Dean’s Leading by Example Lecture Series presents Dr. Kevin Kwok
Please join us for the Dean's Leading by Example Lecture Series presenting Dr. Kevin Kwok on “Continuous Career Re-Invention: The Art of Mindful Pivoting.”
Speaker Bio: D. Kevin Kwok, PharmD
Kevin is pleased to participate in the Dean’s Leadership lecture series. As a PharmD graduate from the U-M College of Pharmacy (’86) and a Member of the Dean’s Advisory Committee, Kevin has thirty years of experience as a biopharma executive and consultant.
He is also a person living (and thriving) with Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease. In 2013, Kevin elected to be treated at Stanford Medical Center with Deep Brain Stimulation, to manage his movement disorder. Today, thanks to this medical intervention, Kevin is essentially disease free. He is an active patient advocate, espousing his new life as a “bionic-American” through a combination of medical technology and lifestyle to optimize everyday living with neurodegenerative ailments.
Kevin has been nationally featured on panels, television, and webcasts. He recently provided patient insights at an FDA Patient panel on issues facing People with Parkinson’s. He is an active research subject at the Stanford Movement Disorder Clinic, and his data were presented last year to the US Congress as part of the President’s brain mapping initiative.
A previous partner at Russell Reynolds Associates, a leading executive search firm as the North American Head of Life Sciences, three years ago Kevin joined his client, Theravance Biopharma to lead Talent Acquisition and Strategy at this evolving Bay Area biopharmaceutical company.
Last month, Kevin recently transitioned to a new role at Theravance, as Head of Patient Engagement, a newly created role, where he will lead the Company’s initiatives to foster patient centricity at the C-suite.
He is a board member of the Davis Phinney Foundation and a research ambassador for both the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation and the Michael J Fox Foundation, where he is a patient advisor for their biomarker initiative.
Kevin strongly feels his PharmD education has paved the way for his non-traditional career. He will discuss this educational foundation and the ability to “pivot” as his secret to career diversity.
