LEO EHRLICH

Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer; Board Chairman

Mr. Ehrlich is a co-founder of Innovation Pharma and serves as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Executive Officer for the company. He also is Board Chairman. Mr. Ehrlich has over 25 years of executive leadership experience in building and managing emerging growth companies. Prior to joining Innovation, Mr. Ehrlich served as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Nanoviricides, a publicly-traded company developing nanotechnology-based anti-viral medicines. Mr. Ehrlich also served in various management roles—as CEO, President, CFO, Director—while at StatSure Diagnostic Systems, Inc., a diagnostic specialty firm with a focus on HIV testing. Mr. Ehrlich is a Certified Public Accountant and received a BBA degree from Bernard Baruch College of the City University of New York. 

Barry SchecHter, MD, FAAO

Independent Board Member

Dr. Schechter is the Director of Department of Cornea and External Disease at Florida Eye Microsurgical Institute. Prior, he was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pediavision, a company dedicated to saving children’s eyesight. He also is a consultant for Gerson Lehrman Group. Dr. Schechter’s clinical focus involves diseases of the ocular surface, including dry eyes, allergies, infection, corneal, refractive and cataract surgery, and glaucoma. He also serves on the Editorial Board for Advanced Ocular Care. Dr. Schechter has reviewed numerous articles for leading ophthalmology journals, lectures worldwide, and consults for various pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Schechter graduated from City University of New York and Brooklyn College, and received a MD from SUNY Downstate Medical Center. 

Zorik Spektor, MD, FAAP

Independent Board Member

Dr. Spektor is a Fellowship-trained and Board-certified Pediatric Otolaryngologist and Head and Neck Surgeon. He has served on advisory boards for several medical device and pharmaceutical companies and been involved in significant advances in his field. Dr. Spektor currently serves as Director of The Center for Pediatric ENT – Head and Neck Surgery, in Boynton, Florida. He is also a Voluntary Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Department of Otolaryngology, University of Miami, and an Affiliate Clinical Assistant Professor of Biomedical Science at Florida Atlantic University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery and American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Spektor received a BS from Cornell University, and a MD from Albany Medical College of Union University.