Overview

Gender

male

Dr. Mirza has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2010. He has also served as a scientific consultant to us since 2010.

Dr. Mirza is Chief Oncologist at the Department of Oncology, Rigshopitalet—the Copenhagen University Hospital, Denmark. Dr. Mirza is both a medical and radiation oncologist, with a primary focus in non-surgical treatment of gynecologic cancers.

His key academic goals are to promote clinical research, international trial collaboration and education, and he has broad experience in clinical protocol development, trial conduct and clinical trial regulations.

Dr. Mirza is the author of several phase 1, 2 and 3 studies and serves as the chair of the Independent Data Safety Monitoring Committee of the OUTBACK trial, which is a large international cervical cancer trial.

He is the senior author of national Danish guidelines for the management of endometrial, cervical, vulvar and non-epithelial ovarian cancers as well as of NSGO radio therapy guidelines for cervical and vulvar cancers.

His other current appointments include service as President-Elect of the Nordic Society of Gynecologic Oncology (NSGO), Medical Director of the NSGO-Clinical Trial Unit, Vice-Chairman of the Danish Gynecological Cancer Society, Founding Executive Member of the Euroepean Network of Gynecologic Oncology Trials Group, and membership on the faculty of the European Society of Medical Oncology.

He also serves on the board of directors of the Gynecologic Cancer Intergroup, a private organization promoting high quality clinical trials, and Metamark Genetics Inc., a private biopharmaceutical company.

He holds a M.D., Diploma in Surgery and Diploma in Clinical Oncology from the Pirogov Moscow State Medical Institute as well as post-graduate education and certification in radiation and medical oncology from the University of Southern Denmark.