John Brooks

​John L. Brooks III is the Managing Director of Healthcare Capital LLC, which advises early-stage life sciences companies. Healthcare Capital specializes in advancing disruptive and innovative solutions in healthcare, especially in obesity, pre-diabetes, and diabetes. Mr. Brooks is on the board of a number of for-profit and not-for-profit organizations.

Mr. Brooks is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Joslin Diabetes Center, a Boston based diabetes research, clinical care, and education organization.

Mr. Brooks is a well-known life sciences executive. He has co-founded seven life sciences companies. He was a co-founder of Prism Venture Partners, a $1.25B venture capital firm.

Prior to that, Mr. Brooks was a senior medical device executive at Pfizer, and a senior manager at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Boston, MA, where he focused on early stage companies.