PACeR Partners

PACeR is committed to working with global health care organizations and health care experts to share the task of creating and sustaining efficient processes to help more quickly and easily match patients with clinical trials.

Read below about how these industry-leading organizations are helping to streamline and accelerate clinical research processes.

To learn more about becoming a PACeR partner, contact Terri Straub at tstraub@hanys.org.

Project Sponsor

• Healthcare Association of New York State

Funders

• Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Ltd.
• Johnson and Johnson
• Merck & Co., Inc.
• Oracle
• Pfizer, Inc.
• Quintiles

Academic Medical Centers/Hospitals

• Albany Medical Center
• Bassett Medical Center
• Continuum Health Partners
• New York Hospital Queens
• North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System
• NYU Langone Medical Center
• Roswell Park Cancer Institute Corporation
• Stony Brook University Medical Center
• SUNY Upstate University Hospital
• University of Rochester Medical Center
• Strong Memorial Hospital
• Weill Cornell Medical College
• Westchester Medical Center
• Winthrop-University Hospital

Additional Collaborating Medical Centers/Hospitals

• Baylor College of Medicine
• Beth Israel Medical Center
• Colon and Digestive Health Specialists – Scottsdale, AZ
• Digestive Health Specialist – Tyler, TX
• Investigative Clinical Research – Annapolis, MD
• Mount Sinai School of Medicine
• Oklahoma Foundation for Digestive Research
• University of California San Francisco Hospitals
• University of Chicago Medical Center
• University of Kentucky Hospitals
• University of Louisville Hospitals

Project Management

• Healthcare Association of New York State
  • Daniel Del Pozzo
  • Terri Straub – consultant
• Booz & Company
  • Charles Beever
  • William Schroth
• Pfizer, Inc.
  • Jennifer Wulff
• Quintiles
  • John Murphy
  • Benjamin Smith

Project Leadership Committee

Chair

• David A. Krusch, MD, FACS
  Chief Medical Information Officer
  Director, Division of Medical Informatics
  Professor of Surgery and Informatics
  University of Rochester Medical Center

Members

• Kathleen Ciccone, RN, MBA
  Executive Director, HANYS Quality Institute
  Healthcare Association of New York State
• Vijay Pillai
  Director of Translational Medicine & Strategic Planning
  Oracle Health Sciences
• Jennifer Wulff
  Director, Clinical Innovation
  Pfizer Worldwide Research & Development
• Thomas Murray, PhD
  President and CEO
  The Hastings Center
• Catherine H. O'Neill, JD
  Senior Vice President
  Legal Action Center
• Gary K. Mallow
  Director, Healthcare IT for Global Clinical Development
  Merck & Company, Inc.
• Paul Stang, PhD
  Senior Director, Epidemiology
  Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development

Phase I Work Group Co-Chairs (Completed Work)

Clinical Data Analysis

• Jim Kremidas
  Vice President, Global Patient Recruitment
  Quintiles
• Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD
  Professor and Chair of Neurology
  SUNY Upstate University Hospital

Business Model Development

• Brett J. Davis
  Senior Director, Personalized Healthcare
  Oracle Health Sciences
• Jeffrey Kraut
  Senior Vice President, Strategy
  North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System, Inc.

Legal and Regulatory

• Michael A. Falzano
  Executive Assistant Dean
  Albany Medical College
  Dean's Office/Office of Research Affairs,
  Administration, and Compliance
• Marc Wilenzick
  Chief Compliance Counsel
  Pfizer R&D/Medical

New Process and System Design

• Ingrid E. Akerblom, PhD
  Executive Director
  Merck Research Laboratories
  Information Technology
• Gerasimos Petratos, MD, MS
  Global Head, Healthcare Data Strategy & Analytics
  Biometrics/EpiPRO
  Roche Product Development
• Russell K. Portenoy, MD
  Chairman
  Gerald J. Friedman Chair in Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
  Department of Pain Medicine and Palliative Care
  Beth Israel Medical Center
  
  Professor of Neurology and Anesthesiology
  Albert Einstein College of Medicine
  
  Chief Medical Officer
  MJHS Hospice and Palliative Care