Jess Amchin, M.D., J.D.
Pharmaceutical Consultant
About Us

Dr. Jess Amchin is a licensed, board certified physician with over 15 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. He is also a licensed attorney. As a pharmaceutical industry consultant since 2005, Dr. Amchin has provided medical consultation services for large, mid-size, and small pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Dr. Amchin’s consulting services and related experiences have focused on several main areas:
  • Medical Affairs (supporting product development and commercialization)
  • Clinical Research and Development
  • Corporate business development and executive leadership
  • Pharmaceutical-related legal matters
Prior to establishing his consulting practice, Dr. Amchin served in a number of positions of increasing responsibility in the pharmaceutical industry. At Wyeth Pharmaceuticals he served two years as Senior Director, Portfolio Development, Neuroscience, and five years as Director of Medical Affairs with responsibility for central nervous system products. Subsequently he served as Vice President of Medical Affairs at Cephalon, an international biopharmaceutical company, and Senior Medical Officer at Vela Pharmaceuticals Inc., a small, privately held re-discovery and development company. Prior to joining the pharmaceutical industry, Dr. Amchin practiced psychiatry as a faculty member of the University of Pittsburgh and in private practice.

Dr. Amchin’s experience in the pharmaceutical industry includes clinical research, publications, medical information services, medical review of promotional material, presentations to key internal and external stakeholders, business assessments, new product development, support for FDA submissions, meetings, and Advisory Committees, and review of legal cases.

As a corporate business leader, Dr. Amchin has contributed to corporate strategy development, implementation of organization restructuring, and venture capital fund-raising. He currently serves as a Board Director of Vantage Point Bank, a newly launched commercial bank.

Dr. Amchin received his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, his law degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and his Bachelor of Arts degree from Cornell University. He completed a Medical Internship at Boston City Hospital and a Psychiatric Residency at the New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center.