Peter Thompson, a Partner at OrbiMed, has more than 25 years of industry experience. During his career, Peter has held executive positions at Becton-Dickinson and Chiron; co-founded and was Chief Executive Officer of Trubion Pharmaceuticals; co-founded Edgewise Therapeutics, Corvus Pharmaceuticals, Cleave Biosciences and Silverback Therapeutics; and serves as a Director on several company Boards. Peter is an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year awardee, an Affiliate Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Washington, an inventor on numerous patents and a board-certified internist and oncologist. He was on staff at the National Cancer Institute following his internal medicine training at Yale University.

Peter holds an M.D. from Brown Medical School and an Sc.B. and Bachelor of Arts in mathematics and molecular biology from Brown University.