Episode 4 - Dr. Debbie Kelly, Leaving Clinical Practice for Industry, and Spark Therapeutics

Summary: Dr. Debbie Kelly joins us to speak about her career, and the decision to leave clinical practice to work in pharma. Map: 5:30 – finding ophthalmology 9:45 – things that she didn’t like about clinical practice 12:30 – learning about GSK, industry, and the options for MD’s 21:00 – shifting to Pharmacovigilance 28:30 – getting contacted by the headhunter and going to Spark 34:15 – mulling the decision to leave clinical practice 45:00 – choosing one path vs. the unknown 51:00 – finding work-life balance in medicine and in industry 54:30 – challenges of pioneering gene therapy development Links: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborah-kelly-47963922/ Pharmacovigilance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacovigilance Spark Therapeutics http://sparktx.com/ Lancelot the Dog http://www.blindness.org/glossary/lancelot