LEADERSHIP
ELAINE HAYNES, RPH, MBA
PRESIDENT and CEO
Elaine Haynes is the President and Chief Executive Officer of KaloCyte, where she oversees the company’s business operations and drives execution on ErythroMer’s technical development and grant funding strategies.
Ms. Haynes is a seasoned and resilient executive with over 30 years of healthcare leadership expertise and extensive experience with commercial development of complex pharmaceuticals.
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Ms. Haynes was with Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals for over 28 years. As VP of Alliance Management, she led the divestitures of Mallinckrodt’s contrast media and nuclear imaging businesses, delivering nearly $1 billion in total transaction value. Prior roles include Vice President & General Manager where she led teams in North and South America and Global Marketing, Marketing Director, Training Manager, and Pharmacist with Board Certification in Nuclear Pharmacy.
- Education: BS Pharmacy, St. Louis College of Pharmacy; MBA, Washington University
- Boards: Board of Trustees, University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis; ARTMS Products, Inc.
ALLAN DOCTOR, MD
CSO, CO-FOUNDER
Allan Doctor, MD is a Co-Founder and the Chief Scientific Officer of KaloCyte, Inc., where he leads the company’s scientific research and development efforts for ErythroMer, a novel bio-inspired artificial red blood cell.
Doctor is the founding Director of the Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH), which addresses fundamental, challenging questions related to blood O2 transport and hemostasis, from a systems perspective, with attention to human biology, physiology and therapeutics. Doctor is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, (UMSOM) in Baltimore. Prior to coming to Baltimore, he led the Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, School of Medicine (WUSM) as a Professor Pediatrics for 10 years prior to stepping down to focus on his expanding research program and ErythroMer development.
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At UMB, he was also Director of the Nanofabrication and Imaging Core Labs at the Center for Blood Oxygen Transport and Hemostasis (CBOTH). Earlier he was a tenured Associate Professor of Bioengineering and Associate Head at University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He brings 20 years of experience in nanotechnology, chemistry, and bioengineering. He holds 8 granted U.S. patents, 31 U.S. patent applications, numerous high impact publications, and several ongoing clinical trials and is the founder of three University- based early start-ups including Vitruvian Bio dedicated to developing novel image-guided therapies, and InnSight Technologies dedicated to nanotechnology-based application for ocular diseases. He is an elected fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology.
- Education: MS, Vidyasagar University, India, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (ITT) India
- Research: Postdoctoral Fellowships (Karen Wooley), Washington University, St. Louis
DIPANJAN PAN, PHD
CTO, CO-FOUNDER
Dipanjan Pan, MS, PhD is a Co-Founder and the Chief Technical Officer of KaloCyte, Inc., dedicated to nanotechnology-based applications. He is an expert in nanomedicine, molecular imaging, and drug delivery and leads KaloCyte’s technology strategy and development efforts for ErythroMer, a red blood cell substitute.
Dr. Pan is the Dorothy Foehr Huck & J. Lloyd Huck Chair Professor in Nanomedicine at Penn State University, and was previously Professor of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering at University of Maryland Baltimore County and Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Maryland, Baltimore.
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Prior to coming to Maryland, he was an Associate Professor in Bioengineering and Materials Science and Engineering and Institute of Sustainability in Energy and Environment at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He held a faculty position in Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois Cancer Center and Carle-Illinois College of Medicine. Pan’s lab uniquely merges fundamental chemistry, biology, and engineering to bring a solution to today’s healthcare problems. His research is highly collaborative and interdisciplinary centering on the development of novel materials for biomedical applications, immune-nanomedicine and targeted therapies for stem-like cancer cell with phenotypically screened nanomedicine platforms.
He holds multiple patents (8 granted US patents), several ongoing clinical trials and is the founder of three University-based early start-ups. He is the CEO/President for a biotechnology start-up Vitruvian Biotech dedicated to developing novel image-guided therapies. He also co-founded InnSight Technologies dedicated to nanotechnology-based application for ocular diseases.
- Education: MS, Vidyasagar University, India, PhD, Indian Institute of Technology (ITT) India
- Research: Postdoctoral Research, Washington University, St. Louis
PHILIP SPINELLA, MD
CMO, CO-FOUNDER
Dr. Philip C. Spinella is a Co-Founder and the Chief Medical Officer of Kalocyte, where he actively oversees the company’s research and development efforts for ErythroMer, a novel bio-inspired artificial red blood cell into the health care environment.
Spinella is a professor in the Departments of Surgery and Critical Care Medicine, Co-Director of the Trauma and Transfusion Medicine Research Center and Associate Medical Director of the Center for Military Medicine Research at the University of Pittsburgh. He is internationally recognized as an expert in transfusion medicine and the resuscitation of hemorrhagic shock. Dr. Spinella served 15 years in the US Army and separated as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2007. He is a veteran of the Iraq War, where he received a Bronze Star and the Combat Medic Badge for providing care under fire. In collaboration with investigators at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research, his groundbreaking work in the area of the treatment of hemorrhagic shock received the US Army’s Best Invention Award in 2008 for his role in the development of the concept of “damage control resuscitation”.
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Dr. Spinella is a well-established clinical trialist, who has been funded by the US Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health. He has published over 245 manuscripts and 21 chapters and is the editor for a textbook on the topic of trauma resuscitation. Dr. Spinella has also participated in, organized research symposia for, or provided external review of research programs for the FDA, NIH, DoD, Homeland Security, and the Department of Health and Human Services. He has also participated on a committee for the National Academy of Sciences to develop recommendations for a national trauma system in the US.
Dr. Spinella co-founded the THOR Network and has been its Co-Director since 2011. The THOR network has hosted training and educational programs in over 12 countries in 4 continents. The THOR Network has also performed groundbreaking research related to whole blood and platelet transfusion for traumatic bleeding.
TEAM MEMBERS
ESMA ALP, PHD
FORMULATION SCIENTIST
ELIZABETH RUBY MCASLAN
ASSOC. SCIENTIST I
STEPHEN REEFE
OFFICE MANAGER
GEORGE ALLEN HIDES
REG. AFFAIRS ADVISOR
SHELBY MCCAULEY
LABORATORY OPS. MGR.
ELIZABETH ZHELEZNYAKOVA
ASSOC. SCIENTIST I
METTE JACOBSEN
LABORATORY ASSISTANT
WILLIAM MCGHEE, PHD
SR. DIR. PROCESS DEVEL.
ANKITA JOSHI
ASSOC. SCIENTIST II
ANNA PARRISH
ASSOC. SCIENTIST I
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RICH GANZ, MBA
BOARD CHAIR
ALLAN DOCTOR, MD
BOARD MEMBER
ELAINE HAYNES, RPH, MBA
BOARD MEMBER
DAN GETMAN, PHD
BOARD MEMBER
ADVISORY BOARD
DIPANJAN PAN, PHD
CTO, CO-FOUNDER
GREGORY M. LANZA, MD, PHD
BOARD MEMBER
PHILIP SPINELLA, MD
CMO, CO-FOUNDER
PAUL NESS, MD
BOARD MEMBER
ALAN L. SCHWARTZ, PHD, MD
BOARD MEMBER
IRSHAD CHAUDRY, PHD
BOARD MEMBER
STEVEN GOULD, MD
BOARD MEMBER
ERNEST "GENE" MOORE, MD
BOARD MEMBER
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KaloCyte was founded by a distinguished team of researchers in physiology, bioengineering, and trauma care and is poised to deliver ErythroMer, a dried, bio-inspired artificial red blood cell, to market. ErythroMer is envisioned for use when stored red blood cells are unavailable, undesirable or in short supply. KaloCyte is supported by nearly $20M in federal grants and investor funding.