Bio
Dr. Pesano has broad experience in Medical Diagnostics, Drug Development, Public Health and academia. He served as VP R&D as well as CMO, Global Markets and Precision Medicine for Quest Diagnostics. In this role, he was responsible for R&D across Quest Diagnostics as well as for companion diagnostics and global markets R&D and medical support. During his time at Quest, Dr. Pesano developed and implemented collaborative programs with the Center for Disease Control to partner in the areas of Hepatis C, Zika Virus and emerging infections and led the medical and R&D team in the formation of Quest’s Global Diagnostics Network. He has significant experience working on development programs with FDA.
Expertise
Dr. Pesano previously worked for Monogram Biosciences, LabCorp and Pfizer where we lead drug and biomarker development efforts in Infectious Diseases. He trained in Infectious Diseases and is an internationally recognized expert in HIV, HCV and emerging infections. Dr. Pesano attended undergraduate at Canisius College, graduate school at Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Bowman Gray School of Medicine for his med school.
