Medical Management

Suki Dhamu An enthusiastic and dedicated leader,

experienced in contributing to the

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matrix management of functional and

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various therapeutic areas in Data

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Management and Coding Dictionaries

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Ipsen Slough

Oct11 - Present

Medical Coding Analyst at Ipsen

● Performed the medical coding of clinical data for the clinical research programmes of Ipsen

Group in an accurate, consistent and in a timely manner in accordance with the company

standard medical coding guidelines

● Ensured the coding manuals were used to review and resolve MedDRA and WHO-DD failures

by coding terms, or generating/issuing queries as appropriate

● Reviewed MedDRA and WHO-DD terms coded by others, suggested corrections, or raised

issues to senior members of the team and/or Medical Consultants as appropriate

● Assisted in managing the migration of clinical data across dictionary versions, to ensure that

the coded data was presented for review, analysis and reporting such that the evaluation of

the data withstands interrogation and examination by regulatory authorities

● Efficiently communicated and worked cross-functionally with the clinical study team

members and the medical development and drug safety physicians in order to produce high

quality and accurate coded datasets were delivered in a timely manner

Fitness First Ilford UK

Jan11 to Jun11

Personal Training

● Personal training, including Boxercise classes and co-ordinating other exercise classes

● Consultant for Healthcare of customers by advising on diet and nutrition

●

GSK UK

Jul07 to Sep10

Clinical Data Scientist Phase 1

● Data management for Phase 1 Neuroscience studies

● Working with the Study Team to define requirements for Inform databases for various

studies

● Programming and/or working with external programmers to set up Inform database

● The testing and validation of Inform databases

● Worked with remaining Paper Studies

GSK UK

Jul06 to Jul07

Senior Project Analyst, Global Systems Management Group (SMG), GSK Global

Clinical Safety and Pharmacovigilance (GCSP) (secondment)

● Providing technical support to output data for physicians to be able to examine trends in

medical and drug data

● Helping with migration and review of Pharmacolvigilance data to new systems

GSK UK

Jan06 - Jul06

Senior Clinical Dictionary Analyst, MedDRA expert, Therapeutic Area

Coordinator GSK R&D

Development and implementation of departmental organisational structure & performance

measures

● Responsible for the functional and therapeutic project management of MedDRA across four

sites, including contributing to the WHODD teams

● Responsible for the supervision of contingent and industrial placement staff at the Harlow

s it e

● Participation in the recruitment process for contract and industrial placement staff as

required

● Assist with the development of new systems & processes for the international dictionary

team and implementation of the new Therapeutic Area (TA) alignment working model

Therapeutic area co-ordination

● Provided effective and efficient support for TA and clinical trial studies using industry

standard and GSK customized dictionaries

● Worked closely with Clinical groups to improve inter-departmental systems & processes,

including in-house Dictionaries

● Highlighted technical and system problems encountered during the use of Inform and other

ICDS systems

New GSK systems and heading the GSK MedDRA migration sub-team

● Contributed to the development of functionality and working practices to implement the use

of new medical dictionary (MedDRA) across GSK

● Led the MedDRA data team and the MedDRA version update support

● Contributed to priority milestone conversion of clinical trial data to the new GSK medical

dictionary (MedDRA)

● Increased customer awareness of MedDRA, MedDRa version updates, coding procedures and

issues

● Provided dictionary quality assurance as required

GSK Dictionary system implementation

● Contributed to the delivery & completion of validated systems for the remaining components

of the Clinical Dictionary systems, including Business Objects, dsNavigator, Dictionary

management system, Inform (Electronic data capture tool) etc

GSK UK

Jan04 - Jan06

Senior Team Leader, MedDRA expert, Therapeutic Area

Jan02 - Jan04

Senior Clinical Dictionary Analyst, GSK R&D

Dec00 - Jan02

Principal Data Scientist, GW R&D

Jun97 - Dec00

Senior Data Scientist, GW R&D

Jan90 - Jun97

Dictionary Administrator, Glaxo R&D Ltd

SKILLS

● Innovative with a keen aptitude for quick learning

● In depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical R & D process

● Proven project management and organizational abilities

● International matrix management skills with virtual teams

● Extensive working knowledge of data handling and Data Management & Clinical Dictionary

systems & processes

● Proven technical skills and working knowledge of relevant systems, external software, tools

and systems

● Extensive training, presentation and supervisory skills combined with excellent

communication skills

● In-depth knowledge of medical and drug terminology

● Inform experience from Coding and Data Management perspective, building databases and

validation testing

● Excellent problem solving and analytical skills - technically and the placement of terms in

MedDRA and WHODD

EDUCATION

REPS 3 Personal Training & Diploma in Advanced Personal Training, including

Lifestyle Management & Nutrition (2010)

European Institute of Fitness. EIF Lilleshall

BSc. (Hons) in Applied Biology (1985 - 1989)

BTEC HD in Applied Biology (1982 - 1984)

University of East London - Stratford, London, E15

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