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Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer
Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals, Inc
Vishal Bansal, M.D. F.A.C.S. is the Chief Scientific Officer and Co-Founder of Oxeia Biopharmaceuticals. Since 2015, Dr. Bansal is a Director of Trauma Surgery at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. From 2007 until 2015, Dr. Bansal was on faculty at the University California San Diego as an Associate Professor of Surgery.
Dr. Bansal is a clinically active trauma and general surgeon as well as a funded surgical scientist focusing on the physiologic response to brain injury. He has been a principal investigator of three trials in traumatic brain injury. He has nearly 100 peer review publications, book chapters and invited reviews, sits on three national trauma committees, and is a referee for over 25 national and international scientific journals.
Dr. Bansal received his undergraduate degree in music from Kalamazoo College and his medical degree from Wayne State University where he graduated Alpha Omega Alpha with high honors. He completed his general surgery internship and residency at The University of Pittsburgh and his fellowship in surgical critical care at University of California San Diego.