meet our team
Our team works hard to make sure you have the resources you need to make your program thrive.
Each of us at NaRCAD brings specialized strengths to all of our clinical education collaborations.
Put us together, and you'll find a multi-faceted team who cares deeply about our learning community. Want to meet us? Join a Community Check-In, enroll in a Training Series course, come to one of our interactive events, or reach out directly. We're ready to share our expertise in AD program development, evaluation, training, strategic partnerships, marketing, and communications with you.
Put us together, and you'll find a multi-faceted team who cares deeply about our learning community. Want to meet us? Join a Community Check-In, enroll in a Training Series course, come to one of our interactive events, or reach out directly. We're ready to share our expertise in AD program development, evaluation, training, strategic partnerships, marketing, and communications with you.
Michael Fischer, MD, MS (he/him)
Founder & Director Dr. Fischer is a general internist, epidemiologist, and health services researcher. He is Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a Professor of Medicine at Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine. He practices primary care internal medicine at BMC’s safety-net clinic and supervises residents in both the outpatient and inpatient settings. With extensive experience in designing and evaluating interventions to improve medication use, he has conducted numerous studies demonstrating the potential gains from improved prescribing. Read more. 
Jerry Avorn, MD (he/him)
Co-Founder & Special Adviser Dr. Avorn is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief Emeritus of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics (DoPE) at Brigham & Women's Hospital. A general internist, geriatrician, and drug epidemiologist, he pioneered the concept of academic detailing and is recognized internationally as a leading expert on this topic and on optimal medication use, particularly in the elderly. Read more. 
Zack Dumont, BSP, ACPR, MSPharm
(he/him) Training Facilitator Zack is a clinical pharmacist with the RxFiles Academic Detailing Service in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He has been involved with the RxFiles since 2008, with experience in both academic detailing and content development of RxFiles’ evidence-based drug therapy comparison tools. Read more. 
Mary Liz Doyle Tadduni
PhD, MBA, MSN, RN (she/her) Training Facilitator Mary Liz is a nurse with experience in nursing education, and in nursing and hospital administration. Since 2004, she has worked in Academic Detailing with the Independent Drug Information Service in Pennsylvania. In 2010, with the inception of NaRCAD, she has served as a faculty facilitator in Academic Detailing Training Techniques. She has also been a faculty facilitator in Academic Detailing Training Techniques with the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA). Read more. 
Julia Bareham, BSP, MSc (she/her)
Training Facilitator Julia is a pharmacist with RxFiles Academic Detailing Service in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. She also works casually as a community pharmacist for a large retail chain. Her work at RxFiles involves providing academic detailing services across the province of Saskatchewan, and the development of evidence-based drug therapy educational materials. Read more. 
Shuchin Shukla, MD, MPH (he/him)
Clinician Consultant Shuchin Shukla, MD, MPH, was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed medical school and public health school at Tulane University and completed a residency in family medicine at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, New York. He now serves as addiction medicine program consultant through the North Carolina Technical Assistance Center, Chief Medical Officer for Goldie Health, Inc., and medical director at Greenville Comprehensive Treatment Center. Read more. 
Lexie Hach, MA, DrPH(c) (she/her)
Training Facilitator Lexie Hach is an Integrated Disease Intervention Specialist (DIS) and Special Projects Coordinator with the Bureau of HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Capacity Extension Program. A program under the Division of Public Health at the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (Iowa HHS). Lexie was instrumental in developing and implementing an academic detailing program that began in 2016 in Iowa's rural communities focused on HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis. In her six years as an academic detailer, Lexie educated clinicians on best practices related to HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis in central Iowa. Read more. 
Amanda Kennedy, PharmD, BCPS
(she/her) Detailing Consultant Amanda is a residency and fellowship-trained board-certified pharmacist. She formerly served as Director of the Vermont Academic Detailing Program at the University of Vermont Office of Primary Care for over 20 years. She is currently the Director of Clinical and Translational Science and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine. Read more. |
Bevin K. Amira (she/her)
Deputy Director Bevin directs NaRCAD’s communications and strategic partnerships, building collaborations with public health leaders at the national and federal level. With career experience in building learning communities to increase engagement and sustainability, Bevin has expertise in creating interactive, interdisciplinary training curricula at healthcare-based non-profits. In collaboration with the dynamic NaRCAD team, Bevin facilitates NaRCAD's virtual and in-person learning sessions to encourage hands-on skill development and best practices sharing amongst peer programs. Read more. 
Anna Morgan-Barsamian, MPH, RN, PMP
(she/her) Senior Manager, Training & Education Anna oversees NaRCAD's educational initiatives, including conferences, trainings, and learning sessions. Her efforts have significantly expanded NaRCAD's reach, and have included leading content development, managing the DETAILS blog, hosting the Changing Minds podcast, overseeing the facilitation team, and building key partnerships. Read more. 
Loren Regier, BA, BSP (he/him)
Training Facilitator Loren is a Pharmacist and Consultant Editor with RxFiles Academic Detailing Service in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Loren has guided the development of this provincial academic detailing service since the first “ground breaking” pilot project began in 1997. Loren is active as a member of the Canadian Academic Detailing Collaboration and provides training and consultation to various initiatives. Read more. 
Jacki Travers, PharmD (she/her)
Training Facilitator Jacki is a clinical pharmacist with Pharmacy Management Consultants (PMC), a division of the University of Oklahoma College of Pharmacy. Since 2015, she has led the PMC academic detailing program. Her AD efforts are primarily in service to Oklahoma Medicaid providers, who in turn care for some of the state’s most vulnerable population. She has served as a training facilitator for the NaRCAD Academic Detailing Techniques trainings since 2019. Read more. 
Vishal Kinkhabwala, MD, MPH (he/him)
Training Facilitator & Detailing Consultant Vishal is a public health professional who has been actively involved with NaRCAD as a Training Facilitator since January 2021 and actively involved in the world of Academic Detailing since 2019, where he worked with detailing on HIV Prevention as the HIV Prevention Activities Coordinator from 2019-2024. Read more. 
Jessica Alward, MS (she/her)
Training Facilitator & Detailing Consultant Jess has been a training facilitator for NaRCAD for several years and is a seasoned academic detailer with experience in infectious disease prevention, sexual health, and addressing provider bias in clinical care. She continues to consult and provide expert training and facilitation for varied organizations including schools, healthcare systems and communities in central Florida. Read more. 
Chirag S. Rathod, PharmD (he/him)
Training Facilitator Chirag is a clinical pharmacist, academic detailer and instructor with Illinois ADVANCE at the University of Illinois-Chicago (UIC). He graduated with a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Midwestern University in 2012 and is currently a Master of Business Administration (MBA) candidate at UIC. He has been working at UIC since 2012 and has been involved in a number of collaborations with the Retzky College of Pharmacy, College of Dentistry, and College of Medicine in addition to currently teaching workshops and classes utilizing improv as a tool to enhance communication skills amongst both future health care professionals and undergraduate students. Read more. 
Nicole Seymour, BSP, PharmD, ACPR (she/her)
Training Facilitator Nicole Seymour is an academic detailing pharmacist with the Centre for Effective Practice (CEP) Academic Detailing Service in Ontario, Canada. Since joining the CEP in 2018, Nicole has supported family physicians & primary care nurse practitioners with virtual and in-person discussions across a wide range of topics, including: opioid use disorder, chronic non-cancer pain, benzodiazepine use in older adults, COVID, type 2 diabetes, falls prevention, heart failure and more. Read more. |