John L. Brooks III

Board Member at HemoShear Therapeutics

Mr. Brooks is the Managing Director of Healthcare Capital LLC, which specializes in advising innovative, early-stage life sciences companies. Mr. Brooks is on the board of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations, including Thermalin Diabetes (chair), Noxilizer, Hygieia, College Diabetes Network (chair) and Suffolk University. Mr. Brooks is the former CEO and President of NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NRBO) and the former President and CEO of the Joslin Diabetes Center. Mr. Brooks has co-founded seven life sciences companies and was a co-founder of Prism Venture Partners, a $1.25B venture capital firm. Prior to that, Mr. Brooks was a senior executive at Pfizer and Arthur Andersen. He holds an M.S. in Business Administration and a B.B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He is a Certified Public Accountant.