
International Medical Leader at Hoffmann-La Roche
Basel Area, Switzerland

International Medical Leader at Hoffmann-La Roche
Basel Area, Switzerland
Biography:
Oct 12th 1999: Graduate MD at University of Parma Medical School
2000-2003: Residency and Fellowship in Rheumatology at Department of Rheumatology -University of Ancona.
Nov 18th 2003: Italian Board Certification in Rheumatology with 50/50 cum laude.
2004-2006: Researcher at Università Politecnica delle Marche for the project: “Computerized management of clinical data in rheumatology”
Aug 28th 2006 to Sept 10th 2008. Medical Manager Inflammation (Gastroenterology, Rheumatology, Dermatology) – UCB Pharma SpA - Milan- Italy
About my Current Job
As International Medical Leader I work in the Medical Marketing Team of one of the key Biotech products of the Company in the Basel Headquarter.
My mission is to deliver excellence in medical knowledge of the product with a focus on Inflammatory Chronic Arthritis, Manage Key Opinion Leaders' Network, provide insight and develop Clinical Studies, support the marketing strategies and the positioning messages in a consistent way with a good balance between science and business, but always aiming the best for the patients with severe diseases.
My keywords are Mobility, Flexibility, Accountability, Competence, and above all "DO-IT-NOW".
I strongly believe that Medical Affairs must have a creative attitude, thus I feel very confortable with medical marketing activities and strategic developement.
- Clinical Methodology
- Study design, epidemiology, biostatistics, pharmacoeconomics
- Public speaking and data dissemination
- Information technology applied to HRQL assessment instruments, patient reported outcomes
(ePRO), Utility instruments and pharmacoeconomics.
- Educational medical websites developement
- Computerized CRF and clinical databases developement
(Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Pharmaceuticals industry)
September 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; UCB; Pharmaceuticals industry)
August 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 2 months)
As Medical Manager Inflammation my mission is to deliver excellence in medical knowledge of my Company Products with a 360° view on Inflammatory-Autoimmune Diseases.
I share my personal clinical/academic background with the GMA and my local team in order to gain credibility and trust facing the KOLs and the Scientific Community we work with.
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
November 2003 — July 2006 (2 years 9 months)
(Educational Institution; Medical Practice industry)
October 1999 — July 2006 (6 years 10 months)
- 2000-2003 Fellowship in Rheumatology
- Author and co-author of several publications
- Invited speaker on matter of “Outcome measures and Clinimetrics” on behalf of the Master in pharmacoeconomics at Center of Pharmacoeconomics – Dept. Pharmacologic Sciences – University of Milan.
- Webmaster for the Supplements of Clinical Experimental Rheumatology edited by Prof. Ted Pincus "Contemporary Advances in Clinical Rheumatology" http://www.clinexprheumatol.org"
- Founder of the first Rheumatology Podcast "Rheumatology Radio" (indexed on iTunes"
- Member of the Working Party on Informatics (iReum) of Italian Society of Rheumatology and Coordinator of the Rheumatologic Electronic Health Record (MONITOR project) study group.
- Coordinator and teacher of medical informatics on behalf of the CME courses organized by iReum
- Student Member of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Rheumatologist , 2000 — 2003
MD , 1993 — 1999
ISICO Award 2007: Health-related quality of life in multiple musculoskeletal conditions: a cross-sectional population based epidemiological study. II. The MAPPING study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2005 Nov-Dec;23(6):829-39