Dr. Maiese is an internationally recognized physician, scientist, healthcare executive, and editor with broad research, clinical, and leadership experience in academia, the federal government, and industry. He has extensive experience in academic medicine, healthcare delivery, business development, managed care, biotechnology, and drug development holding positions as a member and advisor for the National Institute of Health (NIH), Chief Medical Officer, tenured Professor and Chair and Chief of Service of the Department of Neurology and Neurosciences of (Rutgers) University of Medicine and Dentistry, Global Head of Translational Medicine and External Innovation, Steering Committee Member for the Foundation for the NIH, tenured Professor in Neurology, Anatomy and Cell Biology, Molecular Medicine, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute and the NIH Center at Wayne State University, and the Founding Editor and Editor-in-Chief of multiple highly successful international journals. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Summa Cum Laude with distinction, was a Teagle Scholar, Grupe Scholar and Joseph Collins Scholar at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, and was a senior executive at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.