Ketan Desai, MD, PhD, is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of International Medical Consultants, a healthcare and pharmaceutical consulting company. In addition, he is presently the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of IMC Radiology. His areas of expertise include pre-clinical and clinical development of drugs in anti-infectives, oncology, rheumatology, pulmonary and immunology, vaccines, and metabolism. Dr. Desai was the Chief Medical Officer of Biothera, the Vice President of Pre-clinical and Clinical Research at Neose Technologies, the Global Clinical Director of Rheumatology at Aventis Pharmaceuticals and Director of Rheumatology and Oncology at SmithKline Beecham. He serves as a consultant on bioterrorism to ABC News. Dr. Desai used to write for thestreet.com, and is published author (Germs of War).