Ross Tonkens, MD.Ross Tonkens, MD, is global scientific head of cardiovascular therapeutics for Quintiles Quintiles Transnational Corp. is a contract research organization which serves the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare industries. History Quintiles was founded in 1982 by Dennis Gillings and as of 2007 it has 18,000 employees. , Inc, the world's largest contract research organization (www.quintiles.com) with more than 15,000 employees in over 40 countries. Tonkens is charged with supporting all scientific aspects of Quintiles's global cardiovascular business interests. His duties include business development as well as medical oversight of teams involved in all phases of human cardiovascular clinical drug and device trials worldwide. Tonkens is also charged with development of the cardiovascular disease Cardiovascular disease Disease that affects the heart and blood vessels. Mentioned in: Lipoproteins Test cardiovascular disease curriculum for Quintiles University, his company's educational support unit, in order to ensure competence within his discipline both of Quintiles employees involved in management of cardiovascular clinical trials and of Quintiles's [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Innovex drug detail force. A graduate of Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was School of Medicine, Tonkens practiced cardiology in Beverly Hills before moving to Las Vegas where he founded his own clinical research site and started a small but successful venture capital fund. During his time in southern Nevada he also served as Nevada medical director for Intracorp, Cigna Healthcare's case management division. Tonkens is based at Quintiles's world headquarters in Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. , North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. . |
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