Joseph Stauffer, DO, MBA, FAPCR is the CEO and Founder of Delta Life Sciences.
Dr. Stauffer is a physician executive and serial Pharma/Biotech Operator. He is a Johns Hopkins trained Anesthesiologist and was a part-time clinical instructor/adjunct assistant professor for 16 years in the Department of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University Hospital. Joe also served ten years as a Medical Officer in the US Navy and honorably discharged as Lieutenant Commander in 2001. He joined the FDA in 2000 as a Medical Review Officer, subsequently being recruited by Abbott Laboratories as Global Medical Director in 2002. He received his MBA from a joint program (TRIUM) between New York University (NYU), Stern School of Business, London School of Economics (LSE) and Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) School of Management in Paris.
Serving over 20 years at both public and private companies, he built teams of physicians, scientists, statisticians, medical science liaisons, regulators, and safety experts in support of clinical development projects for both drugs and medical devices. He led global clinical development, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance, biometrics, data management, regulatory and medical affairs teams at Alpharma and Ikaria; both of which were acquired in $1.6B cash deals in 2009 and 2014, respectively. He was intimately involved with raising over $650M of new equity and/or deal related financing between 2010-2024 at five different companies.