Dr. Merdad V. Parsey is an Independent Director at Arcus Biosciences, Inc. and a Chief Medical Officer at Gilead Sciences, Inc. He is on the Board of Directors at Arcus Biosciences, Inc. and Sagimet Biosciences, Inc. Dr. Parsey was previously employed as a Senior Medical Director by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a Senior Director-Medical Group by Genentech, Inc., an Associate Medical Director by Merck & Co., Inc., a Director-Critical Care Medicine by New York University School of Medicine, a Member by Roche Group, and a Senior Medical Director by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. He received his doctorate degree from the University of Maryland.