John Decker Email & Phone Number

New York, Ny, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Design, produce and implement educational programming on a range of health and wellness topics

Malvern, Pa, Us

Dublin, Ireland, Ie

Established a compliant, full-function Medical Communications capability including Program Management and Knowledge Management functions. Consolidated several functional roles during transition to spinoff from Covidien, leading multiple company integration initiatives. Designed and oversaw implementation of Strategic Publication Plans and Educational Programming for all brands and pipeline products. Managed Medical Communication Plan for launch of Xartemis; this included close collaboration with the leadership and numerous Thought Leaders of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, American Pain Society and Pain Week. Extensive collaboration across matrix organization including Commercial, Compliance, Legal, R&D and Corporate Communications. Member of Core Medical Teams for multiple brands. Commissioned and organized Advisory Boards and managed Congress Presence. Identified, stratified, recruited and retained authors and research collaborators from major associations, investigators and well-published authors. Managed a budget of up to $2.5 million; supervised up to 7 direct reports and multiple vendors.

Designed, developed and oversaw implementation of strategic publication plans. Recruited, trained and retained medical writers; edited manuscripts and other materials; extensive client and thought leader interface. Research, competitive intelligence and other support services.

Amsterdam, North Holland, Nl

Hired to oversee Sanofi's ThromosisClinic.com. Hired as Medical Direcotr; promoted to VP , where I establshed div of Scientific Services during restructuring of Dutch and US offices. Supervised medical directors and writers for numerous accounts at Excerpta Medica. Served as Information architect and founding Medical Director for www.OncologyStat.com (later expanded and rebranded as PracticeUpdate.com).

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Recruited to design curriculum for Brainstorm!- client: American Headache Society (see project link). Also contributed to publication plans and other medical communication initiatives.

• Established Decker & Associates, Inc. (D&A) to develop customized marketing and educational solutions in medical and business communications for the pharmaceutical industry• Designed, constructed and delivered comprehensive computer-based training and educational program for Upjohn Medical Science Liaison organization, scaled to enterprise-wide LMSo Encompassed every disease concept of interest to major pharmaceutical company Specialized scientific information and competitive intelligence for all MSL specialtieso Designed and constructed non-linear learning system with extensive Hyperlinking• Designed, and published complete or partial Product Knowledge training systems for all products for Parke Davis (Neurontin, pregabalin (Lyrica) Omnicef, Dilantin, Lipitor, Accupril) • Designed, developed and direct (platform) implementation of a Sales Training and Leadership Training Program ("Influence and the Organization"), commissioned by Pfizer Consumer Health Care • Design and Implementation of Global Business Ethics cGMP Training program (as part of response to consent decree) for major pharmaceutical company; delivered to 5,000 manufacturing colleagues

Phd, Curriculum And Instruction

Ma, Neuroendocrinology

Bs, Neurobiology And Behavior