Primary Job Title Co-Founder , CSO & Board Member Primary Organization 
Astute Medical
Gender Male
Dr. McPherson has over 25 years experience in research and development and is the co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Astute Medical, Inc.
Prior to Astute Medical, Inc. he was Vice President of Research and Development at Biosite Incorporated. During his 14 years at Biosite, Dr. McPherson played a key role in the development and
commercialization of the Biosite Triage® Meter Platform and the Biosite Triage® family of point-of-care immunoassay products.
He led a diverse 85 person research and development team to identify, develop and validate new biomarkers and successfully developed and launched 8 FDA-cleared products. He has over 25 issued and pending US patents in areas ranging from immunoassay readers to novel biomarker content in a variety of disease areas.
Prior to Biosite, he was a Post-Graduate Research Physicist at the University of California, San Diego where he conducted and published research on the biophysics of photosynthesis.
Dr. McPherson earned a Ph.D. in Physics (Biophysics) from the University of California, San Diego and a B.A. in Physics from the University of California, Santa Cruz.
