J. Joseph Marr, M.D.
J. Joseph Marr, M.D., graduated from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and completed a medical internship at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. After two years in the U.S. Army 8th Special Forces Group, he completed post-graduate training in medicine and biochemistry at Saint Louis University and Washington University.
The first twenty years of his career were in academic medicine. He held academic positions as Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Microbiology; and administrative positions as Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Laboratory Medicine, and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine. He then entered into executive management of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies where he held positions as Senior VP, Drug Discovery; VP, Research and Development; CSO; COO; and CEO. Thereafter, he was a General Partner with an international venture capital firm that invested in biotechnology and medical device companies.
Dr. Marr has been a member of Boards of Directors of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. He is the author of over two hundred academic publications; authored and edited six books; and published short stories, essays, and poems. He now is retired and lives near Denver, Colorado.
The first twenty years of his career were in academic medicine. He held academic positions as Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Microbiology; and administrative positions as Director of the Division of Infectious Diseases, Division of Laboratory Medicine, and Vice-Chairman of the Department of Medicine. He then entered into executive management of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies where he held positions as Senior VP, Drug Discovery; VP, Research and Development; CSO; COO; and CEO. Thereafter, he was a General Partner with an international venture capital firm that invested in biotechnology and medical device companies.
Dr. Marr has been a member of Boards of Directors of public, private, and nonprofit organizations. He is the author of over two hundred academic publications; authored and edited six books; and published short stories, essays, and poems. He now is retired and lives near Denver, Colorado.