{"description":"Dr. Chris Apfel is the founder and CEO of SageMedic Corp., an early-stage clinical diagnostics company to assist oncologists in selecting the most effective treatment for their patients. Prior to starting SageMedic, he was a Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at UCSF, where he worked as a clinician and led the Clinical Research Core. Dr. Apfel is a nationally and internationally known authority on designing, conducting, and publishing highest quality clinical trials with thousands of patients that have changed medical practice with over 100 peer-reviewed publications. Most notable, he developed the \u201cApfel Score,\u201d a standard tool that is now used in clinical practice world-wide. He also teaches clinical trial design as an Adjunct Associate Professor at UCSF and is the Chair of the Life Science Committee at the Keiretsu Angel Investment Forum and a member of Life Science Angels in the Bay Area.\n \nDr. Apfel is a California licensed physician with 20+ years of clinical experience in anesthesiology, critical care medicine, and emergency medicine. He received his medical degree (MD) and his doctoral degree (PhD equivalent) from Justus-Liebig-Universit\u00e4t Giessen, Germany, and his Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, PA.","height":1080,"html":"
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