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Our Team
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 Michael received a BA in psychology from Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, and subsequently earned an MBA in marketing from Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. Upon receiving his BA, Michael served as a program manager for a group residence for chronically mentally ill adults contracted through the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health. Subsequently, he moved into a preclinical R&D laboratory at Wyeth, where he spent 7 years investigating central nervous system therapeutics for a variety of indications, primarily acute neurodegeneration. Michael also completed his MBA during this time period, at which point he joined the medical communications industry.
Before founding PharmacoMedia, Michael served as Vice President, Client Services and New Media at Helix Medical Communications, where he helped grow a startup organization to 40 employees and built a New Media business unit, and prior to that as an Account Manager at Medical Action Communications (MAC). Throughout his career in medical communications, Michael has focused on bridging the gap between medical content and marketing messages. He maintains a strong focus on utilizing database, Web, and other information technology mechanisms to deliver content and aggregate information for his corporate clients. He has a strong strategic focus, and seeks to develop creative and innovative programs with a persistent presence capable of providing a high return on investment for his clients. He has managed large publication plans for several blockbuster neuropsychiatric and cardiovascular disease drugs.
He has extensive therapeutic area expertise in neurology and psychiatry, including specialty area expertise in mood and anxiety disorders, addiction medicine, ADHD, Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, migraine, Multiple Sclerosis, schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders, sleep disorders, stroke, pain (nociceptive, neuropathic and somatic), and vascular dementia. Michael has additional therapy area expertise in allergy & asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hypertension, immunology/infectious diseases and oncology.
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Dr. Doreen Stiskal, PT, PhD |
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Dr. Doreen Stiskal received a BS degree in Physical Therapy from Sargent College of Boston University, a MS in Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy with a minor in Education from Long Island University, and a PhD in Health Sciences with a specialization in Movement Science from Seton Hall University. Presently she holds the rank of associate professor, and is the Chairperson of the Department of Physical Therapy and faculty in the Department of Graduate Programs in Health Sciences at Seton Hall University. She also holds a clinical faculty position in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at New Jersey Medical School of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Doreen’s area of teaching includes courses relating to functional anatomy, therapeutic exercise, and biomechanics of the human body. She also lectures extensively on topics concerning rheumatic disease and orthopedic dysfunction. Through her experiences in curriculum development, technology and instruction, she acts as an on-site team member for the Commission on Accreditation Physical Therapy Education as well as serves as an educational consultant. As an active volunteer for the Arthritis Foundation for over twenty years, Dr. Stiskal has been involved in development and delivery of various community outreach initiatives, such as water and land-based exercise programs and public educational materials, that are designed to increase the knowledge, health, and quality of life of adults and children living with chronic disease.
Her research interests are in the areas of musculoskeletal dysfunction, degenerative & rheumatic joint diseases across the life span, biomechanical issues of gait and posture, health and wellness outcomes, and the integration of technology and education. Dr. Stiskal’s research has been supported by research grants from two leading pharmaceutical companies. She is currently investigating the walking patterns are influenced when carrying backpacks of varying loads. Doreen consults with PharmacoMedia on educational programs, instructional design, and arthritis and pain related therapeutic work. She assists in the scientific and medical content development, grant and proposal development, and ACCME and accreditation processes. |
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A lot has happened since Amy Gurowitz was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis almost twenty years ago. She received a Bachelor's Degree in Film from University of Maryland and an Masters in Instructional Design from New York University. She has worked in the film archive industry, desktop publishing, television production and most recently higher education where she has researched instructional design in health education. While her diagnosis and education/career track seemed separate realms of her life, in the past decade they have aligned as her work in instructional design became focused on individuals learning about chronic illness through the Internet and the need for a learning environment that recognizes the specific characteristics of this group.
Using her own experience with MS as well as her expertise in instructional design, she has created a website that provides low-anxiety learning for individuals who need to understand their lifelong illness as it grows and changes. This unique site is designed to give the users control over the process, and thus empower them for a life of learning.
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Bernard received a BA in Arts and Communications from Jean-de-Brébeuf College, Montreal, Quebec, and a certificate in Commercial Photography from Dawson College, Montreal, Quebec. Bernard's extensive experience in advertising and media production includes a long and accomplished career as a professional portrait and corporate photographer, shooting subjects including the President of Brasil, Rudy Giuliani, and Jack Welch, as well as the roles of Sales Manager and General Manager at Getty Images.
Bernard has extensive experience working in Pharmaceutical advertising as a producer for several of the top healthcare agencies. Bernard has produced advertising campaigns for products including Estrasorb, NuvaRing, Crestor, Clarinex and Claritin, Toprol XL, Pegasys, and Levitra in locations including the New York area, Los Angeles, and as remote as the beaches of Rio de Janeiro.
Bernard's experience is by no means limited to the two dimensional print realm. Bernard has been successfully managing large web based initiatives, from interactive content portal development to online sales force training programs, as well as interactive flash and video production work in both medical media and the sports and entertainment markets.
Bernard hails from Montreal, and is fluent in English and French. He has extensive experience working internationally in Europe and Latin America, in both remote collaboration and live events settings.
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