Mike A. Royal

Dr. Mike A. Royal, MD MBA, is an Advisor at CIG Venture Management LLC.
Dr. Royal has served as Vice President, Clinical Development-Analgesics, Cadence Pharmaceuticals since April 2006.
From December 2004 to March 2006, he served as Chief Medical Officer of Solstice Neurosciences, a specialty biopharmaceutical company.
From May 2003 to December 2004, he served as Vice President, Strategic Brand Development and Global Medical Affairs of Alpharma Inc., a global specialty pharmaceutical company.
From January 2002 to May 2003, he served as Senior Medical Director of Elan Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a neuroscience-based biotechnology company.
From 1994 to January 2002, he owned and managed the largest private practice pain management clinic and research center in Oklahoma.
Dr. Royal has also served as Director of the Acute Pain Service, Staff Anesthesiologist, and Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
He is board certified in internal medicine, anesthesiology, pain management, and addiction medicine and has published extensively in the area of pain management.
Dr. Royal holds a B.S.
in chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, an M.D.
from the University of Massachusetts, a J.D.
from the University of Maryland and an M.B.A. from New York University (TRIUM).