For more than 36 years, John has founded and been a successful investor in more than 50 medical/pharmaceutical companies. Since March 1992, Dr. Abeles has been the Founder, Sole Investor and General Partner of Northlea Partners LLLP, a private venture capital and private capital family office. Dr. Abeles is also the President and founder of MedVest, Inc., which has provided consulting services to health care and high technology companies since 1980. Prior to his career as an investor, he served in senior capacities at several leading healthcare companies, including Sterling Drug, Pfizer and Revlon Healthcare and as a healthcare analyst at Kidder Peabody. Dr. Abeles holds an MD and degree in pharmacology from the University of Birmingham, England. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, London.