About Michael Lesh
Michael Lesh is a cardiologist and founder. He runs Quench, a company that uses generative AI to ease physician burnout and medical record review. He is executive chairman of Cordance Medical, which develops focused ultrasound to treat cancer, Alzheimer's disease and other brain disorders. He is also a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He sits on the boards of Elucid, which he joined in November 2022, and VizaraMed, which makes access tools for heart procedures.
Lesh founded Syntegra, a synthetic healthcare data company, and was its chief executive officer. He founded Appriva Medical, Mitralife, Evera Medical and Middle Peak Medical, and led each as chairman and CEO. He was chief of cardiac electrophysiology at UCSF and an independent director of HeartScape and Stentys. He studied biomedical engineering and computer science at MIT and trained in medicine at UCSF and the University of Pennsylvania.
Experience
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Key Colleagues at Startups
The people Michael Lesh works with at each company, as listed on that company's latest Form D.
