Leslie D. Michelson brings strong leadership and more than 20 years of
healthcare experience to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. Mr. Michelson has
served as a founder, CEO, investor, advisor and/or director for a portfolio of
entrepreneurial healthcare, technology and real estate companies.
After practicing law in Washington, D.C., Mr. Michelson served as Special
Assistant to the General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services during the Carter Administration. He then joined a private equity
investment firm focused on healthcare and real estate investments. In 1988, he
co-founded and became Chairman and CEO of Value Health Sciences, one of the
first and most profitable disease management companies. He then co-founded and
was Chairman and co-CEO of Protocare, a provider of clinical trials site and
disease management services to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries.
In 1999, he co-founded and served as CEO of Acurian, which recruits patients
and physicians for clinical trials. Michelson serves on the Board of Directors
and is Chair of the Audit Committee of Catellus, a $3 billion NYSE industrial
REIT and serves on the Board of Directors of Nastech, a NASDAQ-traded
biotechnology company focused on innovative drug delivery technology.
Mr. Michelson received his B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University and a J.D.
from Yale Law School. He and his wife, Beth, have two daughters and reside in
Los Angeles.
