Founders and Leadership

Jeffrey T. Apter, M.D., co-founder and President of Global Clinical Trials, President and Medical Director of Princeton Medical Institute and Global Medical Institutes, directs clinical trials in the areas of CNS and especially Alzheimer’s disease. Dr. Apter has been the Principal Investigator for over 300 trials in Depression, Anxiety disorders, Bipolar Disorder, Schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s Disease.

Dr. Apter, a nationally renowned psychopharmacologist, is a senior attending physician at the University Medical Center at Princeton and a research collaborator in the Department of Psychology at Princeton University. Dr. Apter has been actively involved in the Alzheimer Association and is a member of the NJ Alzheimer Association Scientific Advisory Board.

Eugene Selivra, MD, is a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Global Clinical Trials since its inception. He is responsible for global operational oversight and international corporate development.

Dr. Selivra received his medical degree from Pavlov Medical School in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was a head of geriatric department at the prestigious Bekhterev Psychiatric Institute. Lately, he is a visiting professor at Skoltech, a leading Russian Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, where he teaches course: “Clinical trials as an essential part of the innovation process in the pharmaceutical development” for post-graduate international students.

Dr. Selivra has over 25 years of experience conducting and managing clinical trials in the US and throughout Central-Eastern EU countries, Russia and Ukraine. He has completed multiple trainings by FDA, Association of Clinical Research Professionals, Drug Information Association.

Ms. Darie leads Legal Affairs and GCT regional office in Romania, since late 2015. She previously held the positions of COO, Country Manager, and Legal Affairs Manager for several European CROs.

Her clinical research experience includes a wide range of tasks within the pharmaceutical industry in Romania.

Ms. Darie holds an MBA in Law and a postgraduate degree in Competition Culture. Besides her mother tongue, Roxana is fluent in English, Spanish and Italian.

Aleksandr is a seasoned business development professional with a degree in International Management from Graduate School of Management St. Petersburg State University and in Università Commerciale ‘Luigi Bocconi’. He has over 10 years of experience in international management, B2B sales and marketing, and clinical research services.

As the Senior Director Business Development at Global Clinical Trials (GCT), a full-service global CRO headquartered in the USA, he leads and oversees all aspects of business development, including strategy, operations, marketing, and sales. He works with cross-functional teams in a multicultural environment, and excels in budget and proposal development, bid defenses and presentations, negotiations with CXO, VP and Director level executives, and client account management. He focuses on creating successful long-lasting partnerships based on win-win strategy and outstanding quality of services. He can advise you on how to best organize and execute a clinical trial smoothly and reasonably priced, and how to leverage the opportunities offered by the regions covered by GCT, such as the USA, Europe, Asia, and EAEU. He is also skilled in finance oversight, project performance oversight and tracking, contract management and oversight, branding, general management, talent recruitment and retention, and analytical skills.

Vladimir Seredyuk, MD, is a licensed physician with over 10 years of experience in different areas of clinical research. Following the award of his medical degree in the Medical-Military Academy n.a. S.M. Kirov in St.-Petersburg, Mr. Seredyuk has accomplished a special course of English at Defense Language Institute and then an Officer Basic Course at US Army Medical Center & School in San Antonio, Texas. After a few years he started a career in clinical research and became CRA for one of the Eastern European CROs. Holding different positions, including Senior CRA positions at WWCT and Medpace CROs, he has successfully passed a number of EMEA and FDA inspections, and later on completed the auditing course to become a QA professional. Dr. Seredyuk has been with GCT QA team since 2014.

Dr. Podgorska is a Medical Monitor and Head of Safety and PVG department at GCT. She is actively involved in providing global safety support for international clinical trials. Dr. Podgorska has been a practicing neurosurgeon based in Warsaw, Poland. She has also been working as a Medical Monitor for over a decade and has actively been interacting with EMA’s EudraVigilance. Daria received her medical training from Medical Academy in Warsaw. She continued her education with obtaining MBA degree at Postgraduate Management Study Center.

Having more than 20 years of experience managing full-service operations in Asian countries for global CROs, Dr. Sahoo is responsible for country management and business development within India at GCT. He is in charge of, Global Data Management, Biostatistics, and Medical Writing services.

Dr. Sahoo has been at the roots of clinical trial industry development in India, beginning his carrier in the early 90s. He has worked at Quintiles as a Project Manager before he was invited to establish and head the operations of Chiltern CRO in India and Asia Pacific. He later switched to the Data Management side of the industry as a Director at Cytel.

He received his Bachelor’s in Bio-Science from Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, his PhD from the Sardar Patel University, and MBA from Institute of Rural Management.