Barbara McGovern MD
Dr. Barbara McGovern is VP, Medical Affairs of Seres. Dr. McGovern has over 25 years of experience in infectious diseases. Before joining Seres, she served as Medical Director in the Medical Affairs Division at AbbVie and helped to launch Viekera Pak for treatment of Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. At AbbVie, Dr. McGovern was a recipient of the 2015 President’s Award in recognition of the successful execution of 7 major publications in the New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and JAMA. As an academic clinician at Tufts Medical Center, she also authored more than 50 journal articles, editorials, and textbook chapters on HIV and HCV and was an Associate Editor of Clinical Infectious Diseases and a Deputy Editor at Up-To-Date. Dr. McGovern has also served as a member of the Antiviral Advisory Committee for FDA and as a panel guideline member for the Department of Health and Human Services on HIV, Hepatitis C, and Hepatitis B virus infections.
