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Medical Director

Location:
7666
Posted:
April 23, 2010

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STEVEN YOUNGER MD

*** ********** ****

Teaneck NJ 07666

******@***.***

Phone: 917-***-****

OBJECTIVE

As a seasoned Medical Affairs professional I am seeking a senior leadership role with an industry leader

and innovator. My priority is to become an integral part of a winning team. I offer vast clinical

experience, industry experience as well as extensive training in internal medicine and Urology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Medical Director; Biologics in treating: 2008- Present

RA, Psoriasis and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Launch of a new product for OAB

Thomson Gardiner Caldwell 02/2006- 12/2007

Medical Director

Healthcare Consultant New York, New York 1999 -2006

Mednet Healthcare Brooklyn, New York 1997 - 1999

Director of Development

Mednet Healthcare is a multi specialty group. The group sees more than 45,000 visits per year.

• As the director of development, my main duties were to increase revenue and manage all the

clinical trials for the group. We were doing at least five independent trials at any given time.

Pharmaceutical Consulting Brooklyn, New York 1995 1997

Integrated Communications Parsippany, New Jersey 1993 - 1995

Medical Director

Medical Director in charge of all educational materials for clinicians, nurses and sales representatives.

The materials were used to be instructional as well as to give clinicians the comfort level they needed to

prescribe a nephrotoxic drug in the treatment of psoriasis.

• Attended AAD (American Academy of Dermatology) Annual meetings and gave presentations in

the use of Cyclosporine in the treatment of severe psoriasis.

• Reviewed all promotional and educational materials for Sandimmune and Sandostatin for both

accuracy and medical content. A library was created and cross referenced for all peer reviewed

articles for the drugs that we were involved with.

• Launched new products created NDA

• Supporting clients as well and agency product managers

• Created and recruited national expert panels

• Assisted National experts in writing peer reviewed articles. Met with clients regarding new

projects for the agency.

Clinical Practice Brooklyn, New York 1982 - 1993

CLINICAL TRIALS

Miles Laboratory / Bayer Phase III and IV Intravenous Ciprofloxacin:

• Intravenous Ciprofloxacin :A two year clinical trial on the efficacy of intravenous Cipro. A group

of one hundred patients who were undergoing prostatectomy were given the drug pre post and

intra operative. Blood and tissue levels were collected confirming the efficacy of the study drug.

I participated in setting the study protocols as well as doing the clinical study and publishing the

results. This resulted in FDA approval.

Merck Phase IV Fosamax:

• A patient questionnaire was created pre treatment, Patients were given Fosamax and bone density

studies were performed. Final results are still pending.

• Fosamax Effectiveness Study with Clinical follow-up results.

Novartis / Sandoz Pharma Phase III and IV Sandimmune, Neoral, Sandostatin and Lotrel:

• Primarily responsible for reviewing clinical trials in the use of Cyclosporin in the

treatment of Psoriasis and wrote and presented educational material. I also was an educational

source at the AAD Annual Meeting, and acted as a liaison between the pharmaceutical company

and the physicians and nurses. I was involved in trying to place Sandimmune in a proper position

to deal with generics which were soon becoming available. I was responsible for developing a

safety profile for clinicians who were not comfortable using nephrotoxic drugs, and being able to

answer all questions and concerns and worked in a backup role in the launch of the Neoral.

• Lotrel Efficacy Survey

AstraZeneca Phase IV Nexium:

• Clinical trials done

• Post launch efficacy study

Ortho-McNeil Phase III and IV Levaquin:

• Quinolone-based study evaluating respiratory effectiveness

CLINICAL DISCIPLINE EXPERIENCE

Women’s Health HPV Vaccines - The pre launch of an HPV vaccine and its role in preventing Cervical

Cancer

Incontinence - Multiple different drugs used to treat the various causes of incontinence. OAB

Nephrology and Urology - Treated hundreds of dialysis patients in all phases of renal failure and renal

impairment. I was responsible for all aspects of Urologic care.

Cardiology- ACS Metabolic Syndrome, Factor X inhibitors, Anti Platelet adhesions A-FIB

Pulmonary- COPD, Asthma, Xolair

Neurology- Diabetic neuropathy,Fibromyalgia,Pain management, Alzheimer’s Disease

Oncology - Renal Cancer, Lung Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Lymphoma, Breast Cancer,

Germ Cell Neoplasm’s, Cervical Cancer Vaccine CML

Supported many manuscripts and trials in all of these disciplines

Pulmonary - Antibiotics to treat pulmonary infections, Lung Cancer, COPD

Surgical Sub Specialties –Orthopedics, Head and Neck, Bariatric Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery,

General Surgery, ENT

Urology- diseases of the Prostate, Bladder both benign and malignant. Erectile Dysfunction, Overactive

Bladder disease, Urinary Tract Infections All forms of Kidney Disease

Dermatology, Psoriasis, Alopecia

Endocrinology, Osteoporosis, Diabetes, Thyroid Diseases Metabolic Syndrome

Ophthalmology – Intra retinal treatment for AMD, intra ocular anti invectives

Infectious Disease Anti invectives, Hepatitis

EDUCATIONAL CREDENTIALS

Chief Resident-Department of Urology

SUNY HSCB, Brooklyn, New York 1988 - 1989

SUNY HSCB, Brooklyn, New York 1985-1988

Resident-Department of Urology

New York Hospital of Queens, Queens, New York 1984 - 1985

Resident-Department of General Surgery

Long Island College Hospital SUNY, Brooklyn, New York 1983 - 1984

Clinical Fellow-Department of Urology

Long Island College Hospital SUNY, Brooklyn, New York 1982 - 1983

Resident-Department of Internal Medicine

AWARDS

• American Academy of Dermatology: Presentation: The use of Cyclosporin in the treatment of

Psoriasis.

• American Academy of Dermatology Chaired conference on the use of Biologics in The

treatment of moderate to Severe Psoriasis

• American Academy of Urology: Presentation: The use of Vibratory Stimuli in the

evaluation of ED.

• New York Academy of Medicine: Winner: Fellow Debate.

• New York State Journal of Medicine: Publication: 1983: The diagnosis of Colovesicular Fistula

in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Hebrew, Yiddish, German

SECURITY

CLEARANCE No restrictions

REFERENCES Available Upon Request



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