Evan S. Melrose, M.D.

Dr. Melrose has served as Managing Director at PTV Sciences, a healthcare venture capital firm since January 2003. From January 2000 to January 2003, Dr. Melrose was a Director with Burrill & Company, a San Francisco based life sciences venture capital firm. Prior to Burrill, Dr. Melrose was involved in healthcare startups in Philadelphia and clinical private practice. Dr. Melrose has also held faculty appointments at the University of California San Francisco, the University of Pennsylvania and Baylor College of Medicine. Over the course of his healthcare investment career he has been directly involved in multiple IPOs, several acquisitions, and several dozen private healthcare investments. He received his B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.D. from Indiana University and his M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Melrose currently serves on the board (compensation and audit committees) of Bioform Medical, Inc.