Kevin Appareti is Senior Director, Global Medical Science Liaison in the Chief Medical Office at Royal Philips. He leads the Key Opinion Leader Program and Medical Education Program. He works across Philips’ businesses, markets, and research to build strong internal and external relationships with Key Opinion Leaders (KOLs) and influencers. Kevin partners with internal business, market, and research leaders and external KOLs to develop Strategic KOL Engagement Programs to deliver strategic guidance, leverage clinical and scientific knowledge, foster peer-to-peer relationships, and support clinical and marketing evidence development and medical education in support of Philips development of meaningful innovations.

In Craig’s more than 30 years working at Lilly, he has successfully worked in various positions in multiple therapeutic areas including neuroscience, diabetes and osteoporosis. Craig is a founding member of the Medical Science Liaison (MSL) program at Lilly where he worked in the New York City Metropolitan area for over 13 years in this field role. Craig spent 6 years as the MSL Trainer for Lilly USA and in 2017 became part of the Office of Medical Professional Development where is he assumed the role of the Global MSL trainer. Craig has been very active in developing benchmarking survey data on MSL standards across the pharmaceutical industry. Craig received the DIA Excellence in Service award in 2021.

Dr Marsh joined GSK on January 16, 2020 as the Director Medical Engagement and Communications. Most recently, she served at HEMA Biologics as the Director of Medical Affairs, Medical Information and Scientific Communication for HEMA Biologics, LLC from 2017-2020. Combining over 25 years of both clinical pharmacy and industry medical affairs experience, including 8+ years in leadership roles with globalization projects, Dr Marsh enjoyed working early in her career in ambulatory care and adult medicine inpatient settings, serving as adjunct faculty with Colleges of Pharmacy (UGA, USC, and Auburn). She began her career in industry GSK 19 years ago and since that time, continued opportunities working in a variety of medical affairs roles w

Darryl Z. L’Heureux is an active and engaged member of the medical writing community. Dr. L’Heureux received his PhD in Cancer Biology and Masters in Pharmacy, Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs from Temple University. He has worked within the NCI cooperative group structure and across small biotech to large pharmaceutical companies. Returning to his early research interest in immuno-oncology/tumor biology, he leads Integrated Oncology Lung Development at Bristol-Myers Squibb. Combining his interest in science and education, Dr. L’Heureux continues to present lectures/roundtables at professional and educational events. He teaches scientific writing in the Professional Master’s Scientific Writing Program at Temple University.

Dr. Petses is the Medical Information Regional Lead for the Americas at Sanofi US. She is responsible for management and implementation of strategic and tactical medical information objectives across several business units. She has directed teams of medical information professionals who have provided support for products across broad therapeutic areas. She has managed the development of digital communication channels and a data mining tool to improve analytics and insights gathering. Prior to joining Sanofi she completed a Drug Information Residency at Schering-Plough. She earned her Bachelor and Doctor of Pharmacy degrees from St. John’s University in New York.

In her role, she provides counsel regarding various issues including healthcare regulation, FDA advertising and promotion laws, Lanham Act. Jamie provides legal support to the company on general antitrust matters and is a core participant in several industry groups including PhRMA and the MIWG. Jamie also serves on the Lilly Diabetes executive team and the General Counsel’s staff. Prior to her current role, Jamie served as Assistant Secretary and Corporate Securities Counsel for Lilly, where she worked with the Eli Lilly executive committee and board of directors. Before coming to Lilly, Jamie was an associate at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago, IL. She is a graduate of DePaul University College of Law, and Purdue University.

John Kamp is the Executive Director of the Coalition for Healthcare Communication, comprised of medical marketing agencies, medical mass media and medical journals. The CHC believes that truthful communication about medical products and services advances the public health.

Chris received his BS in Pharmacy from Rutgers University, and his PharmD from the University of Texas at Austin. He completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at The University of Vermont Medical Center, and a Drug Information Specialty Residency with Lilly and Purdue University. Chris has spent the past 23 years at Eli Lilly and Company, working in various roles including Medical Information, Medical Liaison (Critical Care and Oncology), and Outcomes Liaison (National Accounts). Chris has presented and published on various topics including Literature Searching, Pharmacy Student Clerkships, Industry Liaison Practices, and Health Outcomes.

Alan counsels clients and represents them at the FDA and in Congress on many of the critical issues that affect the pharmaceutical industry. He is a recognized expert on the Hatch-Waxman Act and lifecycle management, and is co-author of The Legislative History of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act. Alan also has extensive experience in biological products, including the new biosimilars legislation, in food additive approvals, orphan drugs, and in over the counter drugs and the procedures used to switch them from prescription to non-prescription status.