Michael E. Kalafer

Michael E.
Kalafer has been Chief Medical Officer of MediciNova, Inc. since July 2008.
He joined MediciNova in November of 2006.
Prior to joining MediciNova, Dr. Kalafer spent more than 25 years in practicing clinical medicine and is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Internal Medicine.
He has held an Associate Clinical Professorship of Medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine since 1985.
Dr. Kalafer held a position with the Centers for Disease Control of the US Public Health Service in the Tuberculosis Division.
He served as a Principal Investigator for the International Early Lung Cancer Action Project.
He received a BS degree in Biochemistry from Cornell University and an MD from SUNY Upstate Medical University.
He completed post-graduate medical training at Mt.
Sinai School of Medicine and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.