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Roy Davis

Oct 22, 2015

Immunexpress has appointed Roy Davis as chief medical officer. Davis served from 2002 through 2013 as chief medical officer of Providence Health and Services' Alaska region. He was named the Microsoft Investigator of the Year for his work with the modified early warning system in 2012. From 1986 to 1998, Davis was a clinical assistant professor with the WAMI program in the department of pediatrics at the University of Washington. 

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