Leadership Team

Danny Sugimoto, MD offers more than 27 years of research experience at Cedar Crosse Research Center. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a Masters in Biology and obtained his Medical Doctorate from Rush Medical College in 1983. After receiving his board certification in Internal Medicine, he began his career working with the National Health Service Corp. 

In 1989, he embarked on his clinical research career while serving as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Rush Medical College. Following this, Dr. Sugimoto founded Cedar Crosse Research Center in 1996 to conduct research on a variety of therapeutic fields including cardiovascular, metabolic and neurologic disease. Over this timespan, he has conducted over 450+ clinical phase I-IV trials working with industry leaders, pharmaceutical sponsors and CROs.