John Donovan

John Donovan is a board-certified anesthesiologist with over 25 years of experience in clinical medicine and 15 years of experience working with life science companies. Dr. Donovan has held a number of senior business development positions for anesthesia/pain companies, including Signature Therapeutics and Anesiva.

Previously, Dr. Donovan built and ran a large anesthesiology medical practice, East Bay Anesthesiology Medical Group, which provides anesthesia and perioperative medical services to hospitals in the Sutter Health system. Dr. Donovan has conducted research and published on postsurgical pain management, including the use of continuous peripheral nerve blocks for TKA, and has also served as an advisor to a variety of emerging life science businesses. Dr. Donovan completed his residency in anesthesiology at UCSF where he was chief resident and subsequently a member of the clinical faculty.

Dr. Donovan earned BS and MD degrees from Georgetown University and an MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California Berkeley.