Avalo Therapeutics, Inc. announced that Mittie Doyle, MD, FACR has joined the Company as its Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Doyle is a proven research physician who brings over 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotech industry and has held numerous leadership roles in clinical development. Dr. Doyle joins Avalo from Aro Biotherapeutics where she served as Chief Medical Officer since 2021.

Dr. Doyle currently serves on the Board of Directors of Santa Ana Bio, and she previously served on the Board of Directors of DICE Therapeutics, until it was acquired by Eli Lilly and Company. Prior to serving as Chief Medical Officer of Aro Biotherapeutics, Dr. Doyle was Vice President, Global Therapeutic Area Head, Immunology at CSL Behring. Dr. Doyle has held senior level roles at Shire Pharmaceuticals, Flexion Therapeutics and Alexion Pharmaceuticals.

During her career, she has advanced assets across a broad range of immune-mediated and orphan diseases and led teams with responsibilities for design and execution of first-in-human through Phase 2 and 3 trials, resulting in several global regulatory approvals. Dr. Doyle received her BA magna cum laude from Princeton University in Romance Languages and her MD cum laude from Yale Medical School. She completed her postdoctoral training at Harvard Medical School including residency in Internal Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and clinical/research fellowship in Rheumatology and Immunology at Brigham and Women?s Hospital.