Dr. Michael N. Needle, also known as Mike, M.D., has been the Chief Medical Officer of AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. since January 9, 2015. Dr. Needle served as the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Medical Officer of Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium and The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, Inc. since April 9, 2012. He served as Vice President of Clinical Affairs at Imclone Systems Inc. since January 2001. He served as the Chief Medical Officer of Array BioPharma, Inc., from April 2013 to September 2014. He has more than 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in drug development and regulatory affairs. Dr. Needle has built an extensive network of key opinion leaders, business leaders at top biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, medical leaders at academic centers and the FDA. He has deep industry experience includes prominent roles on the development of important oncology and hematology drugs including Erbitux(R) (cetuximab), Revlimid(R) (lenalidomide) and Pomalyst(R) (pomolidimide). At MMRF, he served Vice President level positions at Celgene in Clinical Research and Development in Oncology, Strategic Medical Business Development and Pediatric Strategy. He also served as Vice President of Clinical Affairs at ImClone Systems Incorporated. He served faculty positions at the University of Pennsylvania and Columbia University. He has fellowship in Pediatric Hematology / Oncology at the Children's Hospital Medical Center and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center of the University of Washington in Seattle and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Dr. Needle graduated from Binghamton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Physics and Medical Degree from SUNY Downstate Medical Center, in Brooklyn, New York.