Pol Vandenbroucke
Chief Medical Officer, Hospital Business Unit, Pfizer Inc.
As Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Vandenbroucke leads Global Medical Affairs for the Hospital Business Unit, comprised of Pfizer’s Hospital, Anti-Infective and Sterile Injectables products.
Member of the Board of the American Federation for Aging Research; Member of the Advisory Board of the Steve Biko Centre for Bioethics, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, and of the Keck Graduate Institute, Claremont, CA; Fellow of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal Colleges of Medicine of the United Kingdom and member of its Fellowship and Awards Committee; Module Coordinator Medical Affairs in Medicines Development, IFAPP Academy and King’s College London.
Dr. Vandenbroucke’ s career has been dedicated to Clinical Development, Medical Affairs and Marketing and has included stints in the U.S., Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Before his current position, he was responsible for Medical Strategy at Pfizer’s Global Patient Affairs, the Centers of Excellence for Pediatrics, Diversity in Clinical Trials and Health Aging, and the External Bioethics Advisory Panel. Prior responsibilities also include Medical Affairs of Pfizer’s Essential Health portfolio in North America and he previously also led Clinical Development of all Pfizer compounds in Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, and Africa-Middle East and of Pfizer’s Established Products globally. He was also responsible for developing compounds specifically for diseases of the developing world, such as malaria and river blindness.
Prior appointments include Vice President, Medical and Regulatory Affairs, Canada/Latin America/Africa-Middle East, Senior Vice President, Medical Division Pfizer Japan, based in Tokyo, Director of Medical Operations, Asia and Australia/NZ for Pfizer, based in Hong Kong, and Medical Director, Lipitor based in New York, responsible for the international clinical development program of Lipitor.
Before joining Pfizer, Dr. Vandenbroucke was Medical Director, Sterling-Winthrop International; Cardiovascular and CNS Disease Brand Manager at Novartis Mexico, and Brand Assistant at Procter & Gamble Mexico.
He holds a Medical Degree from the Catholic University of Louvain (Belgium), an MBA degree from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), and an MSc (First Honors) from Hibernia College (Ireland). He is a member of the Pfizer Latino PCC Leadership Team. He is fluent in Dutch, Spanish, English, French, German and basic Japanese.
