Donna Symanietz, From Sales to Site

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Donna Symanietz, From Sales to Site

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Donna Symanietz has a wealth of experience in medical sales and has trained colleagues, patients, nurses, and physicians on new treatment options and skills with new medical devices and pharmaceuticals. In this episode we discuss her transition in to clinical research, what sites can learn from sales and I unsuccessfully try to convince her to open her own site.

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Aug 25, 2021

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Note to File is a podcast for clinical research sites - interviews, best practices, and candid commentary from Brad Hightower, founder of Hightower Clinical and clinical research professional.

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Adam Brown, ClinArk: Adam obtained his Bachelor of Arts from Wittenberg University in Biology. He currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer at ClinArk and advisory board member at the Wittenberg Institute for Public Humanities and Sciences. Prior to founding... by Note to File
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Laura Holtz, Rengenstrief Institute: Laura R. Holtz, MS, PMP, CCRP, is a Senior Research Manager at Indiana University Center for Aging Research and Regenstrief Institute. She oversees multiple federally funded grants and investigator initiated research trials includes projects... by Note to File
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Lucia Rodriguez and Bianca Garcia, Absolute Clinical Research: Lucia Rodriguez and Bianca Garcia have worked in clinical research for well over 20 years combined. They’ve held just about every site-level title and worked across all phases, multiple therapeutic areas, and numerous. Basically - these ladies know... by Note to File
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Daniel Perez, MACRO Trials: Daniel Perez is the Chief Operating Officer at MACRO Trials, a Site Optimization Organization (SOO) dedicated to providing the institutional infrastructure to perform the highest quality clinical trials across all specialties and private settings. At... by Note to File
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Donna Symanietz, From Sales to Site: Donna Symanietz has a wealth of experience in medical sales and has trained colleagues, patients, nurses, and physicians on new treatment options and skills with new medical devices and pharmaceuticals. In this episode we discuss her transition... by Note to File
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Jeslyn Atanu, HTex Clinical: Jesyln Atanu is a highly dedicated research professional with a range of experience from patient recruitment to working as a CRA, mentoring clinical researchers, and training Clinical Research staff on key subject matters. Jeslyn runs a clinical... by Note to File
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Jeffrey Smyth, E-Source: the good, the bad and the ugly: Jeffrey Smyth is the VP/COO for MOORE Clinical Research in Tampa, Florida. He has held the position since 2011 and has a Master’s in Healthcare Administration. Jeffrey and MOORE Clinical Research have recently implemented an e-source solution across... by Note to File
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