Research Director/Coordinator 2012- Present Recruite studies from pharmaceutical companies. Serve as a liaison between the physician and the pharmaceutical companies. Prepare FDA required documents, study budgets, informed consents and IRB documents. Educate physicians and staff to FDA/IRB requirements for clinical trials. Recruite and screen patients, conduct study visits for phase II and Phase III trials.

Supervising all office staff including nurses, receptionist, and medical biller. Ensured the facility's superior customer service. Performed several human resources functions, which included hiring, training, supervising and evaluating the medical office staff. Functioned in all aspects of medical office operation such as collections, appointment scheduling and maintenance of medical records. Instrumental in selection and implementation of EMR. Developed reports of income and expenditure, generating financial documents from on-line financial programs.

Recruited studies from pharmaceutical companies. Served as a liaison between the physician and the pharmaceutical companies. Prepared FDA required documents, study budgets, informed consents and IRB documents. Educated physicians and staff to FDA/IRB requirements for clinical trials. Recruited and screened patients, conducted study visits for phase II and Phase III trials.

Alabama and Louisiana/ Southeastern regionParticipated in extensive training regarding FDA regulations, GCPs and company policies for the conduct and monitoring of clinical trials. Monitored approximately 20 sites from a regional office. Monitored studies in most therapeutic areas including women's health , cardiovascular, rheumatology, pediatrics, CNS and oncology.Conducted pre-qualification, initiation, routine and close-out monitoring visits for phase II-IV clinical trials at public and private institutions throughout the U.S. Oversaw drug accountability systems, including calculation of drug needs, study specific drug ordering process and management of drug accountability for a study: provided support to other RCAs and assisted in initiation monitoring and coordinating day to day operations of investigational study sites as needed. Trained and mentored entry level clinical RCAs in study management and GCP. Managed contract RCAs and other external vendors as necessary. Involved in the initiation of the "therapeutic Designate" program which assisted regional RCAs in expanding their knowledge of disease states, medications and specific protocol issues. Was awarded "Therapeutic Designate of the Year "by senior management,

Prepared FDA required documents, study budgets, informed consent forms and IRB submission for various pharmaceutical companies. Assisted in the coordinator of an NIH Trial on CHF at the largest site in the US. Follow patients in the clinic twice weekly for three years. Co-author of the patient hand book for the NIH trial SOLVD. Served as a liaison between the cardiologist and the pharmaceutical companies. Supervised various staff members.