Frank Young

Frank Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Director

Dr. Young has held positions in clinical practice, academia and government, including Commissioner of the FDA from 1984 to 1989. He has also served as a corporate, venture finance, and regulatory consultant. He was the U.S. Representative to the Executive Committee of the World Health Organization, as well as Dean of the School of Medicine and Dentistry, Director of the Medical Center, and Vice President for Health Affairs at the University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Young is presently a partner at Essex Woodlands Health Ventures, an investor in Light Sciences Oncology. He received his medical doctorate from Upstate Medical University, New York, and a Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve University. His internship and residency in Pathology was at University Hospitals in Cleveland, Ohio.