Brixton Leadership

Founded in 2019, we are a team with the rare combination of entrepreneurialism, focus and deep scientific rigor. We keep our sights on the serious goal of eradicating pain, but enjoy levity on the way.

Founding Team

R. Rox
Anderson, MD

Professor

Harvard Medical School

Sameer
Sabir

Chief Executive Officer

Brixton Biosciences

Lilit
Garibyan

Associate Professor

Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School

Scientific Advisory Board

James P.
Rathmell

Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Ayesha
Abdeen

Chief, Division of Hip and Knee Replacement at Boston Medical Center

Anis
Dizdarevic

Director of Anesthesia Services and Associate Professor at NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Michael
Fishman

Pain Medicine Physician and Director of Research at Center for Interventional Pain & Spine

Board of Directors

Robert
Forrester

Founder and Director at IDRx

Tasneem
Dohdawala

Founding Partner at Excelestar Ventures

Robert
Pozen

Former CEO at Fidelity, Former Executive Chair at MFS, Former BOD Member at Medtronic

Bill
McCullen

Chief Investment Officer at Launch Capital

Josh
Phillips

Managing Partner at Catalyst Health Ventures

M. Joshua
Tolkoff, MS

Portfolio Executive at CIMIT