Jo Goncalves

Jo Goncalves is the current Chief Medical Officer at Cara Therapeutics. Jo has held this position since October 2018. Prior to their current role, Jo was the Vice President Medical Affairs, Dermatology and Neurology at Celgene from April 2014 to October 2018. Before Celgene, Jo was the VP Medical Strategy and Scientific Affairs at LEO Pharma from February 2012 to April 2014. Jo's first industry role was as the Brand Safety Leader at Novartis from October 2001 to January 2012.

Jo Goncalves has a MD from the University of Cape Town. Jo is currently a practicing medicine and is also an educator at their alma mater.

They are on a team with Iris Francesconi - Chief Strategy Officer & Head of Investor Relations, Beth Weinberg - SVP, Regulatory Affairs & QA, and Frédérique Menzaghi - Chief Scientific Officer, SVP Research & Development. Jo Goncalves reports to Christopher Posner, CEO, President & Director.