Brooks Leitner, MD PhD

Brooks Leitner, MD PhD, is co-founder and CEO of VO Health, which develops blood-based measures of fitness and human performance. His training includes Yale’s MD-PhD program, a PhD in cellular and molecular physiology, and a BS in kinesiology from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before medical school, he spent three years at the NIH studying human physiology. His research work included measuring energy use, body composition, insulin sensitivity, and responses to exercise. He writes The Physiology of Scale about science and building a biotechnology company, and has discussed fitness and VO₂ max on The Longevity Show. Background drawn from VO Health, Yale Ventures, and Brooks’s published writing. This profile is unclaimed; Brooks has not reviewed or approved its content.