Edward Alvino, MD Unum (Worcester, MA)
Edward C. Alvino, MD is Vice President and Lead Medical Director for Unum in Worcester, Massachusetts. Dr. Alvino is board certified in internal medicine. He was in the private practice of internal medicine and geriatrics prior to joining Unum. Dr. Alvino is a part-time faculty/lecturer at Assumption College in Worcester, MA on the "Medical Aspects of Disability" and "Medical Rehabilitation".

David Best, MD, MBA MDea, Inc. (New York, NY)
Dr. Best entered the world of pharmaceuticals in 1982 with Klemtner Advertising, a division of Saatchi and Saatchi, where he served as medical director and Senior Vice President Account Supervisor. Subsequently, he was Medical Services Director for Bristol-Myers Squibb and on July 10, 1989, started the first scientifically credentialed Medical Science Liaison group. He went on to create Colleague Medical, a peer-to-peer dinner meeting company for Excerpta Medica and Reed Elsevier. In 1995, he returned to the Saatchi organization and started BESTMED, a medical education company with the slogan, "the most creative med ed company in the world." Dr. Best is currently President of MDea, a medical education company in New York which recently launched www.thedoctorschannel.com hailed by CNBC's Power Lunch as "An educational You Tube for doctors".

Brent Gibson, MD, MPH (Springfield, MO)
Brent Gibson is Vice President of Medical Affairs for Atlas Research LLC.  He provides strategic insight into the healthcare delivery challenges facing both the public and private sectors and, as a senior physician leader in the company, gives a balanced clinical and executive perspective to clients.  Dr. Gibson is a licensed and board certified occupational medicine physician and is also considered an expert in medical support for weapons of mass destruction operations.  He is currently an Assistant Professor at Georgetown University.

Beth Jacobson, Esq. BR Jacobson, PLLC (Chappaqua, NY)
Beth Jacobson, Esq. is the founder of the firm BR Jacobson. She is admitted to practice law in New York and New Jersey and is a member of the New York State Bar Association and the Association of Bar of the City of New York. She was a corporate attorney at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City for fifteen years. Skadden Arps is one of the largest, global law firms in the world and is continually ranked as one of the best law firms in the world. She was general Counsel, Executive Vice President and Corporate Secretary for three years at PDI, Inc., a Nasdaq listed company. PDI is a sales and marketing service provider to the biopharmaceutical and medical device and diagnostic industries. Beth has extensive experience representing parties in the biopharmaceutical arena. In addition, she was responsible for first suggesting that physicians try thalidomide for the treatment of multiple myeloma � a cancer of the bone marrow that had previously been considered terminal. This treatment protocol is now effective in 98% of the patients treated.

Philippa Kennealy, MD, MPH, CPCC, PCC The Entrepreneurial MD (Los Angeles, CA)
Philippa Kennealy is President and founder of The Entrepreneurial MD. She is a business advisor, coach and teacher to physicians grappling with the challenges of launching, building or growing their own successful practices or businesses. She is a board-certified Family Physician who left her own private practice in 1996 to embark on an administrative career as first Medical Director and then CEO of UCLA-Santa Monica Medical Center. Subsequently, she served as Executive VP in two internet start-up companies, before launching her first coaching and speaking business, Oya Consulting. Philippa is passionate about professional development for physicians that permits them to reinvigorate their careers and overcome burnout. As reported to her repeatedly, physicians long for more control over their lives. She believes that entrepreneurship is one way to reintroduce physicians to their own creativity and resourcefulness.

Rita Meek, MD (Wilmington, DE)
Rita S. Meek, M.D., M.S.O.D., is the Hospital Medical Director for the Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, a 180 bed pediatric facility in Wilmington, Delaware. She is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Meek's current interest is in developing programs to support physicians through the stress of malpractice litigation and serious adverse events. Prior to becoming the Hospital Medical Director in 2001, she was the Division Chief of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology for fifteen years. Before that she was in private practice in pediatric hematology/oncology for ten years. She has been a Clinical Associate Professor at Thomas Jefferson University Medical School for twenty years. During her career as a medical administrator, academic pediatric hematologist-oncologist, and private practitioner, she has been the Chairperson of numerous committees and task forces. She has received numerous awards for her work including the 2004 Trailblazer Award for the outstanding woman in Delaware, the Outstanding Teacher Award from the Thomas Jefferson University Pediatric Residents, and was featured on the cover of "Top Docs for Delaware" in 1998.

Michelle Mudge-Riley, DO, MHA MBI (Richmond, VA)
Michelle E. Mudge-Riley, DO, MHA, is Director of Wellness and Medical Management at MBI in Richmond, VA, where she takes an evidence-based and results-oriented approach to integrate individual engagement with best practices. Michelle has written extensively on transitioning out of clinical practice including: "Why I Quit Practice For Good," and a series of articles entitled, "The Ex-Doctor's Diary." Dr. Mudge-Riley has successfully transitioned out of clinical medicine and provides consultation for physicians seeking assistance.

Nancy Rubenstein-Ingenito Healthcare for Hire, Inc. (Plymouth, MA)
Nancy Rubenstein-Ingenito is the president of Healthcare for Hire located in Plymouth, Massachusetts, with 20 years of Healthcare and recruiting experience and as owner of Healthcare for Hire, a unique firm. Ms. Rubenstein-Ingenito has been in business for 10 years, recruiting and placing professionals in permanent positions within the Healthcare, Pharmaceutical, and Medical Device Industries. Her firm specializes in transitioning Healthcare professionals' in Non-traditional job opportunities and has the proven ability to successfully search and select professionals for their clients.

Ryung Suh, MPP, MBA, MPH Atlas Research LLC (Vienna, VA)
Ryung Suh is President and Chief Executive Officer for Atlas Research LLC, providing management consulting and strategic planning services, research and analytic capabilities, and project management and program support services to a diverse and growing global clientele.  He serves as Senior Fellow at NORC at the University of Chicago and holds faculty appointments at Georgetown University, teaching on health systems, on health policy, and on bioterrorism preparedness.

Michael Trigg, MD Merck & Co. (Wilmington, DE)
Michael Trigg, MD is an executive medical director at Merck & Co., Inc. Dr. Trigg joined Merck in September 2005. He received his BA from Trinity College in Connecticut with a dual major in French and Biology, and his MD from George Washington University. He completed his pediatric oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda and has held tenured faculty positions at the University of Wisconsin in Madison Wisconsin and The University of Iowa in Iowa City before joining the faculty of Thomas Jefferson University-Jefferson Medical College and the staff at the duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington Delaware in 1997. It was at the duPont Hospital for Children that he set up his third marrow transplant program for children and adolescents and the accompanying stem cell processing laboratory. He left the duPont Hospital in August 2005 after a distinguished 25 year career in pediatric oncology and stem cell transplantation as a clinician, clinical investigator and entrepreneur. During that 25 year career, Dr. Trigg was the head of the acute lymphoblastic leukemia strategy group of the Children's Cancer Group for almost 10 years. The Children's Cancer Group in the 1980's and 1990's was the largest cooperative group in the world of physicians and allied health personnel looking after children with leukemia and malignancies. He has more than 300 publications consisting of peer-reviewed articles, abstracts, books, chapters, and scientific brochures and has contributed to numerous web-based sites. He has begun a number of businesses over the years including a company building "spec" homes and a full service cytogenetics company that primarily provided pre-natal genetics services and in vitro fertilization related services.

To enhance your conference experience this year we have added recruiters looking for physicians to fill non-clinical positions. Attendees will be able to network with and talk to the recruiters one-on-one about open positions, the marketplace, compensation packages and positions they would like to be considered for in the future.