Sam Tsimikas, MD

Senior Vice President of Global Cardiovascular Development at Ionis Pharmaceuticals

Speaker

Dr. Tsimikas is Senior Vice President and Cardiovascular Franchise Leader at Ionis Pharmaceuticals. He has spearheaded the development of multiple RNA therapeutics with regulatory approval of several drugs (Kynamro, Waylivra, Wainua) and has directed the design and execution of approximately 50 clinical trials in RNA therapeutics targeting Lp(a), APOC3, PCSK9i, ANGPTL3, angiotensinogen and TTR. He is a practicing Board-Certified Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He is the Founding Director of the Vascular Medicine Program and the UCSD “Lp(a) Clinic”. He has published his work in major medical journals, including NEJM, Lancet, Nature, Cell, JACC, Circulation, EHJ, and has over 400 original manuscripts, review articles and book chapters.