Experience

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  Baylor college of medicine

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Postdoctoral scientist

  o Project Management: Designed and executed projects focused on Alzheimer’s Disease researcho People management and mentoring: Trained and supervised technical personnel and doctoral students. Managed a team ranging from 2 to 7 scientists over 6-year tenureo Financial Management: Highly skilled at grant writing, budget management and expense control. Awarded and managed 2 major grants for the labo Conferences and publications: Authored multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and invited to write book chapters and comprehensive reviews. Developed and delivered posters and platform presentations at national and international conferences. Contributions recognized by multiple awards and accoladeso Teaching: Invited lecturer to deliver Neuroscience classes to Graduate students and facilitate case-based discussions to Medical students Show less

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  The university of texas health science center at houston (uthealth houston)

  Jan 2011 - Jan 2015

  Senior scientist

  o Project Management: Designed and executed multiple projects focused on investigating neurodegenerative processes and developing innovative methods for live imaging of neurons during surgeries. o People Management: Responsible for training and supervising technical personnel, doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows and scientists. Managed a team of 7 over 4-year tenure. Supervision continued until completion of project in December 2016o Financial Acumen: Management of yearly budget and expense reportingo Conferences and publications: Authored multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals. Developed and delivered posters and presentations for international conferences. Contributions recognized by an “up and coming young investigator” award Show less

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  Valencia college

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2017

  Professor

  o Developed curriculum and delivered lectures for Human Anatomy and Physiology classroom and laboratory instruction. Audience largely consisted of pre-medical and pre-nursing studentso Developed an innovative student-centered instructional approach for achieving higher success in face-to-face classes. Approach consistently rated as excellent by students and peer-facultyo Certified as a Digital Professor (60CR professional development program). Highly skilled at online instructiono Served as faculty advisor to students in the healthcare programso Board member – Council for Student Researcho Financial acumen: Responsible for managing departmental yearly budget Show less

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  Biogen

  Jul 2017 - Aug 2021

  Key Highlights:o Co-led the expansion of the field AD MSL team, through recruitment, interviewing, onboarding, training and certifying new hires (team expansion from 3 to 60 members, including MSLs and Field Directors), in preparation for the launch of Aducanumabo Co-Led the design and execution of a robust training program to ensure MSL field readiness in 8 weekso Contributed to the creation of a comprehensive commercial training program and led multiple training sessions for cross-functional colleagues, including commercial senior leaderso Co-led the development of a Comprehensive Medical Education Program, including content review, expert speaker recruitment and trainingo Co-led Expert Speaker training for commercial disease state programso Peer-mentor and go-to expert for Medical and cross-functional colleagues nationallyo Piloted an innovative compliance program allowing cross-functional collaboration between Medical and Commercial partners, which led to the program being rolled out nationallyo Consistent high performer, ranking in top 5% across company. Recipient of multiple awards and accoladeso Agile MSL seamlessly transitioning from National coverage to developing a smaller geographyo Nominated to the Emerging Leader Program, a year-long program dedicated to grooming exceptional talent for leadership positions. Program completed in December 2020 Show less Key Highlights: o Led stakeholder mapping efforts to identify Key Medical Experts in a therapeutic area new to the companyo Established and maintained professional relationships with healthcare professionals to increase awareness of Biogen’s pipeline and expand research and educational partnership opportunities in a large geography o Planned and executed advisory boards with national experts to support pre-launch activities of an asset in phase III developmento Medical reviewer for the promotional review committee and the medical review committee o Medical advisor to the Early Access Program (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy) global working group o Conference planning leado Power user for field applications optimizationo Cross-functional Medical support for the identification and expansion of trial sites Show less Key Highlights:o Established and maintained professional relationships with Healthcare professionals to increase awareness of Biogen pipeline products and expand research and educational partnership opportunities. Excellent work to position Biogen as a trusted leader in neuroscience recognized in February 2018 by an “Achieving Excellence” award and in July 2018 by a “Customer focused” awardo Consistent top performer with contributions recognized in August 2017 by an “Achieving Excellence” award and in July 2018 by a “Customer Focused” awardo Cross-functional collaboration with Market Access colleagues to facilitate speaker training and medical coverage at various symposia. Contributions recognized in November 2018 by a “Customer Focused” awardo Peer MSL mentor: Coordinated a training program to prepare new MSLs for field worko Trusted and innovative team player: Created a coding system to enhance insights collection and sharing with internal stakeholders. Contributions resulted in 2 “Agility” awards in July 2018o Field Applications optimization. Contributions recognized in April 2018 by a “Teaming and Leading” award Show less

  • Sr. Medical Science Liaison, Alzheimer's Disease

    Oct 2019 - Aug 2021

  • Sr. Medical Science Liaison, Rare Disease

    Mar 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Medical Science Liaison, Alzheimer's Disease and Emerging Therapies

    Jul 2017 - Mar 2019
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  Alexion pharmaceuticals, inc.

  Aug 2021 - now

  Field medical director - neurology

  Key Highlights:o Directed, coordinated and supported the activities of a team of 7 MSLs to achieve business objectives within Neurology. The team supported Soliris and Ultomiris for the treatment of gMG and NMOSDo Defined MSL strategic objectives and external stakeholders engagement plans in alignment with medical affairs goals, including 2 product launches and multiple competitor launcheso Led the Field Medical Strategy and execution for the launch of Ultomiris for generalized Myasthenia Gravis, including internal cross-functional partnerships, insights analytics and dissemination, and external engagement strategy and advisory board planning and executiono Led a team of 10 MSLs in revamping the insights collection process to catalyze the interpretation and dissemination of meaningful insights. Led medical and cross-functional insights discussions on a regular basis as appropriateo Developed the field medical team’s trial support plan for priority trials via active partnership with clinical operations, global drug development and medical affairs leadership. Drove optimal execution of this plan by facilitating appropriate team training and developing a tracking approach to measure the impact/successo In partnership with field and medical affairs leadership, defined, measured and tracked field medical performance needed to ensure maximal impact (qualitative and quantitative) of the field medical teamo Established and contributed to a positive team culture, provided coaching and talent development of direct reports and entire field medical unit through development discussions and assessments aiming to develop organizational talent for future leadership positions and retention of talento Recipient of multiple awards and accolades, including the shining star award (June 2022), an “honor reserved for high achieving contributors whose exceptional efforts have been instrumental to evolving and growing Alexion’s position in rare disease leadership” Show less