Location Durham, North Carolina, United States Regions Research Triangle, East Coast, Southern US Gender Female Also Known As Mitch Berrey
Website www.chimerix.com/leaders/m-michelle-berrey-md-mph/ LinkedIn View on LinkedIn
Dr. M. Michelle Berrey joined Chimerix in 2012 as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and was named President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in April 2014. Prior to joining Chimerix, Dr. Berrey was CMO at Pharmasset, Inc., a company that focused on the development of nucleotide analogs for the treatment of hepatitis C, from 2007 until its acquisition by
Gilead Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) in January 2012. Dr. Berrey’s expertise includes the design, early development, medical governance, clinical strategy and product life cycle management of antiviral compounds. Previously, Dr. Berrey served as Vice President, Viral Diseases, Clinical Pharmacology & Discovery Medicine at GlaxoSmithKline, where she was responsible for the early development of compounds for the treatment of HIV, hepatitis viruses and hepatic fibrosis. Dr. Berrey received her MD from the Medical College of Georgia and a Master of Public Health from Emory University. She completed her internship and residency in Internal Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and was a Senior Fellow in Infectious Diseases at the University of Washington, Seattle, where she conducted research in HIV transmission and acute HIV infection. She is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
