Company: CRVO
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001437749-25-013543
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Company: CervoMed Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-29
Form: DEF 14A
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 to his significant financial and operational experience in the life sciences industry.

Marwan Sabbagh, M.D.,has served as a director since August 2023. Dr. Sabbagh previously served as a member of EIP’s board of directors from November 2021 to August 2023. Since October 2021, Dr. Sabbagh has served as a professor in the Department of Neurology, and recently became Vice Chairman for Research, at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Dr. Sabbagh is board certified in neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. Previously, from May 2018 to October 2021, Dr. Sabbagh was a neurologist and director at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health. Prior to his time at the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Sabbagh was a director and neurologist at the Banner Sun Health Research Institute from 2000 to 2015. Dr. Sabbagh served on the board of directors of Quince Therapeutics, Inc. (f/k/a/ Cortexyme, Inc.) (NASDAQ: QNCX) from March 2022 to September 2022. Dr. Sabbagh earned his medical degree from the University of Arizona College of Medicine and his undergraduate degree from the University of California Berkeley. He completed his neurology residency at Baylor College of Medicine and a geriatric neurology and dementia fellowship at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

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The Board believes that Dr. Sabbagh is qualified to serve as a director due to his expertise in neurological diseases and extensive clinical development experience.

Frank Zavrlhas served as a director since August 2023. Mr. Zavrl previously served as a member of EIP’s board of directors from April 2018 to August 2023. From September 2017 to March 2018, Mr. Zavrl served as a member of the board of directors of EIP Pharma, LLC. Prior to that, Mr. Zavrl served on the board of directors of Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (NASDAQ: PBYI), a publicly-traded company focused on the treatment of cancer, from September 2015 to July 2020. From 2002 to 2011, Mr. Zavrl served as a Partner at Adage Capital Management, L.P., an asset management company, where Mr. Zavrl specialized in biotechnology investments