Dr. Khokhar was appointed as Chief Medical Officer of Pyramid Biosciences in July 2022. Prior to joining Pyramid Biosciences, she served as Chief Medical Officer at Umoja Biopharma, a multi-platform, immuno-oncology company based in Seattle, WA. In this capacity, Dr. Khokhar oversaw Umoja’s clinical development, operations, and regulatory functions. Prior to joining Umoja, Dr. Khokhar was the Senior Vice President & Head of Clinical Development at Autolus Therapeutics, where she played a critical role in advancing the company’s autologous CAR T-cell products and clinical programs. Prior to that, Dr. Khokhar held numerous roles at Janssen Oncology, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) where she led several successful clinical trials, directed the Phase 3 registration trial of trabectedin (YONDELIS®) in soft tissue sarcomas, and served as the Global Clinical Leader for the breakthrough therapy daratumumab (DARZALEX®) for hematologic cancers. Dr. Khokhar is a graduate of Aga Khan University and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, where she focused on pharmacology and molecular therapeutics. Following her post-doctoral fellowship, Dr. Khokhar completed a residency in internal medicine at Washington Hospital Center and a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the Northwestern University Hospital. Dr. Khokhar is board certified in medical oncology.
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