermatology, to attend the 19th World Congress of Dermatology in Sydney, Australia, June 15-20, 1997
Scholarship, European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology, to attend the Fifth Congress of The European Academy and Venereology in Lisbon Portugal, October 13-17, 1996
Resident/Fellow Member of the Board of Directors, The Society for Investigative Dermatology, elected 1995, for a two-year term beginning in 1996
John & Oral Sebelin Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine, 1990 Borts Award, Iowa Medical Research Day, 1989
Borts Award, Iowa Medical Research Day, 1988
Travel Fellowship Award, Joslin Diabetes Center Symposium: The action of insulin and related growth factors in diabetes mellitus, Boston, MA, November 1988
NIH Trainee, Cellular Neurophysiology Training Program (NS07247), January 1986- December 1987
Phi Beta Kappa, 1982
Education and Employment
Education
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA
Iowa City, Iowa 1982
BS, General Science
THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Iowa City, Iowa 1990
MD, PhD Medicine/ Physiology & Biophysics
Employment
BRICKELL BIO
2015-2018
President and Chief Scientific Officer
2019
Advisor and Consultant
MERZ PHARMA
2015-Present
Supervisory Board Member
NEOTHETICS, INC.
2014-2015
Board of Directors
WALKER CONSULTING
April 2013-present
KYTHERA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS
2013-2014
Advisor, Board of Directors
2007-2013
Chief Medical Officer
Clinical, Research, Development and Regulatory Affairs
Successful IPO October, 2012
WALKER DERMATOLOGY
2006-present
Medical Director, solo practitioner
ALLERGAN Medical Aesthetics
2006-2007
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Clinical, Research, Development and Regulatory Affairs
INAMED
2004- 2006
Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer Clinical, Research, Development and Regulatory Affairs
UNIVIERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
1998-2005
Clinical Faculty, Dermatology
ALLERGAN
2001-2004
Vice President
Clinical Research & Development
Skin Care Pharmaceuticals
1999-2000
Head, Oral Retinoid Clinical Development
Senior Medical Director, Skin and Oncology Therapeutic Area
1998-1999
Senior Medical Director, Skin Therapeutic Area
1997-1998
Medical Director, Skin Therapeutic Area