Brian Chee is a managing partner in Polaris Partners' San Francisco office and focuses on investments in healthcare companies. He joined Polaris as an associate in Boston shortly after the firm was founded in 1996, having previously worked in the New York and San Francisco offices of Goldman Sachs and at Baxter Healthcare. He works with Polaris portfolio companies including Ajax Health, Neumora Therapeutics, Nomad Health and Sovato Health, and serves as chair of Lola Development and US HealthVest. He served as a Captain in the US Army Corps of Engineers, commanding combat engineer soldiers during the Gulf War, and was awarded the Bronze Star and the Army Commendation Medal with Valor.