Bassem Gayed, PhD Bristol Myers Squibb

Dr. Bassem Gayed is the Senior Technical Director, Process Engineering, CAR-T Manufacturing Science and Technology (MS&T) at Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS), based in Summit NJ.  He has been in different roles including leading the implementation of quality systems, training, vendor quality management and oversight, Quality operations, technical services and manufacturing science and technology. For the past 5 years, he has been leading the process engineering team for clinical and commercial CAR-T therapies. He is passionate about process improvements aiming at reducing turnaround time and to make Cell therapy readily available to patients in need. He holds BS in Biomedical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and a PhD in Biomedical Engineering jointly from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey and New Jersey Institute of Technology.