Yvonne Van Gessel, DVM

VP Preclinical Safety

Yvonne Van Gessel joined Boston Pharmaceuticals as Vice President of Preclinical Safety in July 2021. Prior to that, she was a member of the Global Drug Safety team at Eisai Inc for 13 years where she held positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in leading Nonclinical Safety activities in the US. Yvonne also served as an active duty officer in the US Army for 10 years leading various research and drug development efforts at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) and its subordinate laboratory, AFRIMS, in Bangkok, Thailand. Yvonne holds a bachelor’s degree in Animal Science and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell University, Ithaca, NY where she also completed a pathology residency. Yvonne is board certified in both veterinary pathology (DACVP) and toxicology (DABT).