Dr. Thomas A. Raffin, also known as Tom, MD is a Co-Founder at Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He co-founded Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1996. Dr. Raffin is also a Senior Partner at Telegraph Hill Partners. He joined Telegraph Hill Partners as a Partner in 2001. Dr. Raffin is an Advisor to numerous other companies. He founded the firm. He has spent 28 years as the faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine, where Dr. Raffin is the Colleen and Robert Haas Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Biomedical Ethics, served as the Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and a Co-Founder and Director Emeritus of the Stanford University Center for Biomedical Ethics. Dr. Raffin was an Advisor to Cell Therapeutics Inc. from 1993 to 1997, Broncus Technologies from 1997 to 2004, Medica from 1998 to 2002 and Inhale Technologies from 1998 to 2001. He has been a Director of Confirma, Inc. since January 08, 2008, NewLink Genetics Corporation since 1999 and AngioScore, Inc. since April 11, 2006. He serves as Lead Independent Director of NewLink Genetics Corporation. He is a Director of Aquaro Histology, Inc. Dr. Raffin serves as a Director at PneumRx, Inc., Allergene, Apollo Biotechnology and Interface. He has represented THP as a Director at Magstim. He was an Observer on the boards of Estech and Vidacare. Dr. Raffin serves as a Director of TrakCel Ltd. Dr. Raffin was a Director at Merge CAD Inc. since January 2008 and Freedom Innovations, LLC. He served as a Director of LDR Holding Corporation from September 2007 to October 2013. He did his medical residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital (formerly Peter Bent Brigham Hospital). Dr. Raffin has been an active investigator and researcher in the health care field and has written over 200 articles, numerous chapters and co-authored the book, Intensive Care: Facing the Critical Choices. Over the past two decades he has worked extensively in the healthcare and medical device sectors. He returned to Stanford for Fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine ('PCCM'). Dr. Raffin holds an M.D. from Stanford University School of Medicine and a B.A. degree from the Stanford University.