SurModics Pharmaceuticals—Biomaterials Contacts

Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Pharmaceuticals

Paul Spencer
Vice President Biomaterials, Manufacturing and Facilities

Howard Bowman, Ph.D.
Senior Manager, Biomaterials

Arthur J. Tipton, Ph.D., Senior Vice President and General Manager, Pharmaceuticals, joined SurModics as Vice President, SurModics and President, SurModics Pharmaceuticals, following SurModics' acquisition of Brookwood Pharmaceuticals in August 2007. In February 2010, he was named Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer of SurModics, and in October 2010, he was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of the pharmaceutical business unit. Dr. Tipton joined Southern Research Institute in 2004 and then in January 2005 became President and CEO of Brookwood Pharmaceuticals when it was launched as a new company based on Southern Research Institute's pharmaceutical formulations business. Dr. Tipton held various positions at Durect Corporation, Southern BioSystems (now part of Durect), and Atrix Laboratories (now part of QLT Inc.). Dr. Tipton earned a Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and a B.S. in Chemistry from Spring Hill College. Back to Top

 

Paul Spencer, Vice President Biomaterials, Manufacturing and Facilities, brings more than 26 years of leadership and management experience including over 19 years in the biomaterial, drug delivery and medical device industries. Mr. Spencer has been a vice president at SurModics Pharmaceuticals (formerly Brookwood Pharmaceuticals) and the General Manager of the Lakeshore Biomaterials unit since its inception in January 2005. Previously, he worked in the Business Development Group at Alkermes, with his primary responsibility being the Medisorb® bioabsorbable polymer business unit. He also has broad based experience in licensing as well as the manufacture and development of biomaterials and medical devices. Mr. Spencer's experience includes being a top sales consultant and distributor at Biomet's subsidiary, Lorenz Surgical, where he was involved in the launch and commercialization of the world's first Craniomaxillofacial absorbable plating system. He also served over six years as a U.S. Army Aviation Officer in the U.S. and abroad. Mr. Spencer holds a B.S. in Quantitative Business Analysis from Indiana University and is a graduate of numerous U.S. Army advanced leadership Schools. Back to Top

 

Howard Bowman, Ph.D., Senior Manager, Biomaterials, is a polymer scientist with over 15 years of experience developing products and implementing biomaterial solutions for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries. For the past four years, Dr. Bowman has led all aspects of the development of bioabsorbable polymers at SurModics Pharmaceuticals (formerly Brookwood Pharmaceuticals). Most recently, Dr. Bowman invented the first resorbable synthetic pressure sensitive adhesive and an injectable drug delivery platform capable of administration with little or no solvent, both of which have led to five US Patent applications. Prior to joining SurModics, Dr. Bowman held leadership positions at Folia as the Director of Technology where he developed biodegradable polyaspartate and polycitrate dispersants, and with Avanti Polar Lipids as a Senior Chemist where he commercialized a family of functionalized PEG-lipid conjugates and directed a lipid formulation and characterization lab. Dr. Bowman received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and his Ph.D. degree in Polymer Science and Engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Back to Top