Dr. Tom Megerian is the Chief Medical Officer of Cognito Therapeutics. He received his training at Northwestern, earning an MD and PhD in neuroscience. He then trained in Neurology and Pediatrics, as well as a Fellowship in Behavioral Child Neurology at Boston Children's. Since then, he has worked in direct patient care as a pediatric neurologist as well as in clinical and operational roles at therapeutics development companies for neuro-related therapies. Most recently he has served as CMO of a pharmaceutical company, and senior executive of both medical device and pharmaceutical companies - all in the neurology space. Tom is currently a practicing neurologist at Children's Hospital Orange County (CHOC) and is currently serving as the medical director of the Autism center at CHOC. Tom has over 20 years of experience designing and executing clinical trials in neurology.