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Mona Kotecha, M.D., D.ABA

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Chief Medical Officer at Ventus Therapeutics
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Mona Kotecha is the Chief Medical Officer at Ventus Therapeutics, bringing 20 years of experience in high-acuity patient care and drug development. An M. D. from Yale School of Medicine, she has extensive global experience leading multifunctional teams across all phases of development in inflammation, pain, and CNS, from first-in-human trials through NDA/MAA filing.

She has a special passion for clinical-stage assets and developing innovative therapies to address unmet medical needs. Mona enjoys leading cross-functional teams and looks forward to advancing groundbreaking medicines for patients.

Interesting fact: Before becoming a drug development executive, Mona was a practicing, board-certified anesthesiologist and an acute pain expert.

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Experience
17 Years
Current Role
Chief Medical Officer
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Drug Development
Has over 20 years of experience leading drug development across all phases, from first-in-human trials to regulatory filings with the NDA and MAA.
NLRP3 Pathway
She is excited about NLRP3 as a versatile target, noting that Ventus is at the forefront of its development for indications like Parkinson's disease.
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Career

Work history

2-2025
Chief Medical Officer
Ventus Therapeutics
4-2024 - 2-2025
Chief Medical Officer, ExploR&D (formerly Chorus)
Eli Lilly and Company
11-2023 - 4-2024
Head of Translational Medicine, Chorus at Lilly
Eli Lilly and Company
2-2019 - 10-2023
Clinical Development Group Head Neuropsychiatry & Pain, Executive Medical Dir
Biogen
2018 - 12-2018
Senior Director (M.D.), Inflammation & Respiratory Clinical Research
Gilead Sciences
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Ventus Therapeutics Appoints Mona Kotecha, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Featured in Ventus Therapeutics (company press release)
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Ventus Therapeutics Appoints Mona Kotecha, M.D., as Chief Medical Officer. Featured in Yahoo Finance
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Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Yale School of Medicine
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