Experience

FibroGen, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director of Patient Advocacy & Engagement

  • 2021 - Present

  - First advocacy position at the company, developed the role, created strategic advocacy plan across all various therapeutic areas. - Built the advocacy initiatives to help FibroGen gain traction with key advocacy groups. - Created and developed digital marketing initiatives and changed the messaging to community to be more patient facing. - Instrumental in exceeding clinical trial recruitment enrollment on 3 key clinical trials. - Developed inclusion and diversity plan for the… Show more - First advocacy position at the company, developed the role, created strategic advocacy plan across all various therapeutic areas. - Built the advocacy initiatives to help FibroGen gain traction with key advocacy groups. - Created and developed digital marketing initiatives and changed the messaging to community to be more patient facing. - Instrumental in exceeding clinical trial recruitment enrollment on 3 key clinical trials. - Developed inclusion and diversity plan for the organization for our key clinical trials and executed on the plan. Show less - First advocacy position at the company, developed the role, created strategic advocacy plan across all various therapeutic areas. - Built the advocacy initiatives to help FibroGen gain traction with key advocacy groups. - Created and developed digital marketing initiatives and changed the messaging to community to be more patient facing. - Instrumental in exceeding clinical trial recruitment enrollment on 3 key clinical trials. - Developed inclusion and diversity plan for the… Show more - First advocacy position at the company, developed the role, created strategic advocacy plan across all various therapeutic areas. - Built the advocacy initiatives to help FibroGen gain traction with key advocacy groups. - Created and developed digital marketing initiatives and changed the messaging to community to be more patient facing. - Instrumental in exceeding clinical trial recruitment enrollment on 3 key clinical trials. - Developed inclusion and diversity plan for the organization for our key clinical trials and executed on the plan. Show less



AVEO Oncology

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director Patient Advocacy/Senior Medical Science Liaison- Oncology

  • 2020 - 2021

  - Led Patient Advocacy Efforts, which included research with outside organizations. - Helped to develop advocacy materials dispersed to patients. - Assisted in leading patient focus groups. - Mentored New MSLs that were on-boarded and assisted with training. - Appointed to help training develop medical modules to train incoming sales. - Designated MSL to Assist with creation of medical and scientific standard response letters to unsolicited requests. - Team lead on… Show more - Led Patient Advocacy Efforts, which included research with outside organizations. - Helped to develop advocacy materials dispersed to patients. - Assisted in leading patient focus groups. - Mentored New MSLs that were on-boarded and assisted with training. - Appointed to help training develop medical modules to train incoming sales. - Designated MSL to Assist with creation of medical and scientific standard response letters to unsolicited requests. - Team lead on evaluating different KOL management platforms. - Supported AVEO with all pre-FDA NDA activities for Tivozanib ( SRLS, IIT, Sales training, KOL cultivation). - Appointed Medical Affairs team lead with marketing to co-lead 4 Ad boards. - Initiated Internal Matrix team to spearhead QOL patient data collection with key clinical sites. Show less - Led Patient Advocacy Efforts, which included research with outside organizations. - Helped to develop advocacy materials dispersed to patients. - Assisted in leading patient focus groups. - Mentored New MSLs that were on-boarded and assisted with training. - Appointed to help training develop medical modules to train incoming sales. - Designated MSL to Assist with creation of medical and scientific standard response letters to unsolicited requests. - Team lead on… Show more - Led Patient Advocacy Efforts, which included research with outside organizations. - Helped to develop advocacy materials dispersed to patients. - Assisted in leading patient focus groups. - Mentored New MSLs that were on-boarded and assisted with training. - Appointed to help training develop medical modules to train incoming sales. - Designated MSL to Assist with creation of medical and scientific standard response letters to unsolicited requests. - Team lead on evaluating different KOL management platforms. - Supported AVEO with all pre-FDA NDA activities for Tivozanib ( SRLS, IIT, Sales training, KOL cultivation). - Appointed Medical Affairs team lead with marketing to co-lead 4 Ad boards. - Initiated Internal Matrix team to spearhead QOL patient data collection with key clinical sites. Show less



Biotech & Pharma Professionals Network

• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic consultant in Patient advocacy, medical affairs, digital marketing

  • Sep 2018 - 2021

  - Hired and on boarded a team of 6 MSLs nationwide at biotech start up. - Developed KOL thought leader mapping, establish scientific relationships with tier 1 thought leaders at key centers. - Developed Global Patient Advocacy Strategy at 4 different companies. - Developed digital marketing strategy for each company, with recruitment initiatives that all increased enrollment numbers ahead of timelines. - Implemented and onboarded AI strategy to assist with recruitment and… Show more - Hired and on boarded a team of 6 MSLs nationwide at biotech start up. - Developed KOL thought leader mapping, establish scientific relationships with tier 1 thought leaders at key centers. - Developed Global Patient Advocacy Strategy at 4 different companies. - Developed digital marketing strategy for each company, with recruitment initiatives that all increased enrollment numbers ahead of timelines. - Implemented and onboarded AI strategy to assist with recruitment and predictive enrichment data. - Content strategy for new product launch for breast cancer product. - Developed publication strategy with gap analysis for launch readiness. - Constructed goals/objectives for the medical affairs team. - Completed Project management of early-stage clinical trial program for 3 different small molecules. - Developed a gap analysis with client’s clinical literature and developed a publication plan for the ongoing trials as well as the top IIS priority studies. - Constructed inner matrix board, to advise compliance/regulatory. - Core oncology scientific materials for 3 of 5 products. - Appointed to sit on the compliance/regulatory board committee with several other company executives. - Established academic sites and KOLs, for initial dose finding studies. Show less - Hired and on boarded a team of 6 MSLs nationwide at biotech start up. - Developed KOL thought leader mapping, establish scientific relationships with tier 1 thought leaders at key centers. - Developed Global Patient Advocacy Strategy at 4 different companies. - Developed digital marketing strategy for each company, with recruitment initiatives that all increased enrollment numbers ahead of timelines. - Implemented and onboarded AI strategy to assist with recruitment and… Show more - Hired and on boarded a team of 6 MSLs nationwide at biotech start up. - Developed KOL thought leader mapping, establish scientific relationships with tier 1 thought leaders at key centers. - Developed Global Patient Advocacy Strategy at 4 different companies. - Developed digital marketing strategy for each company, with recruitment initiatives that all increased enrollment numbers ahead of timelines. - Implemented and onboarded AI strategy to assist with recruitment and predictive enrichment data. - Content strategy for new product launch for breast cancer product. - Developed publication strategy with gap analysis for launch readiness. - Constructed goals/objectives for the medical affairs team. - Completed Project management of early-stage clinical trial program for 3 different small molecules. - Developed a gap analysis with client’s clinical literature and developed a publication plan for the ongoing trials as well as the top IIS priority studies. - Constructed inner matrix board, to advise compliance/regulatory. - Core oncology scientific materials for 3 of 5 products. - Appointed to sit on the compliance/regulatory board committee with several other company executives. - Established academic sites and KOLs, for initial dose finding studies. Show less



Genomic Health

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Medical Science Liaison

  • Nov 2015 - Aug 2018

  - Served as one of 4 Medical Science Liaisons working in support of OncotypeDX, a biomarker diagnostic test for Prostate Cancer and supported Breast Cancer test as well. - Appointed patient advocacy MSL to lead all presentations and help develop materials with marketing. - Developed the Key Opinion Leader mapping tool with marketing to identify and tier thought leaders. - Selected as the MSL to present and provide all scientific data presentations and provide training to thought… Show more - Served as one of 4 Medical Science Liaisons working in support of OncotypeDX, a biomarker diagnostic test for Prostate Cancer and supported Breast Cancer test as well. - Appointed patient advocacy MSL to lead all presentations and help develop materials with marketing. - Developed the Key Opinion Leader mapping tool with marketing to identify and tier thought leaders. - Selected as the MSL to present and provide all scientific data presentations and provide training to thought leaders on our data. - Appointed MSL trainer for all new hires. - Lead Medical Affairs professional on developing Speakers’ Bureau criteria and ongoing training. - Appointed as the medical affairs professional to provide training to the sales force on all relevant clinical data related to Prostate Cancer and ongoing training as new data became available. - Developed the criteria for Investigator Initiated Trials as well as the submission guidelines. - Delivered medical/scientific presentations to formulary decision makers at Managed Care Organizations. - Implemented the first Advisory board meeting for the urology franchise. Show less - Served as one of 4 Medical Science Liaisons working in support of OncotypeDX, a biomarker diagnostic test for Prostate Cancer and supported Breast Cancer test as well. - Appointed patient advocacy MSL to lead all presentations and help develop materials with marketing. - Developed the Key Opinion Leader mapping tool with marketing to identify and tier thought leaders. - Selected as the MSL to present and provide all scientific data presentations and provide training to thought… Show more - Served as one of 4 Medical Science Liaisons working in support of OncotypeDX, a biomarker diagnostic test for Prostate Cancer and supported Breast Cancer test as well. - Appointed patient advocacy MSL to lead all presentations and help develop materials with marketing. - Developed the Key Opinion Leader mapping tool with marketing to identify and tier thought leaders. - Selected as the MSL to present and provide all scientific data presentations and provide training to thought leaders on our data. - Appointed MSL trainer for all new hires. - Lead Medical Affairs professional on developing Speakers’ Bureau criteria and ongoing training. - Appointed as the medical affairs professional to provide training to the sales force on all relevant clinical data related to Prostate Cancer and ongoing training as new data became available. - Developed the criteria for Investigator Initiated Trials as well as the submission guidelines. - Delivered medical/scientific presentations to formulary decision makers at Managed Care Organizations. - Implemented the first Advisory board meeting for the urology franchise. Show less



Progressive Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chief Executive Officer

  • Apr 2008 - Apr 2015

  - Grew from 1 clinic to 5 clinics throughout Texas in less than 3 years. Over 100% growth in revenue each year. - Raised 5 million in revenue from family hedge fund for expansion of brick-and-mortar clinics. - Single handedly sought out opportunity for large merger with major competitor in Atlanta. Merger completed in less than 4 months. - Acquired competitor clinic in Texas which yielded an additional 2million in revenues first year. - Started multi-disciplinary board of… Show more - Grew from 1 clinic to 5 clinics throughout Texas in less than 3 years. Over 100% growth in revenue each year. - Raised 5 million in revenue from family hedge fund for expansion of brick-and-mortar clinics. - Single handedly sought out opportunity for large merger with major competitor in Atlanta. Merger completed in less than 4 months. - Acquired competitor clinic in Texas which yielded an additional 2million in revenues first year. - Started multi-disciplinary board of functional medicine experts to collaborate on 3 ongoing research projects, two involving lyme/tick borne disease research. - Initiated small pilot study in PANDAS, with Italian pediatric researchers. Evaluated fecal samples to see trends in microbiome biomarkers on molecular assay testing. - Hired and responsible for over 42 employees, including physicians and mid-level practitioners. After the merger responsible for over 150 employees between Texas and Atlanta locations. - Presented business model to BCBS. The business was the first of its kind to be invited by BCBS to become an in-network provider with them. - Developed proprietary product line of supplements that augmented our service line to increase ancillary revenues by 200%. - Early-Stage Clinical trial development in concert with quintiles CRO. - Established key partnership in a specialty diagnostics company and implemented key genetic diagnostic and biomarker testing to increase profile portfolio. - Developed a proprietary protocol generator for the business to help stratify and collate patient outcomes data, to present to insurance carriers. - Developed and executed on national and international collaborative research projects spanning biomarker discovery, multi-marker algorithm development activities, and clinical validation studies. - Successfully completed final sale of clinics to business partners for 5 times EBITDA. Show less - Grew from 1 clinic to 5 clinics throughout Texas in less than 3 years. Over 100% growth in revenue each year. - Raised 5 million in revenue from family hedge fund for expansion of brick-and-mortar clinics. - Single handedly sought out opportunity for large merger with major competitor in Atlanta. Merger completed in less than 4 months. - Acquired competitor clinic in Texas which yielded an additional 2million in revenues first year. - Started multi-disciplinary board of… Show more - Grew from 1 clinic to 5 clinics throughout Texas in less than 3 years. Over 100% growth in revenue each year. - Raised 5 million in revenue from family hedge fund for expansion of brick-and-mortar clinics. - Single handedly sought out opportunity for large merger with major competitor in Atlanta. Merger completed in less than 4 months. - Acquired competitor clinic in Texas which yielded an additional 2million in revenues first year. - Started multi-disciplinary board of functional medicine experts to collaborate on 3 ongoing research projects, two involving lyme/tick borne disease research. - Initiated small pilot study in PANDAS, with Italian pediatric researchers. Evaluated fecal samples to see trends in microbiome biomarkers on molecular assay testing. - Hired and responsible for over 42 employees, including physicians and mid-level practitioners. After the merger responsible for over 150 employees between Texas and Atlanta locations. - Presented business model to BCBS. The business was the first of its kind to be invited by BCBS to become an in-network provider with them. - Developed proprietary product line of supplements that augmented our service line to increase ancillary revenues by 200%. - Early-Stage Clinical trial development in concert with quintiles CRO. - Established key partnership in a specialty diagnostics company and implemented key genetic diagnostic and biomarker testing to increase profile portfolio. - Developed a proprietary protocol generator for the business to help stratify and collate patient outcomes data, to present to insurance carriers. - Developed and executed on national and international collaborative research projects spanning biomarker discovery, multi-marker algorithm development activities, and clinical validation studies. - Successfully completed final sale of clinics to business partners for 5 times EBITDA. Show less



Medtronic

• United States
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• West Director- MSL Oncology Program

  • 2006 - 2008

  - Hired by Medtronic, formerly Kyphon, to establish a clinical MSL program for Oncology. As the first MSL employee, I had self-directed responsibility for definition of medical affairs goals, SOPs, and medical affairs content. - Recruited, trained and managed a team of 6 MSLs. - Established a KOL hematology speakers’ bureau. - Identified, hired, and on boarded clinical team to support the company’s strategic initiatives. - Developed and managed working medical affairs budget of… Show more - Hired by Medtronic, formerly Kyphon, to establish a clinical MSL program for Oncology. As the first MSL employee, I had self-directed responsibility for definition of medical affairs goals, SOPs, and medical affairs content. - Recruited, trained and managed a team of 6 MSLs. - Established a KOL hematology speakers’ bureau. - Identified, hired, and on boarded clinical team to support the company’s strategic initiatives. - Developed and managed working medical affairs budget of $1.5 million for the remainder of 2007. - Orchestrated a large international scientific advisory board meeting held in Greece with 15 international hem/onc thought leaders to devise consensus guidelines for Multiple Myeloma patients who had vertebral compression fractures and how to treat them. - Consensus guidelines published in the journal of hematology/oncology. - Recruited 8 new employees to work under the co-direction of the VP and myself. - Researched and developed plan to contract with a third-party vendor to establish KOL database and received inter-departmental funding for this project. - Worked closely with the VP of scientific affairs on acquiring a small oncology device company that fits into oncology portfolio. - Invited by our Chief Compliance Officer to sit on the compliance committee board, which met quarterly to air any ongoing issues and develop further strategies to maintain compliance. Show less - Hired by Medtronic, formerly Kyphon, to establish a clinical MSL program for Oncology. As the first MSL employee, I had self-directed responsibility for definition of medical affairs goals, SOPs, and medical affairs content. - Recruited, trained and managed a team of 6 MSLs. - Established a KOL hematology speakers’ bureau. - Identified, hired, and on boarded clinical team to support the company’s strategic initiatives. - Developed and managed working medical affairs budget of… Show more - Hired by Medtronic, formerly Kyphon, to establish a clinical MSL program for Oncology. As the first MSL employee, I had self-directed responsibility for definition of medical affairs goals, SOPs, and medical affairs content. - Recruited, trained and managed a team of 6 MSLs. - Established a KOL hematology speakers’ bureau. - Identified, hired, and on boarded clinical team to support the company’s strategic initiatives. - Developed and managed working medical affairs budget of $1.5 million for the remainder of 2007. - Orchestrated a large international scientific advisory board meeting held in Greece with 15 international hem/onc thought leaders to devise consensus guidelines for Multiple Myeloma patients who had vertebral compression fractures and how to treat them. - Consensus guidelines published in the journal of hematology/oncology. - Recruited 8 new employees to work under the co-direction of the VP and myself. - Researched and developed plan to contract with a third-party vendor to establish KOL database and received inter-departmental funding for this project. - Worked closely with the VP of scientific affairs on acquiring a small oncology device company that fits into oncology portfolio. - Invited by our Chief Compliance Officer to sit on the compliance committee board, which met quarterly to air any ongoing issues and develop further strategies to maintain compliance. Show less



Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Medical Science Liaison

  • 2003 - 2005

  - Contracted as an MSL for Ortho McNeil Women’s Health and Urology Division. Responsibilities include establishing strong relationships with opinion leaders and key institutions by providing value added services, facilitating clinical research, supporting educational programs and presenting to formulary review boards and major health plans. - Designated MSL to liaise between extramural science department and sales division. Responsibilities included, attending all sales/sales… Show more - Contracted as an MSL for Ortho McNeil Women’s Health and Urology Division. Responsibilities include establishing strong relationships with opinion leaders and key institutions by providing value added services, facilitating clinical research, supporting educational programs and presenting to formulary review boards and major health plans. - Designated MSL to liaise between extramural science department and sales division. Responsibilities included, attending all sales/sales management meetings and help to educate sales on pertinent data as it relates to them in the field. - Assisted and implemented protocol development for Phase IV and investigator initiated studies. - Developed 15 key opinion leaders in a new therapeutic area for the company. Two national thought leaders that both went on to be principal investigators in a Phase III trial. Show less - Contracted as an MSL for Ortho McNeil Women’s Health and Urology Division. Responsibilities include establishing strong relationships with opinion leaders and key institutions by providing value added services, facilitating clinical research, supporting educational programs and presenting to formulary review boards and major health plans. - Designated MSL to liaise between extramural science department and sales division. Responsibilities included, attending all sales/sales… Show more - Contracted as an MSL for Ortho McNeil Women’s Health and Urology Division. Responsibilities include establishing strong relationships with opinion leaders and key institutions by providing value added services, facilitating clinical research, supporting educational programs and presenting to formulary review boards and major health plans. - Designated MSL to liaise between extramural science department and sales division. Responsibilities included, attending all sales/sales management meetings and help to educate sales on pertinent data as it relates to them in the field. - Assisted and implemented protocol development for Phase IV and investigator initiated studies. - Developed 15 key opinion leaders in a new therapeutic area for the company. Two national thought leaders that both went on to be principal investigators in a Phase III trial. Show less



Pharmacia Oncology

• Peapack - Gladstone, New Jersey, United States

• Medical Science Liaison

  • 2001 - 2003

  - Responsible for providing support to community and academic oncologists for clinical trials with Irinotecan for Colorectal Cancer. - Implemented assisted with the ongoing management of clinical trials. - Responsible for providing support to community and academic oncologists for clinical trials with Irinotecan for Colorectal Cancer. - Implemented assisted with the ongoing management of clinical trials.