Brooks Leitner, MD, PhD, is the CEO and Co-Founder of VO Health. An accomplished physician–scientist, Brooks trained at Yale University and the National Institutes of Health, where his work spanned human physiology, metabolism, molecular profiling, and translational science.

With dozens of peer-reviewed publications and thousands of citations, his research integrates multi-omics approaches with real-world performance and health data, shaping how cutting-edge discovery can be translated into practical, scalable solutions. Brooks also serves on the Physician Advisory Council of the Medical Fitness Association and brings cross-disciplinary experience across biomedical research, venture capital, and company building.

Brooks has also worked in venture capital as an investor, as well as a personal trainer at Washington, DC’s top performance gym, grounding his scientific work in a deep connection to real-world human health and performance.