Stuart Holden

Biography

 Stuart Holden, M.D., has been the Chairman of ProQuest Investments' Scientific Advisory Board since its founding. Since May 2014 Dr. Holden is a member of the UCLA faculty as a Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Urology, Spielberg Family Chair in Urologic Oncology, in the Department of Urology at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and Associate Director of the UCLA Institute of Urologic Oncology. Dr. Holden has worked on the frontlines of prostate cancer for more than 36 years and has pioneered new treatments for urologic cancers. Dr. Holden's dedication to patient care resulted in him being named medical director of the Prostate Cancer Foundation, which is the world's largest prostate cancer research funding organization; he has held this position since the foundation's inception in 1993. Dr. Holden received a B.A. degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and completed his medical degree and received his surgical training at Weill Cornell Medical College and the New York Hospital – Cornell University Medical College. He completed his urology residency at Emory University School of Medicine and fellowships in urology and developmental genetics at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. He also was awarded a clinical fellowship from the American Cancer Society. Dr. Holden also serves on the board of directors of Urogen Pharma Ltd.

Research Interest

 Dr. Holden was the director of the Louis Warschaw Prostate Cancer Center at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and the first holder of the Warschaw, Robertson, Law Families Chair in Prostate Cancer. In addition, he was a founding partner at Tower Urology in Los Angeles.