Dr. Benjamin Ortiz, M.D.

Benjamin Ortiz, M.D. is Lead US Medical Director of the Respiratory Medical Unit providing medical/clinical and strategic leadership in asthma and chronic idiopathic urticaria for the Xolair brand. He’s a board certified General Pediatrician who completed his medical school education and Pediatric residency training at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Mount Sinai Medical Center, respectively, in New York City. He was on the faculties of the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mailman School of Public Health and Harlem Hospital Center for ten years. As an academic general pediatrician, he served as medical director or an investigational lead at for numerous asthma clinical research activities funded by local, state, and national agencies. Prior to industry, he was a Medical Officer in the Office of Pediatric Therapeutics at the US Food and Drug Administration, where he led a pediatric drug development collaboration with Latin American regulatory agencies.

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