Leonide Saad, Ph.D.
Vice President, Proteus Venture Partners

Leonide Saad brings several years of experience to the field of Regenerative Medicine. With experience encompassing fundamental and clinical research as well as regulatory work, Dr. Saad has worked across the entire R&D chain of Regenerative Medicine. Prior to joining Proteus Venture Partners, Dr. Saad led pioneering research at MIT, Harvard Medical School (Brigham and Women's Hospital) and Veterans' Affair Boston, in the field of tissue engineering of the intervertebral disc; He participated in research efforts in spinal cord, cartilage, tendon, heart and brain tissue engineering. In addition to being a scientist, Dr. Saad also has investment banking and startup experience and helped the formation of firms in IT, non-profit and tissue engineering. Dr. Saad has also worked in Europe and China. He is a member of Sigma-Xi and TERMIS and peer reviewer in scientific journals of Regenerative Medicine. He was MIT Presidential and Whitaker Health Sciences Fund Fellow and holds a Ph.D. from MIT with core research in Tissue Engineering/Regenerative Medicine.