Location Santa Barbara, California, United States Regions West Coast, Western US Gender Female
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Patricia Walker has served on Neothetics board of directors since August 2014.
Walker previously served as Chief Medical Officer of Kythera Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. from May 2007 until March 2013.
From 2004 to 2007, Walker served as Executive Vice President and Chief Science Officer at Allergan Medical (formerly known as Inamed
Corporation).
Prior to that experience, from 1997 to 2004, Walker held positions of increasing responsibility at Allergan Inc., a biomedical company, where she ultimately served as Vice President, Clinical Research and Development for skin care pharmaceuticals.
Over the past 10 years, Walker was involved in key product approvals in dermatology and aesthetic medicine including the development and approval of Tazorac®, Azelex®, Avage®, BOTOX® Cosmetic, Hylaform®, Captique®, JUVEDERM®, Bioenterics®, LAP-BAND® and Inamed® Silicone gel-filled Breast Implants.
Walker received an M.D. and a Ph.D. in Physiology and Biophysics from the University of Iowa. Walker completed a residency in Dermatology and a research fellowship in the Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Health. Walker is a board certified Dermatologist.
