Dr. Ajay Gupta, M.D. has been the Chief Scientific Officer of Rockwell Medical, Inc. (also known as, Rockwell Medical Technologies, Inc) since June 2009 and has also been its Member of Scientific Advisory Board since November 17, 2005. Dr. Gupta spent the prior seven years as an Associate Professor of Medicine at UCLA and Charles Drew University Schools of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, where he had an active nephrology practice. Prior to that, he served on the faculties of Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, University of Alabama, Birmingham, State University of New York, Syracuse and Washington University, St. Louis. Dr. Gupta is the Founder and Chairman of the Indian Society for Bone and Mineral Research. He is the inventor of dialysate iron therapy using Soluble Ferric Pyrophosphate (SFP) and is also the inventor of intravenous iron therapy using slow continuous infusion of SFP, including as an adjunct to parenteral nutritional admixtures. He has filed a number of patents in the areas of drugs, medical devices and diagnostic tests. Dr. Gupta also completed a clinical fellowship in Nephrology from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan and a research fellowship in Nephrology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. He earned MBBS degree and completed his residency in Internal Medicine from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.