HOME MAJOR NEEDS SCIENCE PRODUCTS PEOPLE PRESS INVESTORS CAREERS REGION PASSION & EXPERTISE The Gelesis team includes proven entrepreneurs and leaders in obesity & metabolism, healthcare and commercialization LEADERSHIP TEAM SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS LEADERSHIP TEAM Yishai Zohar - Chief Executive Officer & Founder A seasoned entrepreneur, Mr. Zohar has over 25 years’ experience in the development of industry innovating companies. Mr. Zohar is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and a Board of Directors member of Gelesis Inc., a Boston-based biotechnology company developing a proprietary hydrogel platform designed to leverage mechanobiology along the GI tract to potentially alter the course of chronic diseases including obesity, NAFLD/NASH and inflammatory bowel disease MORE David Pass, Pharm.D. – Chief Operating and Commercial Officer Dr. Pass joins Gelesis with more than 20 years of commercial expertise across multiple therapeutic areas with a focus on diabetes and metabolics. MORE Harry L. Leider, M.D., M.B.A, FACPE - Chief Medical Officer Harry L. Leider, M.D., M.B.A. joined Gelesis from Walgreens, where he was Chief Medical Officer and Group Vice President and provided executive leadership for the Company’s unique platform to impact the six million customers who visit a Walgreens store each day, as well as the two million customers who interact with Walgreens digitally. MORE Elaine Chiquette, Pharm.D. – Chief Scientific Officer Dr. Chiquette joins Gelesis with over 15 years’ experience in Medical Affairs within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries. MORE Alessandro Sannino, Ph.D. - Co-inventor & Lead Project Scientist Dr. Alessandro Sannino is a co-inventor of the GS100 technology, is Professor of Polymer Science and Technology and the director of the Bioslabs at the University of Salento. MORE Elliot Maltz, CPA – Chief Financial Officer Mr. Maltz has 15 years of accounting and corporate finance experience working with public and private companies, specializing in the biotechnology, medical device and manufacturing industries. MORE Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, CDN – Chief Nutrition Officer of Plenity Joy Bauer, MS, RDN, CDN, is one of the nation’s leading health authorities. She is a well-known TV and media personality and a #1 New York Times bestselling author with 14 bestsellers to her credit. Joy is also the creator of JoyBauer.com and the official nutritionist for the New York City Ballet. MORE See our scientific advisors SCIENTIFIC ADVISORS © 2021 Gelesis – All rights reserved Terms and conditions Privacy Policy E.U. GDPR – English | Italian Social Media Community Guidelines Patent Notice Contact