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 with healthcare-centered expertise in research, policy, program development, evaluation, training, strategic partnerships, marketing, and communications.
Put us together, and you'll find a multi-faceted team with healthcare-centered expertise in research, policy, program development, evaluation, training, strategic partnerships, marketing, and communications.
Michael Fischer, MD, MS
Director Dr. Fischer is a general internist, pharmacoepidemiologist, and health services researcher. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard and a clinically active primary care physician and educator at Brigham & Women’s Hospital. With extensive experience in designing and evaluating interventions to improve medication use, he has published numerous studies demonstrating potential gains from improved prescribing. Read more. |
Jerry Avorn, MD
Co-Director Dr. Avorn is Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief 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. |
Niteesh Choudhry, MD, PhD
Program Faculty An Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and an Associate Physician at Brigham & Women's Hospital, Dr. Choudhry's research focuses on the development and evaluation of novel strategies to improve health care quality and reduce spending. Read more. |
Bevin Kathleen Shagoury
Communications & Education Director Bevin manages NaRCAD’s external communications and strategic partnerships, overseeing NaRCAD's Partner Network and focusing on forging new collaborations between clinical education programs. Read more. |
Arielle Mather, MPH
Education & Training Manager Arielle manages all of NaRCAD’s events, including the Academic Detailing Training Techniques series and the annual International Academic Detailing Conference, along with facilitating the development of clinical materials. Read more. 
Sarah Ball, PharmD
Training Facilitator Sarah is Assistant Professor and Program Director for Academic Detailing in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy & Outcomes Sciences at the South Carolina College of Pharmacy in Columbia, South Carolina. She is core faculty for Health Systems Research & Policy, Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. Read more. 
Melissa Jones, RN, MSN
Training Facilitator Melissa has been a registered nurse for over 20 years with clinical experience in nephrology, cardiology, and developmental disabilities. Melissa has worked with several programs educating the public, including one on cardiac disease prevention for women, & another on caregivers for persons with disabilities. Read more. 
Loren Regier, BA, BSP
Training Facilitator Loren is the Program Coordinator of the RxFiles Academic Detailing Service in Saskatoon, SK, Canada. Loren has guided the development of this provincial academic detailing service since the first pilot project began in 1997. Loren is active as a member of the Canadian Academic Detailing Collaboration and provides training and consultation to various programs and initiatives. Read more. 
Brenda Schuster, BSP, ACPR, PharmD, FCSHP Training Facilitator
Brenda Schuster is an academic detailer with the RxFiles Academic Detailing Service in Regina, SK, Canada. Brenda has been providing academic detailing services for the last 15 years and she combines this with her clinical practice at the Academic Family Medicine Unit. She is involved in teaching family medicine residents and works along side them to assist in their daily prescribing decisions. Read more. |
Lajja Patel
Research Assistant In her work with NaRCAD, Lajja focuses on building stronger partnerships and increasing connections between clinical outreach education programs in NaRCAD’s network. Read more. 
Mary Liz Doyle Tadduni
PhD, MBA, MSN, RN Training Facilitator Dr. Doyle Tadduni is a training facilitator at NaRCAD, and an academic detailer with the Independent Drug Information Service of the Alosa Foundation. Mary Liz's background has included critical care and medical-surgical nursing, nursing administration, and hospital administration. Read more. 
Amanda Kennedy, PharmD, BCPS
Training Facilitator Amanda is the Director of the Vermont Academic Detailing Program at the Office of Primary Care, University of Vermont. She has delivered Academic Detailing sessions to over 700 participants since 2003. Amanda regularly serves as a facilitator for NaRCAD. Read more. 
Zack Dumont, BSP, ACPR
Training Facilitator Zack is an 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. 
Co-directors Mike & Jerry share a moment at #NaRCAD2016.
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