Partner at Deerfield Management · Joined 2007
View Live Interactive Profile →Howard Furst, M.D., who Deerfield's profile refers to as Howie Furst, is a Partner on the Therapeutics team and joined the firm in 2007. He is a physician with eleven years of clinical experience. Before Deerfield he was Portfolio Manager at Magnetar Capital, where he was responsible for building the firm's healthcare team and developing its private and public investment approach, and before that a life sciences analyst at Maverick Capital. He holds a B.A. with honors from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.D. from New York University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.