As the Chief Medical Director, Dr. David L. Felten
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Dr. David L. Felten was recently Vice President, Research, and Medical Director of the Research Institute at Beaumont Health System, and the founding Associate Dean for research at the Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. He oversaw the Health System's research portfolio and actively participated in the development and commercialization of Beaumont's intellectual property. He established a state-of-the-art Core Molecular Laboratory and BioBank at Beaumont, strengthened the Beaumont Research Coordinating Center for oversight of multi-center clinical trials, and oversaw the conduct of all clinical translational research and basic research. Dr. Felten received a B.S. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969, an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1973, and a Ph.D. in anatomy/neurosciences through the Institute for Neurological Sciences at the University of Pennsylvania in 1974. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Prize Fellowship, and two separate 10-year MERIT Awards from institutes (Aging, Mental Health) at the National Institutes of Health.