Dr. Mistry is a public health physician with wide ranging experience in HIV/AIDS and neglected tropical diseases having served as the Managing Director of the Global Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. He brings extensive global health policy and programming experience having worked in both the public and private sectors, in clinical practice, health policy, and social development. Prior to accepting a position teaching at Georgetown University, he was engaged by the National Health Service in London, and with Merck & Co. He was a founding member of the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. He worked with the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund, where he continues to support the technical review panel.