Dr. Patrick Oates is the Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategic Planning for EMSCO Scientific, Inc., where he manages partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and other life science entities to foster commercial growth. Prior to his role at EMSCO, Dr. Oates had numerous roles of increasing responsibility with a number of pharmaceutical companies, including GlaxoSmithKline, Aventis, Wyeth, and Cherokee Pharmaceuticals.
Dr. Oates completed his undergraduate training at Tuskegee University in Animal Science and received his doctorate degree in Physiology & Molecular Biology at Howard University in Washington, DC.




