John Yee — Senior VP & Head of Global Medical Affairs at Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Dr. John Yee, M.D., MPH has been Senior Vice President & Head of Global Medical Affairs at Vertex Pharmaceuticals since September 2017. Dr. Yee served as Vice President of Global Medical Affairs, Safety, and Operations at Intarcia Therapeutics, Inc. from February 2016 to September 2017. Dr. Yee served as Vice President and U S Head Medical Officer of Astra Zeneca PLC since March 7, 2011 and was responsible for overseeing all U.S. business medical-affairs activities. Dr. Yee has two decades of leadership experience at leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and health care companies, and at a major academic medical center. Dr. Yee served as Vice President, Head of Medical Affairs of US Diabetes, and U S Head Medical Officer at AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP. He was employed by Genzyme Corp. since 2003, where he held various medical affairs leadership roles with key responsibilities including disease registries, medical education, scientific symposia and investigator-sponsored research. In addition to his roles at Genzyme, he has served in leadership roles at a major academic medical center, at health care technology start-up companies and as a clinical research consultant to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. In his career prior to AstraZeneca, Dr. Yee served in progressive leadership roles at Genzyme, including Global Medical Director; Vice President of US Medical Affairs; and Vice President of Global Medical Affairs for its rare genetic disease business and Vice President of Global Head, Evidence-Based Medicine across all therapeutic areas. Earlier in his career, Dr. Yee helped lead two health care start-up companies, and was recognized by Fast Company magazine's inaugural Fast 50 list of champions of innovation, and by Boston Business Journal's 40 Under 40 list of business leaders. Prior to joining industry, Dr. Yee served as a faculty member and attending physician at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital. He completed his residency training in pediatrics and fellowship training in immunology/rheumatology and health services research at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Yee earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, and completed his medical degree at Harvard Medical School, in addition to a master's degree in public health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.