Leadership

Ariella Kelman, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Dr. Ariella Kelman is a physician and biopharmaceutical developer. Before joining Biora Therapeutics, Dr. Kelman led clinical development at Human Immunology Biosciences, a clinical-stage company focused on drug discovery and development for immune-mediated conditions. Prior to that, she spent 15 years at Genentech/Roche where she led clinical development programs for several new medicines for adults and children with inflammatory autoimmune diseases and subsequently served as global head of bioethics for Roche. Previously, Dr. Kelman served for ten years as an attending physician in the Division of Immunology and Rheumatology at Stanford University Hospital.   

Dr. Kelman holds an MD from Tel Aviv University. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Kaiser Hospitals in Los Angeles and Santa Clara and completed fellowships in rheumatology and clinical research at Stanford University Hospital. She earned her Bachelor of Science in psychobiology from the University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Kelman also holds a graduate certificate in bioethics from Columbia University, New York.