Instructors
Jihwon Im, PharmD
Director, Medical Information, Cross Portfolio, Genentech, Inc., A Member of the Roche Group, United States
Justine T Alderfer, PharmD
Director, Organized Customer Support Medical Information, Pfizer Inc., United States
Wynter J. Balcerski, PharmD
Senior Manager, Oncology Medical Information Services, Sanofi, United States
Kristin Fox Goettner, PharmD
Senior Director, Medical Information and Knowledge Integration, Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC, United States
After receiving her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Kristin completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical Information with Rutgers University and Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical. Upon completion of her fellowship, Kristin joined the Johnson & Johnson family of companies as a member of the Medical Information Department at Centocor, Inc. For more than fifteen years, Kristin has held numerous positions within Medical Information and is currently Sr. Director, Medical Information & Knowledge Integration at Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC.
Ellen Whipple, PharmD
Owner/Principal Writer, EW Associates, LLC, United States
Ellen is the co-owner of Scientific Content Solutions, LLC and the sole proprietor of EW Associates, LLC. She was previously a director of medical communications with an agency. Ellen has experience with medical information-related documents (e.g., standard letters, FAQs, dossiers, escalated inquiries), continuing education articles, primary author publications, promotional review, payer materials, and advisory board meeting reports. As a member of AMCP Format Executive Committee, Ellen contributed to AMCP Format 4.1. She serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia College of Pharmacy. Since 2000, Ellen has been a Medical Advisor for the MS Foundation.
Margaret May, MLS, AHIP
Analytics & Operations Manager, Medical Affairs, Genentech, Inc., A Member of the Roche Group, United States
Margaret May, MLS, AHIP, is a Literature Research Analyst in Medical Affairs at Genentech. Her primary responsibilities are providing information research, training, and serving on cross-functional and project teams. She has been in this role for 9 years. Prior to her current position, Margaret worked in a variety of pharmaceutical, medical, and scientific library settings for 10 years. Margaret earned her Master of Library Science from San Jose State University and her BA in Biology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. She is a Member of the Academy of Health Information Professionals as well as the following professional associations: Drug Information Association, Medical Library Association, and Special Libraries Association.
Janelle Saulter, PhD
Master Medical Scientist, Medical Affairs, Allergan Inc., United States
Ankur Shah, PharmD
Director, US Medical Information, Incyte Corporation, United States
In his role, he is primarily responsible for the management and oversight of all MI activities, including call center operations, and written content development. In addition, Ankur serves as the primary medical reviewer of promotional and scientific materials, and identifies/implements innovative MI communication channels. Prior to joining Incyte, he was the Director, Medical Information at Sunovion Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Sunovion, Ankur spent over 8 years working with the Johnson & Johnson Family of Companies in positions of increasing responsibility within MI and Compliance. Ankur earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of CT.
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