TODD D. CAVALCANTO, ESQ.
**** ******** *** **. #**** ? Miami, FL 33131 ? 484-***-**** ?
aca5qu@r.postjobfree.com
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Talented published attorney with significant education and experience in
clinical research, regulatory affairs, safety monitoring and quality
control/assurance for 505(b)(1), 505(b)(2) and 505(j) applications as well
as the bio-similar regulatory pathway. Currently serve as the regulatory
expert, legal counsel and safety monitor for a full-service, Contract
Research Organization.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Regulatory Affairs in the Drafting, negotiating and ICH-GCP and Quality
clinical research sector approving contracts for Control/Assurance
regulatory agencies, private
vendors and pharmaceutical
companies
Statutory and policy Safety Monitoring a pivotal Clinical Research
analysis of FDA 505(b)(2) Phase III Study Associate
regulations,
EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Licensed to practice law in Florida
Juris Doctor (2010)
University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL
Master of Science, Biology (2007)
Bachelor of Science, Biology (2007)
Villanova University, Villanova, PA
. Written Thesis titled Hormone-regulated Inflammation of the Immature
Rat Uterus in Response to Leukocyte Infiltration and MMP Activation.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
National LGBT Bar Association
. Member - 2008 to Present
American Bar Association
. Member- 2010 to Present
RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
biorasi, llc, Aventura, FL
August 2012 to Present
Associate, Regulatory Affairs
. Manage all legal affairs for a full-service, Contract Research
Organization
. Oversee the regulatory submissions and filings for bioRASI both with
the FDA and EMA
. Draft, negotiate and approve all contracts bioRASI enters into with
clients, clinical sites and vendors
. Manage the regulatory submissions in a Phase III Clinical Trial for a
505(b)(2) investigational medicinal product aimed at helping Multiple
Sclerosis patients
. Oversee all safety monitoring for over 40 clinical sites across three
countries while ensuring all AE and SAE data are reported accurately,
timely and as per the protocol.
. Manage 10 clinical sites as a Clinical Research Associate for a Phase
III Clinical Trial through in-depth oversight on all phases of the
sites' clinical involvement in the study from site selection through
initiation, screening and enrollment, EDC and Source Monitoring and
site close-out
. Manage the IRB and FDA regulatory submission for a Phase III
BioSimilar Clinical Trial under the FDA's latest draft guidelines for
BioSimilars. Perform Quality Control on all IRB activities of over
100 clinical sites along with updating and approving company-wide
Standard Operating Procedures for this unique project
. Manage all unblinded study activity for over 100 sites in a Phase III
BioSimilar Clinical Trial through private access to all EDC systems
with the goal of ensuring proper protocol execution and payment
administration
. Work cooperatively with the Chief Compliance Officer torReview, modify
and approve all SOPs with the goal to ensure they are up-to-date and
reflect accurate and complete procedures at bioRASI.
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY OF SUNNY ISLES BEACH, Sunny Isles Beach, FL
August 2011 to July 2012
Assistant City Attorney
. Managed the collection of over $400,000 in Code Enforcement violation
fines as well as the imposition and ultimate release of liens on
delinquent properties through in-court and out-of-court negotiations
with homeowners
. Analysed public policy in the area of public health, finance and
taxation, real property and Eminent Domain
. Drafted contracts, easements and other agreements on behalf of the
City
. Performed statutory, case-law and policy analysis on the above-
mentioned pressing issues affecting the city and advised the City
Attorney on possible solutions to these issues through written and
spoken legal memoranda
. Drafted and responded to motions, complaints, answers, requests for
productions, interrogatories and other pleadings in the areas of land
use, zoning, foreclosure and code enforcement
. Responded to foreclosure complaints received by the City dealing with
properties within Sunny Isles Beach
UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW, Coral Gables, FL
August 2010 to July 2011
Student Services Fellow
. Served as a liaison throughout the law student body, as well as the
South Florida legal community to provide the University with new
programs and solutions.
. Identified the need for additional career networking opportunities for
students, and helped establish a year long program to network local
attorneys and Judges with students.
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Miami, FL
June 2009 - November 2009
January
2010 - April
2010
Certified Legal Intern, County Court Division (2010)
Legal Intern, Felony Domestic Violence (2009)
. Advocated for the State of Florida through written communication in
the form of legal motions and memoranda and oral communication in a
court of law before a county court judge
. Assisted in managing three successful bench trials, which included all
hearings, motion calendar appearances and court litigation. Trials
resulted two convictions and one dismissal for mental instability
. Assisted the Division Chief of the Felony Domestic Violence Division
with a first-degree murder trial by providing case-law and statutory
analysis on premeditation standards and plea calculations
. Wrote several memoranda of law in the area of criminal prosecution,
the use of scientific evidence in the courtroom and assisted in
writing a direct examination of a medical expert
. Interpreted scientific testimony given by a medical examiner on cause
of death analysis
PUBLICATIONS
"Regulated expression of matrix metalloproteinases, inflammatory mediators
and endometrial matrix remodeling by 17?-Estradiol in the immature rat
uterus." Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology, Volume 7; Issue 124,
2009.