Farah Champsi

Director/Board Member at POPULATION HEALTH INVESTMENT CO., INC.

64 year

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Farah H.
Champsi is currently a Director at Sanarus Medical, Inc., Alta BioPharma Management III LLC, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Population Health Investment Co., Inc., and Smith College.
In the past, Champsi served as Chairman at Azelon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. from 2005 to 2010.
Champsi was also a Managing Director & General Partner at Alta Partners Management Co. LP.
From 2010 to 2014, Champsi worked as a Director at Chimerix, Inc. Champsi has also held director positions at Aerovance, Inc., Myocor, Inc., Portola Pharmaceuticals LLC from 2005 to 2013, Agensys, Inc., Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Trevena, Inc. from 2008 to 2014, Kite Pharma, Inc. from 2013 to 2017, Allakos, Inc., and Interwest Venture Management Co. Additionally, Champsi worked as the Head-Global Life Sciences Investment Banking Group at Robertson Stephens & Co. from 1987 to 1999.
Champsi completed an undergraduate degree at Smith College and earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Farah Champsi active positions

Companies	Position	Start
POPULATION HEALTH INVESTMENT CO., INC.	Director/Board Member	-
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Provides healthcare services to childrens	Director/Board Member	-
Alta BioPharma Management III LLC	Director/Board Member	-
Sanarus Medical, Inc. Sanarus Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures minimally invasive medical devices	Director/Board Member	-
Smith College Smith College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Director/Board Member	-

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Former positions of Farah Champsi

Companies	Position	End
KITE PHARMA INC	Director/Board Member	2017-10-02
TREVENA, INC.	Director/Board Member	2014-11-30
CHIMERIX, INC.	Director/Board Member	2014-05-31
PORTOLA PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	Director/Board Member	2013-04-30
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Alta Partners Management Co. LP Alta Partners Management Co. LP Investment ManagersFinance Alta Partners invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on life sciences and healthcare technology services sectors. It participates in seed, early and later stage capital transactions. It acts as the lead investor and takes a seat on board of directors.	Finance
Sanarus Medical, Inc. Sanarus Medical, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Manufactures minimally invasive medical devices	Health Technology
Chimerix, Inc. Chimerix, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Discovers, develops and commercializes novel oral antiviral therapeutics	Health Technology
Azelon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Azelon Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Develops biopharmaceutical drugs for the treatment of osteoporosis	Health Technology
Alta BioPharma Management III LLC
Aerovance, Inc. Aerovance, Inc. Medical DistributorsDistribution Services Develops drugs for respiratory and inflammatory diseases	Distribution Services
Myocor, Inc. Myocor, Inc. Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology Develops products for the treatment of mitral regurgitation and congestive heart failure	Health Technology
Portola Pharmaceuticals LLC Portola Pharmaceuticals LLC Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Engages in development and commercialization of novel therapeutics	Health Technology
Robertson Stephens & Co. Robertson Stephens & Co. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Provides brokerage services	Finance
Agensys, Inc. Agensys, Inc. Miscellaneous Commercial ServicesCommercial Services Develops medicines for cancers	Commercial Services
Smith College Smith College Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland Hospital/Nursing ManagementHealth Services Provides healthcare services to childrens	Health Services
Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Excaliard Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Manufactures and develops therapeutics for the treatment of scarring & fibrotic disorders	Health Technology
Trevena, Inc. Trevena, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a biopharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel medicines for patients affected by central nervous system	Health Technology
Interwest Venture Management Co. Interwest Venture Management Co. Investment ManagersFinance InterWest Venture invests in companies located in the United States. The firm focuses on healthcare and information technology. It participates in early stage transactions. It also acts as a lead investor and takes a seat on the board.	Finance
Kite Pharma, Inc. Kite Pharma, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company which engages in the development of novel cancer immunotherapeutic products	Health Technology
Allakos, Inc. Allakos, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Operates as a clinical stage biotechnology company that develops innovative therapeutics which target immunomodulatory receptors for the treatment of allergic, inflammatory and proliferative diseases	Health Technology
Stanford Graduate School of Business Stanford Graduate School of Business Other Consumer ServicesConsumer Services Functions as a College/University	Consumer Services
Population Health Investment Co., Inc. Population Health Investment Co., Inc. Financial ConglomeratesFinance Operates as a special purpose acquisition company	Finance