Biography

Jerry Silverman, BS Pharm, is a former industry marketing executive and former President and CEO of Bimark Medical Communications (1992–2008) where he utilized his extensive experience in pharmaceutical marketing, training, and managed care to build a successful agency.

Mr. Silverman is most proud of his contributions to the professional growth and advancement of pharmacists in the industry. From 1998-2008, Bimark participated as the first pharmaceutical agency to have a fellowship within the Rutgers Post-Doctoral Program. During that period Jerry interviewed over 500 candidates during Midyear conferences.

Jerry has more than twenty-five years of experience serving as a preceptor, mentor, and coach to student pharmacists and fellows pursuing industry practice.

In 2008, Jerry was honored by the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (ACME) for his commitment to the professional development of industry pharmacists.

His professional career includes positions in sales, training, and marketing at Eli Lilly and Searle. Jerry created and oversees the IPhO Coaching Service and specializes in coaching students, fellows, and pharmacists desiring to transition to industry. He has personally coached over 250 clients since 2014.

Biography

Tanya Chaudhri, PharmD, is a Global Regulatory Strategy fellow with UCB Pharmaceuticals. She is an alumna of the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy (UIC), where she had the opportunity to discover her passion for the pharmaceutical industry. Dr. Chaudhri was the founding Vice President of her UIC IPhO chapter during her second year of pharmacy school, President during her third year, and IPhO National Student Officer of Chapter Network Management during her fourth year. She currently serves as Co-Chief Fellow of the IPhO National Fellows Council.

Tanya has had various experiences within the industry including completing an internship at Takeda Pharmaceuticals in Regulatory Affairs Advertising and Promotion, as well as diverse APPE experiences at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Quarles & Brady. Her past industry experiences and involvement through IPhO have laid the foundation for her career as an industry pharmacist, and she is a strong supporter of students by helping them create their own individual industry career path.

Biography

Zack McCormack, PharmD, is a Product Manager for US marketing within the Sanofi Genzyme Oncology franchise. In this role, he works on key HCP marketing initiatives for recently launched products, utilizing both a business and clinical acumen. Dr. McCormack recently completed an Oncology Commercial Strategy Fellowship with Sanofi Genzyme and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. In this role, he supported products in multiple stages of their lifecycle by working in global marketing, US market access, and sales. During his Fellowship, he also served as Co-Chief of the IPhO National Fellows Council.

Zack completed his Doctor of Pharmacy at Purdue University College of Pharmacy, where he served as the Vice President of the Purdue IPhO chapter as well as the IPhO National Student Officer of Chapter Development. Additionally, he completed internships and rotations with the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Vitae Pharmaceuticals, and SmartPharma LLC.

Biography

Mahesh Tawney is currently Associate Director, Medical Outcomes Science Liaison at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Mahesh has over 12 years of experience as a Health Outcomes and Medical Science Liaison supporting multiple launches across various therapeutic areas.

Immediately prior to joining Alnylam, Mahesh spent three years at Eli Lilly and Company as a Health Outcomes Liaison, responsible for conveying the clinical, economic, and humanistic outcome measures for Lilly’s marketed and investigational oncology agents to Payers and nationally recognized Integrated Delivery Networks (IDNs). Prior to Lilly, Mahesh spent seven years at Daiichi-Sankyo as an MSL and HOL and three years in-house at The Medicines Company.

Mahesh received his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy and subsequently completed a post-doctoral fellowship in Medical and Scientific Affairs at Sankyo. In addition, he has a Master’s in Applied Pharmacoeconomics from the University of Florida and Masters of Business Administration from Stetson University.

Biography

Margaret Alabi currently serves as an Associate Director of Patient Advocacy with Corporate Affairs for the Immunology at UCB Inc. She completed her Pharm D at Xavier University of Louisiana in the spring of 2011 and chose a “non-traditional” career path to explore her desire for working with advocates to effect change for patients impacted by treatable diseases.

While gaining valuable experience through her two-year post-doctoral fellowship in Health Policy and Strategic Advocacy at Sanofi, Margaret chaired the Community Development Program of Rutgers Pharmaceutical Industry Fellowship and was responsible for fostering the professional and social development of over 70 fellows and 300 plus alumni. This provided her with a foundation from which she helps her clients pivot in the right direction.

As a certified CliftonStrengths Coach and Energy Leadership Index Master Practitioner coupled with 9 years of Pharma experience ranging from Corporate Affairs, Commercial and Medical, Margaret is eager to lend her services to help you achieve your goal.

• Commercial Experience- Pharmacy Account Manager
• Medical Experience- MSL and Associate Director of Medical Affairs
• Corporate Affairs Experience- Patient Advocacy