PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

HIGHVIEW MEDICAL CONSULTING, LLC, Caldwell, NJ

• Principal, Strategic Consultant for Medical & Scientific Affairs ( 2011-Present)

ASTELLAS PHARMACEUTICALS, Northbrook, IL

• Vice President Medical Excellence, Global Medical Affairs (2014-2015)

ACTAVIS US, Morristown, NJ

• Senior Medical Director, Regulatory & Medical Affairs (2012-2013)

APTALIS PHARMA, INC. (Formerly Axcan Pharma), Bridgewater, NJ

• Executive Director, Global Head of Medical Affairs (2009-2011)

PFIZER, INC., New York, NY

• Senior Director, Therapeutic Area Lead, Established Products Business Unit, Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operations, Global Medical (2008-2009)

• Senior Clinical Director, Global Medical—Lyrica® (pregabalin), Global Pharmaceuticals (2007-2008)

• Clinical Director, Global Medical—Lyrica® (pregabalin), Global Pharmaceuticals (2003-2007)

• Director, Safety Analysis/ Safety Evaluation & Epidemiology (2001-2003)

• Director, Regulatory Affairs (1997-2001)

• Assistant Director, Scientific Affairs, International Pharmaceuticals Group (1993-1997)

JOHNSON & JOHNSON, THE ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Spring House, PA

• Senior Medical Writer, Central Safety & Surveillance (1992-1993)

EDUCATION

UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF THE BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES (UMDNJ-GSBS), Department of Physiology, Newark, NJ

• Ph.D. Physiology Thesis title: “The Effects of Intrahypothalamic Injections of Norepinephrine on Feline Affective Defense Behavior.”

WHEATON COLLEGE, Wheaton, IL

• BS, Biology

FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF MENTAL HEALTH, Washington, DC

• National Research Service Award, Sponsoring Institution: Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Anatomy & Cell Biology, New York, NY. Principal Investigator.

• Training Grant, Sponsoring Institution: Columbia University, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Department of Psychiatry–Developmental Psychobiology, New York, NY. Postdoctoral Fellow.

UMDNJ-GSBS, Newark, NJ

• Full Fellowship. Graduate Student

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS AND ADVISORY POSITIONS

American Pain Society

Ministère des Finances et de l’Économie for Québec, Canada, Scientific Reviewer and Rapporteur

The Foundation for Health Smart Consumers, Advisor