BioRestorative Therapies, Inc. announced the appointment of Charles S. Ryan, J.D., Ph.D. to its Board of Directors. Dr. Ryan is an experienced senior executive with an impressive background in working in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. Currently, he is the Vice President, General Counsel for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a preeminent international research institution in New York.

Prior to this position, Dr. Ryan served for over a decade at Forest Laboratories, a specialty pharmaceutical company in New York, as its Senior Vice President & Chief Intellectual Property Counsel. Dr. Ryan serves on the Boards of other public, private and non-profit companies, including Applied DNA Sciences, Inc., ABS Materials, Inc., GlycoMira Therapeutics, the Center for Biotechnology Advisory Board, and The College of Wooster Board of Trustees. He earned his B.A. in Chemistry from The College of Wooster in 1986, a Ph.D. in Oral Biology and Pathology from Stony Brook University in 1990 and his J.D. from Western New England University in 1993.

Dr. Ryan is filling the vacancy on the Board created by the resignation of Joseph Swiader, who stepped down due to other business commitments.