Accomplished medical doctor possessing a valuable combination of business, medical, teaching, and pharmaceutical experience. Exceptionally skilled in applying knowledge to support clinical trials, educate healthcare professionals, and collaborate on interdisciplinary teams. Proactively identifies and implements process improvements to enhance business operations. Strengths include versatile interpersonal skills to productively connect with individuals, build consensus, and support the advancement of new drug entities. QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS As hospital medical staff President, collaborated with senior management to create a system wide strategy, empowering all departments. This effort enabled the facility to pass inspection by the JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations) with a score that ranked 7th out of 118+ hospitals in the network. As Consultant for Pfizer, served as expert resource to KOLS and primary care physicians. Educated them on the use of Neurontin in treating patients with peripheral neuropathy and post-herpetic neuralgia. Explained efficacy, complications, adverse reactions, and drug-drug interactions. As Consultant for Novartis, tapped into business acumen and clinical knowledge to provide expert opinion on the efficacy, dosage indications, post-launce marketing strategies, cost concerns, and adverse reactions for Trileptal. As Chairman of hospital Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, monitored medication usage by physicians and nurses, and the patients under their care. Metrics tracked included selection of drugs, cost concerns, safety, adverse reactions, complications, and drug-drug interactions. Selected and deselected drugs for the formulary. When necessary, filed sentinel event reports with regulatory agencies and completed root cause analyses to determine causation and prevent future untoward occurrences. TEACHING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE