MILAD RIAZIFAR
Co-Founder and CEO
Creating a New Class of Drugs to Address Incurable Autoimmune Diseases
Experience
Career
- 2021
Entelexo Biotherapeutics
Co-founderCofounder and CEO · 2021 – Present
2017City of Hope
Scientist - Department of Cellular Therapeutics · Duarte, CA · 2017 – 2019
2013UC Irvine
Ph.D. Candidate · Sue and Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center · 2013 – 2017
2011UC Irvine
Research Associate · Irvine · 2011 – 2013
2016Amgen
Intern - Therapeutic Discovery · Thousand Oaks, CA · 2016
Bio
Dr. Riazifar has worked on stem cells over a decade and on exosomes a subclass of stem cell derived extracellular vesicles since 2012. During his Ph.D studies at the Stem Cell Research Center at the University of California Irvine, he pioneered a cell-free exosome-based approach to treat Multiple Sclerosis. At City of Hope, he was part of a clinical translation team initiating the world’s first clinical trial using stem cell exosomes for the treatment of type I diabetes.