Mark Avigan
As a hepatologist and Associate Director in CDER's Office of Pharmacovigilance and Epidemiology, Dr. Avigan has served as an expert consultant at FDA for the evaluation of drug-induced liver injury during the life cycle of drugs and biological agents. Earlier on, Dr. Avigan received his MD from McGill University. After his medical residency and GI fellowship, he trained as an NIH staff fellow and then was on the faculty of Georgetown University where he attended patients and was the principal investigator of NIH-funded grants to elucidate basic mechanisms in cell growth pathways.