Editas Medicine Strengthens Board of Directors with Appointment of Patrick T. Ellinor, M.D., Ph.D.
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“We are honored to welcome Patrick to our Board of Directors at this exciting time for Editas,” said
“I am pleased to join the Editas Medicine Board of Directors at an important time for the hyperlipidemia field and the broader gene editing community,” said
About Patrick T. Ellinor, M.D., Ph.D.
Dr. Ellinor currently serves as the Executive Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute at Mass General Brigham, an Institute Member and Director of the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative at The Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT, and a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is also the Telemachus and Irene Demoulas Family Foundation Endowed Chair in Cardiology.
As Executive Director of the Heart and Vascular Institute at Mass General Brigham, Dr. Ellinor leads one of the nation’s largest integrated cardiovascular organizations, bringing together clinicians, researchers, and staff across cardiology, cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, research, and education to advance heart and vascular care.
At the Broad Institute, he directs the Cardiovascular Disease Initiative, leading multidisciplinary research and collaborations spanning human genetics, genomics, computational biology, artificial intelligence, and therapeutic discovery. His research has contributed to genetic analyses of atrial fibrillation and other cardiovascular diseases, helping shape the field’s understanding of cardiovascular genetics and informing the discovery of novel therapeutic approaches.
Throughout his career, Dr. Ellinor has built multidisciplinary research programs and led collaborations across academia and industry to accelerate the translation of discoveries in human genetics into potential new medicines. He has also maintained a longstanding commitment to education and mentorship, training clinical fellows, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students.
Dr. Ellinor received his B.S. in biology from the University of Cincinnati and attended medical and graduate school at Stanford University, followed by medical internship and residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He then completed fellowship training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology at Massachusetts General Hospital.
About Editas Medicine
As a pioneering gene editing company, Editas Medicine is focused on translating the power and potential of CRISPR genome editing systems into a robust pipeline of transformative in vivo medicines for people living with serious diseases around the world. Editas Medicine aims to discover, develop, manufacture, and commercialize durable, precision in vivo gene editing medicines for a broad class of diseases. Editas Medicine is the exclusive licensee of Broad Institute’s Cas12a patent estate and Broad Institute and Harvard University’s Cas9 patent estates for human medicines. For the latest information and scientific presentations, please visit www.editasmedicine.com.
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Patrick T. Ellinor, M.D., Ph.D.
