Experience

DAFNA Capital Management, LLC

• United States
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and Chief Executive Officer

  • Jan 1999 - 25 years

  DAFNA Capital Management, LLC, a Los Angeles based SEC registered investment adviser, was established in 1999. DAFNA specializes in managing long/short portfolios of publicly traded biotechnology and medical device companies and currently utilizes two different long/short investment strategies. DAFNA performs detailed fundamental analysis and disciplined risk management.



Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

• United States
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing

• Director of Molecular Hematology, Attending Physician

  • 1988 - 2009

  Dr. Fischel was board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and Clinical Molecular Genetics. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed scientific and medical manuscripts and book chapters, has been the principal investigator of multiple National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) funded research grants, has served repeatedly on internal and external review panels at the NIH, and in 2005 was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve for four years on the… Show more Dr. Fischel was board certified in Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, and Clinical Molecular Genetics. He has published over 120 peer-reviewed scientific and medical manuscripts and book chapters, has been the principal investigator of multiple National Institutes of Health (“NIH”) funded research grants, has served repeatedly on internal and external review panels at the NIH, and in 2005 was appointed by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to serve for four years on the Advisory Council of one of the NIH’s institutes. He was an internationally recognized expert in Molecular Genetics, and an invited lecturer at many national and international medical and scientific conferences. Show less



UCLA

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor of Pediatrics

  • 1988 - 2009

  Dr. Fischel was Professor of Pediatrics at UCLA School of Medicine, and is currently Professor Emeritus at UCLA.



gene/Networks

• United States
• Biotechnology Research

• Co-Founder, Chief Scientific Officer, Director

  • 1994 - 1997

  In 1994, Dr. Fischel co-founded a venture capital-backed genomics biotechnology company, and served as the Chief Scientific Officer and as a member of the Board of Directors; the company was later acquired by Warner-Lambert (Pfizer).