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Quest Diagnostics
Sr. Medical Director Womens & Reproductive Health
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What they do
A Medical Director directs and manages a medical practice, clinic, lab or public health program. Organizes and manages of staff physicians, policy implementation, and ensures that standards for medical care are communicated and maintained.
$251,395 / year median in Texas
+16% projected growth
Job Description
The Senior Medical Director for Women's & Reproductive Health is a senior position for a physician with both laboratory and clinical experience who will serve as an expert on the clinical use of testing in women's health and aspects of the testing space. The ideal candidate should have experience with clinical management of women's health patients and understand the OBGYN needs, experience and expectations concerning the use of women's health-related diagnostics. The Sr. Medical Director will have responsibility for leading clinical research efforts directed towards developing projects that assess the clinical utility of our women's health testing platforms and establishing the scientific credibility of our test offerings to outside stakeholders in support of our commercial efforts. To achieve this mission, the role requires an appreciation of current and future clinical trends, standards of care, critical trials being carried out by others and third-party reimbursement issues. The Director will pursue impactful collaborations and publications in close coordination with Medical Scientific Affairs, the Women's Health Product team and Market Access departments. The director will share his/her clinical knowledge and experience with the Development team in order to advise the team on current product revisions and future product development. The Sr. Medical Director will serve as the primary consultant in women's health internally to the commercial and marketing teams and externally to physicians, professional societies, health insurers, and patients. Activities will include scientific educational presentations at conferences and other venues and communication with clients on Quest Diagnostic's women's health test offerings. The individual must be able to have productive peer-to-peer relationships as an honest, credible partner in healthcare, nurturing positive relationships with women's health KOLs and practicing clinicians. Responsibilities Identify, develop and/or maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with premier Women's health KOL champions, to promote understanding and adoption of our diagnostic technologies. Collaborate with commercial, market access, and medical affairs to set the agenda for and design clinical research initiatives including collaborating with external KOLs to define publication strategies. Identify and help draft study protocols and publication plans, including drafting/first authoring of multiple abstracts and publications with external KOL coauthors. Help in leading Medical Science Liaison and Clinical Specialist teams to develop KOL champions at large women's health group strategic partners. Lead in major investigator-initiated, multicenter studies that expand our indications through validation and outcomes assessment. Stay updated on developments in the clinical women's health space including new applications, clinical trial data, presentations and publications, emerging biomarkers that affect the use of current testing and the development of new test modalities. Provide leadership of education and client support for the sales team and the managed care team. Represent Quest at national and international women's health conferences and at focused meetings by collaboratively preparing abstracts and presenting data. Support other Quest medical affairs directors who are responsible for building and managing scientific and clinical community relationships and, upon request, helping mediate resolution of client queries Direct supervision of one Medical Science Liaison 25-30% Travel Qualifications M.D. or D.O. with board certification in Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) Certification in one of the following sub-specialties, Reproductive Endocrinology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, or Gynecologic Oncology, is preferred A minimum of 10 years' experience providing women's health patient care. Comprehensive knowledge of women's health clinical trials. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Capable of networking both nationally and internationally with women's health colleagues. Previous experience, typically obtained through PhD or postdoctoral work, in laboratory research preferred To Apply Please Log In or Register to Upload a Resume and complete the online Application by visiting careers.questdiagnostics.com , clicking "Job Search" and following the prompts. Because of the large number of applicants to job openings, Quest Diagnostics will only contact qualified candidates for interviews.