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Gad COTTER, MD, FACC<br />
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing,<br />
and include postdoctoral training.)<br />
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION DEGREE YEAR(s) FIELD OF STUDY<br />
(if applicable)<br />
Jerusalem University,<br />
School of Medicine, Hadasah B.Msc 1986 Medicine<br />
Jerusalem University,<br />
School of Medicine, Hadasah M.D. 1989 Medicine<br />
Professional experience<br />
1989-1990: Internship, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.<br />
1991-1995: Israeli Defense Army. Medical officer and community doctor.<br />
1995-1997: Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Zerifin, Israel. Resident in Internal Medicine, Department of<br />
Medicine "A"<br />
1998-2001: Assaf Harofeh Medical Center Zerifin, Israel. Fellowship in Cardiology, Cardiology Department<br />
1997-2004Medical coordinator of EMS services (Emergency Medicine); Rishon Letzion, Ramle and LOD<br />
1997-2004 Director, Clinical Pharmacological Research Unit, Assaf-Harofeh Medical Center<br />
2004-2007, Assistant Professor, Duke University Medical Center<br />
2007 -present, CEO Momentum-Research Inc.<br />
Editorial boards<br />
1. Europena Journal of Heart Fialure, Elsevier.<br />
2. Journal of Cardiac Failure<br />
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David L. DEMETS<br />
David L. DeMets, PhD is currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Biostatistics and Medical<br />
Informatics at the University of Wisconsin - Madison.<br />
Since receiving his PhD in 1970, he has been active in the design, conduct, and analysis of clinical trials<br />
in several disease areas. Following a postdoctoral appointment at the National Institutes of Health<br />
(1970-72), he spent ten years (1972-1982) at the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National<br />
Institutes of Health where he became chief of a Biostatistics Research Branch. He has co-authored four<br />
texts, Fundamentals of Clinical Trials, Data Monitoring in Clinical Trials: ACase Studies Approach and<br />
Data Monitoring Committees in Clinical Trials: APractical Perspective, Statistical Methods for Clinical<br />
Trials.<br />
Dr. DeMets is a recognized international leader in statistical research and methods for the analysis of<br />
clinical trials. He has collaborated in the development of statistical methods for the sequential analysis of<br />
outcome data and the design of clinical trials. He has extensive national and international clinical trial<br />
experience and has served on and chaired numerous NIH and industry-sponsored Data Safety and<br />
Monitoring Committees for clinical trials in diverse disciplines. He served on the Board of Scientific<br />
Counselors of the National Cancer Institute and Board of Directors of the American Statistical Association,<br />
as well as having been President of the Society for Clinical Trials and President the Eastern North<br />
American Region (ENAR) of the Biometric Society. In addition he was Elected Fellow of the Society for<br />
Clinical Trials in 2006.