12: Pharma roles for physicians
Today I’m pleased to be interviewing Marsha Caton, PhD. Marsha earned her Master’s and her PhD in Molecular Genetics from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She’s built her career in the drug development industry working in pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Caton also serves as a consultant and mentor to scientists and physicians who are desirous of starting or growing their careers in the pharmaceutical industry.
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“Invest some time into building your resume specifically for the purpose of getting into pharma. I cannot underscore that enough. The resume has to be tailored to suit the transferable skills that are needed by being highlighted and prominently displayed.”
Show Highlights:
- How Marsha’s LinkedIn profile helped her to connect with other physicians interested in a non-clinical pharmaceutical
- Opportunities within pharmaceutical companies that are worth exploring for physicians who are interested in finding non-clinical roles to either supplement their clinical income or to replace it.
- The different types of jobs that exist within the pharmaceutical industry.
- A medical monitor is involved at the clinical trial level. The physician is employed by the pharmaceutical company who looks at the clinical course for the patient, and they have some dialogue with the site physician.
- A bit of interplay with the medical monitor role, but the safety physician role is more focused on the overall safety of the product. So they don’t look at individual case summaries so much.
- A freelance medical writer works specifically to write about or to help pharmaceutical companies or CRS develop the documentation that they need to support the application to the FDA.
- A medical director is typically a physician who provides his/her medical knowledge and expertise in the day to day operations of the clinical research studies.
- The value of advanced degrees, such as an MBA (Master of Business Administration) and an MPH (Master’s in Public Health), to physicians who are transitioning to these types of non-clinical roles.
- The importance of building a resume specifically for the purpose of getting into pharma.
- How Marsha’s mentor changed the trajectory of her career.
About me:
I’m an experienced physician executive with over 30 years of clinical and administrative experience in various healthcare settings. I’m passionate about coaching and mentoring physicians interested in transitioning to full time or part time non-clinical roles either within the healthcare industry or external to healthcare. I have served as a COO for an emergency medicine management company, CMO for several hospitals, Vice-president of ambulatory quality for a large multispecialty medical group, Vice-president of system quality and safety for a multi-hospital system, along with numerous medical staff positions and other administrative roles.
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Additional Resources:
07: How to determine if the MBA is right for you
A Physicians Guide to a Career in Pharma
Becoming a drug safety physician
Breaking into Pharma: A Medic’s Guide *Requires free registration at no cost.
Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance Roles
Essential Steps to a Successful Career in Pharma with Dr. Paul Hercock *Requires free registration at no cost.
Freelancing in the medical communications
Physician Leadership Development Programs
What exactly does a medical monitor do?
What is a drug safety physician?
US-based CROs offering drug safety services include:
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