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Inizio EngageField Medical Affairs Consultant
Jan. 2022INVIZIO is an integrated healthcare services partner, offering a breadth of services across strategic consulting, benchmarking, commercialization, customer engagement, events, marketing and communications. The organization’s mantra is to create personalized, impactful experiences for all healthcare audiences, across all channels. My current contract is to lead efforts in recognizing, identifying, cultivating, and integrating KOL relationships specific to Cardiovascular, Renal and Metabolism (CVRM), by identifying opportunities for scientific growth as well as generation of medical evidence in support of CVRM and the appropriate utilization of disease modifying therapies as it relates to Coagulation. Previous contracts have been in the therapeutic areas of Neurology, Infectious Diseases and Women’s Health. Responsibilities with Current Inizio Healthcare Client
• Identify, develop and manage KOL relationships on a continuum of advocacy in support of client objectives and enhancing the client’s reputation as a scientifically innovative industry partner. • Acquire and maintain an expert level of scientific knowledge in various therapeutic arenas. Current assignment is in CVRM. Previous assignments have been in Women’s Health, Infectious Diseases and Neurology.
• Able to interpret and disseminate pertinent scientific/clinical data and evaluates current and new information as it applies to various disease state therapies. • Tactical delivery of programs according to established objectives and serves as a resource for education and dissemination of pertinent, clear, and balanced scientific information to internal and external audiences (KOLs, healthcare professionals, investigators, payors, formulary committees, and similar entities)
• Launch Readiness Tactical/Strategic Management (Pre-PDUFA, PDUFA, Post-PDUFA)
EMD Serono, Inc.FIELD MEDICAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR: ENDOCRINOLOGY/HIV at EMD SERONO, Inc
Mar. 2020 - Jan. 2022Miami Metropolitan AreaEMD Serono is committed to addressing unmet needs in various therapeutic areas where it has a discernable footprint. My field facing role will serve to lead the medical interface with key customers. The responsibility of the Field Medical Director: Endocrinology/HIV is to provide expertise within this therapeutic area both internally and externally, while cultivating and maintaining collaborative partnerships through clinically/scientifically focused interactions with KOLs, community healthcare providers (HCPs) and market access providers who attend to the needs of patients with HIV associated wasting. Additionally, the creation and assistance in execution of aligned HIV-associated Wasting/Endocrinology objectives, are part of this function. Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain ongoing clinical/scientific relationships with US KOLs, Community HCPs and Market Access to build awareness of HIV associated wasting disease state and treatment options, as well as our company’s scientific leadership in the field. • Work closely with TA Head, Field Medical Director (HIV), and other functions as appropriate to gather insights, set appropriate objectives and strategies, implement tactics, and ensure delivery of outcomes. • Drive Medical Plan Development and Execution for HIV/Endocrinology. • Represent medical in cross-functional HIV-associated wasting conversations as well as updates to Senior Leaders. • Serve as Primary HIV-Associated Wasting/Endocrinology medical reviewer in Promotional, Scientific and Medical Review of promotional materials. • Collaborate with other therapeutic areas to leverage US Medical Affairs HIV/endocrinology expertise and programs as appropriate.
• Face-to-face KOL and community HCP engagements • Educate internal and external colleagues on related pipeline, data, and scientific interests. • Serve as an internal and external expert for the therapeutic area and product(s) at meetings, advisory boards and congresses.
Ferring PharmaceuticalsMedical Value Liaison
Jun. 2019 - Mar. 2020Miami Metropolitan AreaAs a Medical Value Liaison, I am actively involved in Health Economics and Outcomes Research (HEOR) as well as lead the medical interface with key market access customers such as Payers (Private, Government) and Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs) in a field-facing role for all therapeutic areas where Ferring has a presence.
Melinta TherapeuticsMedical Science Liaison (Anti-infectives, Southeast)
Nov. 2017 - Mar. 2018Miami Metropolitan AreaProviding non-promotional scientific, educational, and research support for the Melinta Therapeutics, Inc. antibiotic portfolio in the SE USA as a field based member of the Medical Affairs team. Responsibilities inclusive of developing and maintaining relationships with Key Infectious Disease (ID) experts and building a well-informed advocacy base for Melinta, including compounds in the development program. At all times act as a conduit for providing accurate and updated clinical, scientific and medical information to ID Experts, health care professionals, treatments decision makers and other members of the scientific, provider and payer community (private insurance, payers, medical groups, government agencies, and health systems with drug formularies), in compliance with all relevant company policies.
MerckUS Medical Affairs Hospital Team Leader (East)
Jul. 2015 - Oct. 2017Miami/Fort Lauderdale AreaLeadership and Management:
• Recruiting, on-boarding, training and management of a team of field-based medical professionals. • Responsible for all aspects of the performance management process, including assessment of NMRs performance to objectives and competencies. Assessment is accomplished by routine field observation/coaching visits, folder calls, peer colleague/ program development feedback and field/customer metric analysis. Personal development plans are developed and monitored for each NMR.
• Responsible for the communication of Hospital product support plans to team and the execution of the agreed plan.
• Provides input on resource development and coordinates the utilization of resources to assist with the development of the team and individual team members.
• Responsible for ensuring that all team members comply with the intent and application of Merck policies and regulations and driver safety in the field environment. Strategic Planning and Project Management • Supports the Executive Director Medical Affairs (EDMA) and Strategy Lead in the development and execution of strategic product support plans of the TA team.
• Supports the EDMA via project management required to ensure development and execution of the Hospitals's product support plans.
• As needed, provides project support to the national US Medical Affairs organization Budget Management:
• Effectively manages regional team budget. • Review and approve routine expense reports, as applicable and appropriate.
MerckUS Medical Affairs Director (Hospital: Infectious Diseases and Anesthesia)
Jan. 2014 - Oct. 2017As Field-Based Medical Director(Hospital); I am the therapeutic and disease expert (Antibiotics, Antifungals and Anesthesia respectively) who develops on-going professional relationships with healthcare practitioners to help achieve positive health outcomes for patients. Part of this job function is to provide accurate information about Merck products, clinical science, and quality management in a balanced and credible manner consistent with the regulatory environment and Merck’s ethical standards. Further, I serve as a resource for the USMA management team on strategic planning and ongoing mentoring for other team members. Responsibilities:
• Develop professional relationships and communicate with national and regional thought leaders to ensure access to medical and scientific information on Merck products and areas of therapeutic interest. • Conduct peer to peer scientific discussions and maintain a reliable presence with those thought leaders to ensure they have a medical contact within Merck.
• When needed, serve as a resource for the identification of potential investigators for consideration for participating in phase II-IV clinical development programs. • Provide areas of interest and general information regarding the Merck Investigator Study Program process.
• Serve as a role model for other field medical team members, including on-boarding and/or therapeutic training partner.
• Attend scientific and medical meetings and support development of post-meeting deliverables.
MerckMedical Science Specialist
May. 2010 - Jan. 2014Customer facing position responsible for person to person interactions with healthcare providers within Infectious Disease and Vaccine therapy areas. Main responsibilities include responding to unsolicited requests for medical/clinical information from physicians that cannot be addressed by reference to the product label or other related approved materials.
MerckUS Medical Affairs Hospital Team Leader (East)
May. 2001 - Oct. 2017Skills: Critical Care Medicine · Real World Evidence (RWE) · Clinical Practices · Presentation Skills · Medical Science · Publication Planning · Knowledge Acquisition · Interpersonal Skills · Medical Research · Investigation · Following Up · Problem Solving
MerckSenior Vaccine Specialist
May. 2001 - Oct. 2010Customer facing position responsible for person to person interactions with healthcare providers within Infectious Disease and Vaccine therapy areas. Main responsibilities include responding to unsolicited requests for medical/clinical information from physicians that cannot be addressed by reference to the product label or other related approved materials.
Southern Research InstituteSenior Clinical Research Scientist
Jan. 1998 - May. 2001Southern Research Institute is an outsourcing company with client based projects in a variety of areas. The molecular oncology group that I was a part of interacted with clients (i.e. pharmaceutical companies) in order to meet their needs; was actively involved in experimental design as to best assess the feasibility of the drugs in question and to be flexible to meet our client based work needs so that the changing needs and ideas of our clients may be accommodated.
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