Our Team

William Humphries is our Chairman of the Board and was appointed to the Board on April 12, 2021.  Mr. Humphries joined Isosceles Pharmaceuticals Inc., a biotechnology company, in May 2021 and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. From August 2018 to December 2020, Mr. Humphries served as President of Ortho Dermatologics, the dermatology division of Bausch Health Companies, Inc., and previously served as its Executive Vice President, Company Group Chairman for Dermatology and OraPharma. Previously, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the North American business of Merz, Inc., an affiliate of Merz Pharma Group, where he oversaw strategic direction and collaboration among three North American companies: Merz Pharmaceuticals LLC, Merz Aesthetics Inc., and Merz Pharma Canada Ltd. Before joining Merz, he served in a number of leadership positions with Stiefel Laboratories, Inc., including as its Chief Commercial Officer and then as President, where he spearheaded two significant acquisitions and led the global integration of Stiefel into GlaxoSmithKline. Previously, Mr. Humphries held multiple senior executive roles in sales and marketing, business development and international marketing for Allergan, Inc., concluding as Vice President of its U.S. skincare business. He currently serves as chairman of the board of directors of Clearside Biomedical, Inc., a publicly held biopharmaceutical company, as a director of the publicly held company PhaseBio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as a director of the privately held company Bryn Pharma and as a director in the privately held company SKNV. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University.

Dr. Uri Geiger has served as Managing Partner of Accelmed, a private equity investment firm he co-founded in 2009 focused on medical device companies. Prior to founding Accelmed, Dr. Geiger served as the CEO of Exalenz Bioscience Ltd., a medical technology company, from May 2006 until December 2008. Prior to that, Dr. Geiger co-founded and was the CEO of GalayOr Networks, a developer of optical components from 2001 until 2003. Dr. Geiger was also the founding partner of Dragon Variation Fund in 2000, one of Israel's first hedge funds, which was sold to Migdal in 2007. Dr. Geiger worked on Wall Street during the 1990s, where he gained a broad understanding of and significant experience in capital markets. Dr. Geiger was formerly an adjunct professor at Tel Aviv University's Recanati School of Business where he lectured on private equity and venture capital and authored the books "Startup Companies and Venture Capital" and "From Concept to Wall Street." He earned his doctorate from New York’s Columbia University Center for Law & Economics, where he majored in global equity markets. Uri Geiger brings extensive entrepreneurial, management and investment know-how having created and built many successful medical device enterprises. Dr. Geiger served as Chairman and Board member of over 30 medical device companies including a number of NASDAQ listed companies.

Robert “Bob” Moccia assumed the duties of Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board on March 1, 2021. Mr. Moccia has more than 20 years of executive management experience as President, COO, and CEO of small to mid-sized specialty pharmaceutical companies and over 35 years of global pharmaceutical experience with expertise in general management, operations, strategic planning, business development, product development, sales, marketing, and building customer focused organizations. Most recently, Mr. Moccia co-founded Encore Dermatology. Prior to founding Encore, Mr. Moccia was CEO of Precision Dermatology Inc., which was sold to Valeant in 2014. Mr. Moccia has marketed and/or launched over 30 dermatological products in the US and created over $1.2B in exit transactions. He has completed multiple licenses, acquisitions and partnerships in the dermatology space. Mr. Moccia has held executive management positions at Medicis Pharmaceuticals (Sr. VP of Corporate Development), Graceway Pharmaceuticals (President & COO), and Bioglan Pharmaceuticals (President). He also spent time at Dermik and Stiefel Laboratories in sales, marketing, and business development. Mr. Moccia holds a B.S. in Biology from Stonehill College.

Shmuel (Samuel) Rubinstein became a director of the Company effective May 29, 2018. Mr. Rubinstein has served for over 20 years as the Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Taro Pharmaceuticals Industries, a NASDAQ traded dermatology company. Under his management, Taro grew to become a multinational company with over 1,000 employees worldwide and turnover of close to $450 million. In 2003, Mr. Rubinstein received the Exceptional Industrialist award. During these years he also finished an International Marketing Course at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Rubinstein serves as a board member in Clal Biotechnology Industries,  Trima Pharma, Kamada, and KSDG. Previously on the board of Exalenz, Medison Biotech and is a consultant to Sol-Gel Pharma. Mr. Rubinstein is also a director at the Medical Research Fund near The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and The National Authority for Yiddish Culture. We believe Mr. Rubinstein's qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include his wealth of knowledge and industry expertise in finance, investment banking, mergers and acquisitions, equity research and investment management experience in the dermatology industry.

Douglas Strang was appointed to the Board on October 27, 2021. He retired as a partner from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) after more than 35 years of employment, at which time he was the firm’s Global Pharmaceuticals & Life Science Advisory Leader. Mr. Strang’s career with the firm began in the audit practice, where he performed financial audits, primarily in the healthcare industry. He later transitioned into the firm’s forensic and risk practice where he led various projects, including; board appointed financial investigations, fraud and abuse matters in the life sciences industry and other healthcare compliance regulatory matters. He also has significant experience in the area of merger and acquisitions, where he assisted his clients with financial due diligence and merger integration. Currently, Mr. Strang serves on the board and audit committee of a privately-held medical device company. In addition to his Global leadership role, Mr. Strang was the US Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences Advisory Leader from 2009, from which he transitioned to the European leader in 2019. The PwC practice he led focused on providing value-added solutions across the Life Sciences value chain, including; M&A, R&D, manufacturing and supply chain, commercial and finance operations. Mr. Strang is a Certified Public Accountant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and holds a BS degree in accounting from Penn State University and an MBA from Villanova University. We believe Mr. Strang’s qualifications to serve on our Board of Directors include his extensive experience in pharmaceutical and life sciences industries and auditing and accounting background. The Chairman recommended to the Nominating Committee that Mr. Strang be approached for a seat on the Board.

Dr. Patricia Walker was appointed to the Board on February 14, 2022. She is a board certified dermatologist, earned both her medical degree and her Ph.D. from the University of Iowa. Following her degrees, she completed a residency in dermatology and a research fellowship in the Dermatology Branch, National Cancer Institute at the National Institute of Health (NIH). Throughout her career, Dr. Walker has served in multiple roles in the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Most recently she served as the President and Chief Scientific Officer of Brickell Biotech Inc. from 2015 until 2019, where she oversaw the research and development, regulatory, compliance, chemistry and manufacturing efforts for the company’s product portfolio. Prior to that she was the Chief Medical Officer at Kythera Biopharmaceuticals from 2007 until 2013. While there, she led research efforts focused on the development of novel, first in class pharmaceutical products for dermatologic and aesthetic medicine. Before Kythera, Dr. Walker was the Chief Medical Officer at Allergan Medical from 2004 until 2007, where her primary research efforts catalyzed the development of alternative hyaluronic acid fillers for facial rejuvenation. When Allergan acquired Inamed in 2006, she was Inamed’s Executive Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer. While there, she researched biological toxins, dermal filler substances, bariatric devices, and silicone gel filled breast implants. Dr. Walker started her Industry career at Allergan in 1997 where she was the VP of the Dermatology Therapeutic Area. She also served as a clinical faculty member at the University of California Irvine’s department of dermatology. Most recently, Dr. Walker formed her own drug development consulting company, P. Walker Consulting, in 2013. She is also a practicing dermatologist in Carpinteria, California. Dr. Walker presently serves as a supervisory board member at Merz pharmaceuticals.  Prior she served on the boards of directors at Forte Biosciences Inc. and Neothetics, Inc. (now called Evofem Biosciences Inc.), a women’s sexual and reproductive healthcare company whose shares are publicly listed on Nasdaq, from 2014 until 2015. We believe Dr. Walker's qualifications to serve on the Board of Directors include her wealth of knowledge and industry expertise in dermatology industry. Dr. Walker’s nomination was suggested to the Nominating Committee by the Company’s CEO.