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Judy O'Brien, BSN, RN

Partner

Judy O'Brien's dynamic career spans the spectrum of disciplines that comprise today's healthcare market.  As a result, she brings to our clients a breadth and depth of experience that few in our industry can match.

From a solid medical platform in nursing, she launched into key positions in sales, marketing, and medical education, where she established a record of noteworthy accomplishments, e.g., tripled sales from $20 million to $60 million at Triclinica, was awarded Wyeth's Golden Circle Award for 2 consecutive years, and successfully launched several products from the pharma side and the agency side.

A strategic powerhouse and effective problem solver, Judy meets any healthcare challenge head on.  Her diverse experience, focus on success, and big-picture perspective make her a most valuable asset to both the agency and the clients.

 

Phyllis Enfanto, MS, RN

Partner

Phyllis Enfanto's extensive career in healthcare gives her a focused ability to develop and implement powerful content that integrates marketing messages with scientific expertise.  She works with ease when liaising with the opinion leaders. Her clinical experiences as a nurse allow her to pinpoint advantages and breakdown obstacles resulting in medical education programs targeted at the appropriate audience addressing their clinical concerns.   EHC Communications and its clients benefit from her perspective and experience gained from years of medical administration, management and healthcare marketing.

Prior to starting EHC Communications, Phyllis was actively involved in program planning, development, and implementation of a variety of medical educational programs and projects from pre-launch to launch.  This includes CE, CPE and CME development for a variety of audiences.  She has extensive experience in the dermatology marketplace.  Her other areas of expertise include women's health, obesity, cardiovascular and asthma products.

Phyllis received her Master of Science degree in critical care and administration, as well as her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. She is a registered professional nurse.

Phyllis has authored numerous articles, book chapters, and educational programs, including serving as a co-editor of the Accutane Risk Management Book.

 

John Russo, Jr, PharmD

Medical Director

Dr. Russo has over 20 years of experience in healthcare, medical communications and content development.  His dynamic background makes him an ideal candidate as medical director of EHC Communications.  Most recently his work is focused in the area of educational program development on CD-ROM and Web sites.  He is a member of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of the New Jersey pharmacy continuing education advisory board.

Dr. Russo has written and edited more than 200 articles, symposia proceedings, monographs, and books.  

Previously, Dr. Russo was a senior vice president of medical communications at www.vicus.com, a complimentary and alternative medicine website. Prior to that, he was chief-of-operations and director of continuing medical education at Churchill Communications North America.

Before entering the field of medical communications, he was associate professor of clinical pharmacy and adjunct associate professor of surgery at the University of Utah. Dr. Russo received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.  He received his Master of Science degree in institutional pharmacy practice at St. John's University College of Pharmacy and Allied Health Professions and is a graduate of Rutgers with a BS degree in pharmacy.

 

William Foote

Creative Director

Bill has over 20 years experience in healthcare and corporate advertising and medical communications.  He has served as Art Director and Creative Director with several major agencies and ran his own design firm for more than 15 years.

Bill's art direction communicates clients' visual and verbal messages in an appropriate and innovative manner.  His creative concepts and executions work with headlines and copy to create cohesive, high-impact visuals that strengthen and reinforce established branding strategy.  Bill's attentiveness to clients' needs and his ability to supervise all aspects of creative output helps to ensure successful outcomes.

Bill is comfortable working in a broad range of media and formats, from single-page announcement to full promotional or medical education campaigns, including large-scale convention/meeting material, web site design, journal advertisements, booklets, and other communications vehicles.

His work in graphic design and art direction has received numerous awards.  An artist in his own right, his art work has often been exhibited at galleries and in other venues.

Adrienne Harkavy

Copy Director

Adrienne Harkavy's broad-based experience in medical communications over more than 25 years has spanned the spectrum of medical writing.  It includes developing, writing, and overseeing educational and academic pieces, promotional campaigns, sales, sales training, direct-to-consumer, audio/video, symposium proceedings and journal supplements, and Web site content.  She has also assisted in the preparation of medical texts, including a textbook of psychopharmacology and several on headache.

She brings to EHC Communications a strong marketing orientation that enables her to assess products' attributes in light of market competitors and to focus on key benefit messages as communications points.  Her experience encompasses a wide range of product categories.  Much of her recent focus has been in diabetes, women's health, and headache/chronic pain.

Adrienne has served as copy director and creative director with several medical communications companies and agencies and has played an instrumental role in developing creative strategies for products and launches of products that became market leaders in their individual therapeutic categories.

 

Sally J. Cadman, MS, RN, CNS, CCRN

Senior Medical Writer 

Sally Cadman's extensive career in healthcare makes her an ideal candidate to create powerful scientific content that delivers both the clinical messages as well as the marketing messages.  Her clinical experiences as a nurse allow her to work with ease with opinion leaders and nurses, and credibly discuss and identify the intricacies of the product and its value in patient care. EHC Communications and its clients benefit from her understanding and perspective of the clinical environment gained from her years of experience. The result is focused and highly scientific content targeted to appropriate audiences.

Prior to starting EHC Communications, Sally was a principal in her own consulting company. She worked with biotech companies targeting cardiovascular products. For over 7 years she worked with Genentech on supporting Activase in the market place. She was involved in collaborating with hospitals on establishing safe and effective treatment protocols for patients with acute myocardial infarction. She also developed quality improvement guidelines for myocardial infarction patients that were nationally received. Sally worked extensively in training the sales force of Genentech, and teaching and supporting them in the clinical environment.

Sally has over 20 years of nursing experience with a primary focus in cardiovascular care.  In particular, she worked in a major Boston medical center specializing in the care of patients with cardiovascular emergencies. She has also worked for the Cardiovascular Institute at Deaconess Hospital as a research Coordinator of the TIMI 12 trial.

She received her BSN from Boston College and her MS from Boston University.

Sally is an experienced published nurse and speaker presenting her original work at 4 National Teaching Institutes (AACN's National Critical Care Symposium). She has 9 publications in major nursing journals including Critical Care Nurse, Journal of Emergency Nursing and Journal of Quality Improvement.

 

Robert C. Marshall, MPS, CMP

Meetings Director

Rob Marshall is Director of Meetings Management and is responsible for all meeting program deliverables. Prior to joining EHC Communications, Mr. Marshall co-founded Medicor, the medical education division of KPR (Kallir, Philips, Ross, Inc.), where he managed all aspects of medical education program execution including meetings, editorial, program management, and other operational staff involved with program delivery.   

His previous experience in the medical communications field includes Vice President, Meeting Services at Churchill Communications where he was responsible for overseeing major specialty meetings and symposia, speaker programs and services, and peer-moderated programs.  Additionally, Mr. Marshall was co-founder and Managing Director of The Faculty Group, a medical communications company specializing in tactical programs.  Prior to that, he served as Director of Operations at Colleague Medical, a member of Reed Elsevier Medical. 

Rob holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Northeastern University and a master of professional studies degree from Cornell University’s School of Hotel Administration. Prior to joining the medical communications arena, Mr. Marshall spent more than 10 years in the airline industry, in the areas of in-flight and customer service, and he has traveled extensively throughout the world.

 

 

EHC Communications will exceed your highest expectations. We are

Experts in
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Care Communications.

 

EHC Communications, Inc.
631-29 Long Ridge Road 
Stamford, Connecticut  06902
PH (203) 321-0090

FAX (203) 321-0094
JudyO@ehccommunications.com