Commonhealth's Health Learning Systems Division Adds Scientific and Program-development Staff.WAYNE, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 16, 1998-- CommonHealth, the world's largest healthcare-communications resource, today announced that its Health Learning Systems unit has hired two new professionals, one in scientific-support services and one in program development: licensed nurse practitioner nurse practitioner n. Abbr. NP A registered nurse with special training for providing primary health care, including many tasks customarily performed by a physician. Maribeth Pawlak as Manager, Clinical Information; and Amy K. Weiss as Director, Program Planning and Development. CommonHealth is part of the WPP Group (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :WPPL WPPL White Plains Public Library (New York) WPPL Wireless Point to Point Link WPPL Welding Performance Proficiency Log .L; NASDAQ/ADR:WPPGY), the largest advertising and marketing-services company in the world. In her new position, Ms. Pawlak will use her extensive background in cardiology, gerontology gerontology: see geriatrics. , asthma management, oncology, gynecology, and dermatology to support her colleagues in all scientific areas related to the development of various medical-education programs. Ms. Pawlak, who graduated from Georgetown University with a BS in nursing and from New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the with an MS, nurse practitioner (MS NP) degree, most recently was employed as a critical care nurse practitioner in cardiothoracic surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital Lenox Hill Hospital, on Manhattan's Upper East Side, is a 652-bed, acute care hospital and a major teaching affiliate of NYU Medical Center. Founded in 1857 as the German Dispensary, today's 10-building Lenox Hill Hospital complex has occupied its present site since 1868 when it in New York. As Director, Program Planning and Development, Amy Weiss will be directing the development, production, and reproduction of medical-education programs in a variety of disciplines and program types. Ms. Weiss, who previously held positions at Parke-Davis, Eli Lilly, and Geo Med Global Communications, has experience in the areas of women's health, diabetes, gastroenterology, neurology, and infectious diseases. She holds an undergraduate degree in accounting and received her MBA MBA abbr. Master of Business Administration Noun 1. MBA - a master's degree in business Master in Business, Master in Business Administration in pharmaceutical/chemical studies. "With their broad experience in the fields of nursing and program development, respectively, Maribeth and Amy will make significant contributions to the Health Learning Systems talent base, enhancing our ability to generate strong clinical content," said Joseph A. Mastracchio, president of Health Learning Systems. CommonHealth comprises Health Learning Systems, Adient, CommonHealth Australia, CommonHealth Consulting, CommonHealth Direct, CommonHealth Europe, CommonHealth Kyowa, Gowers Advertising, the Hill and Knowlton Health and Pharmaceutical Practice, the OZM Group and a partnership in China with the Ogilvy Healthcare Network, ProCom International, The Quantum Group and Thomas Ferguson Associates. For five consecutive years, CommonHealth was named by its peers the nation's "most admired" healthcare-communications resource, as reported in Med Ad News Med Ad News is a magazine, delivering pharmaceutical business and marketing news. The magazine was started in 1982 and is published by Engel Publishing Partners . The content appears in a print monthly distributed around the world and on PharmaLive.com. . |
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