Lori Lam
Regulatory Affairs/ Medical Writer & Communicator
CAREER SUMMARY
Successfully trained and supervised office personnel to meet goals and
objectives; educated community groups; prepared written reports for
regulatory submissions; collected, evaluated, and analyzed, performed
failure investigation analysis reports on returned products.
Skills Summary: Software: Word, Excel, FrontPage, PowerPoint, SPSS, Adobe,
HTML, Publisher, Statistical analysis with pivot tables/charts and graphs.
Key Qualifications: Clear and concise communication skills to persuade and
solve problems. Organizational and project management skills to set
schedules that maximizes efficiency and attention to details. Works well as
a team member or independently. Global communication experience. Supporter
of special projects that promote the goals of the organization. Medical
terminology. Assessment techniques. Fluent in English and Vietnamese.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Insound Medical (ISM), Newark, Ca 06/2011
- 12/2012
Product Analyst/ Medical Information Associate
. Chosen as leader to maintain and track a Beta Program with 12 provider
sites initially, which then escalated to 70 provider sites with the
following duties: return devices analysis, communication with
providers and sales rep., incentive planning, tracking, trending and
communicating results to marketing directors, R&D, management and
engineers with the use of pivot charts/tables and PowerPoint.
. Single-handedly manages complaint handling from opening to closure:
including follow up with providers/medical advisors to gather
additional health information, device investigation, and communication
from Switzerland & Vietnam to obtain information, accessing risk
management/analysis and trending data for FDA reporting/submissions
and compliance; compile information in various written documents.
. Reviews documents including clinical study reports, SOPs, analytical
procedures, engineering drawings and protocols and making corrections
as needed, then releasing as official company documents.
. Prepares, writes and submits reports to appropriate regulatory
agencies as required
. Maintains paper/electronic documents on legislation, regulations and
guidelines.
. Assists with internal audits and provides regulatory and guidance to
Quality Management.
Boston Scientific (BSC), Fremont, Ca
06/2010 - 06/2011
Product Analyst/ Medical Information Associate, Post Market Compliance
. Reviewed and managed domestic and international product surveillance
activities related to quality improvement, reliability, safety, and
effectiveness of all medical devices manufactured, marketed,
distributed and serviced by BSC.
. Collaborated with medical advisors, sales team, and other
professionals to collect applicable information related to the
complaint event for classification.
. Worked directly with Quality Engineers (QE) by reviewing failure
investigation report summaries on returned products.
. Reviewed customer complaints to determine reportability by following
corporate SOPs; proper documentation into the complaint management
system (GCS2); ensure timely closure of complaints and submission to
FDA.
. Responsible for writing and editing all US-based customer response
letters
. Knowledge of applicable domestic and international regulations and
standards, 21 CFR 820.198, 21 CFR Part 203, QSR, ISO 13485, 21 CFR
803, MedDRA, MedWatch
Life Scan - Johnson & Johnson, Milpitas, Ca
04/ 2008 - 01/2009
Regulatory Affairs Associate
. Compile, write and organize materials for pre-submissions (including
clinical studies, annual reports and responses to agency questions
regarding registrations and licenses) to the FDA and other global
regulators as needed.
. Comply with regulatory requirements for vigilance reporting through
the accurate and timely evaluation and processing of potential
reportable complaints for filing with the FDA and global regulatory
agencies.
. Reviewed, evaluated, and classified potential reportable complaints
for both U.S. and international affiliates; surpassing on average of
40 complaints/week with no late submissions.
. Recommendation accepted to change complaint handling procedure to
reduce the backlog situation
. Identified and properly assessed adverse events by collecting
clinically significant information via phone/email, facilitate
accurate data entry, prepare clear and concise narrative of event to
regulatory agencies and other medical staff daily
Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, San Jose, CA
03/2007 - 02/2008
Health Educator Associate
. Managed the Smoking Cessation Program, acting as a consultant to the
department of Respiratory Care.
. Counseled patients, discussed patient cases with other health
professionals and collected pertinent patient health information to
formulate proper treatment plans for patients to successfully quit
cigarette smoking.
. A program leader who successfully trained another associate in daily
activities to meet goals and objectives. Quarterly report showed a
record high of an additional 15% of patients who successfully quit
smoking while enrolled in the program.
. Analyzed, interpreted and trended data collected for clinical research
and for presentations to department.
. Wrote, edited, and prepared for print procedure manuals, reports,
brochures as well as host community outreach booths to raise public
health awareness.
. Familiar with State, Federal and SCVH&HS Policies and Procedures
related to the release of confidential patient information and
Medicare, MediCal.
. Followed hospital protocols, operations and procedures- HIPPA, IRB,
and JOINT Commission requirements.
EDUCATION
BS, Health Science, concentration - Health Service Administration
. San Jose State University, San Jose, 2007
. Honors and Awards: Dean's List