Thomas H. Callaway, MD
President, Life Science Partner and Managing Director, Georgia Venture Partners
Tom is founder and president of Life Science Partner (www.lifesciencepartner.com), an executive search firm focused exclusively on recruiting scientific and managerial leaders for the life sciences industry including companies developing medical devices, diagnostics, biopharmaceuticals and convergent technologies. Tom is also a founding Partner of an early stage seed fund, Georgia Venture Partners (www.georgiavc.com). Georgia Venture Partners (GVP) was established in 2004 to make seed and early-stage investments in life sciences enterprises related to Georgia. He is also a former partner with Fuqua Ventures (a life science and technology venture capital fund) and two leading recruiting firms Russell Reynolds and Korn/Ferry International. Before moving to Atlanta, Tom held the position of Director, Commercial Development for SyStemix. There he was responsible for business development and marketing for the firm’s proprietary stem cell technology for bone marrow rescue of patients following high dose chemotherapy. He began his biotechnology career at Roche Diagnostics and Roche Molecular Systems. During his tenure at Roche, he developed and executed a global marketing plan for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnostics technology, a Noble-prize winning solution for sleuthing out specific sequences of DNA and commercializing the tools to map the human genome. Tom earned a medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. He holds an MBA and undergraduate degree from Duke University.
