Spring Bank Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that Nezam Afdhal, MD, will join the company as Chief Medical Officer, effective November 9, 2015. Dr. Afdhal has been a consultant to the company since 2011, and has served as the company's non-executive Chief Medical Officer since 2015. Dr. Afdhal will remain as a Senior Physician at the Liver Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School (Part Time).