A Fractional Chief Medical Officer when the decisions cannot wait.

Add experienced, dermatology-specific medical leadership without committing to a full-time executive hire. FDP works inside the decision process, aligns the critical workstreams and stays accountable for execution.

What the role covers

One medical leader across six connected workstreams.

The remit is configured around the asset and company stage—not around a generic advisory package.

Medical & asset strategy

Clarify the medical thesis, target product profile, differentiation and evidence priorities.

Clinical development

Guide indication selection, endpoints, trial design, investigator dialogue and benefit–risk decisions.

Medical affairs & launch

Build the medical narrative, evidence-generation plan and external engagement roadmap.

Executive representation

Bring medical credibility to boards, investors, partners and cross-functional leadership teams.

Due diligence

Assess scientific validity, clinical relevance, competitive position and development risk.

Team & partner orchestration

Shape the right lean operating model and activate specialist expertise only where needed.

The distinction

Fractional does not mean peripheral. It means precisely allocated.

A fractional Chief Medical Officer is part of leadership for a defined portion of the week or month. The role carries accountability, represents the medical perspective in executive decisions and translates strategy into action. This is different from receiving an occasional outside opinion.

When to engage

Six signals that the model may fit.

Your asset has reached a decision point that needs senior medical judgment.

The founders or CEO are carrying medical decisions without an experienced medical executive.

You need investor, board or partner credibility before a full-time hire makes sense.

Clinical, medical and commercial workstreams are moving, but not yet moving as one.

A launch, indication expansion or lifecycle choice needs dermatology-specific leadership.

You need an independent view of an asset, device or acquisition opportunity.

Start with the outcome, then size the role.

Every engagement begins by defining the decision, deliverable and operating cadence. FDP can lead directly, coordinate a lean specialist network or complement an existing medical team.

The principle is simple: use the seniority the problem requires, for the time it creates value.

Review Carlos Peralta’s experience

A focused first conversation

What medical decision is slowing your next move?

Share the asset, challenge or decision. We will identify whether a strategic session, project or fractional role is the right fit.

Start the conversation carlos@functionaldermatologypartner.com