Speakers & Panelists

• Director, Customer Relations. I manage teams that have interactions with key stakeholders related to order management, pricing & contract, key account management & demand management, consumer relations i.e. Pharmacists, Retailers, Distributors, Institutions and Consumers.
• Creation of CHE department and Customer Relations, large cross divisional divisions in different departments.
• Sales, Training, Marketing, Eastern Canada & Western Canada Regional Sales Management, National Sales Management, Oncology Business Unit Management.
• B.A. Social Sciences, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
  

Senior Marketing Manager Adherence & Pharmacy Trade, I manage the team responsible for driving adherence programs both internally & externally across our Pharmaceutical Product Portfolio.

Over 11 years with Abbott, also held 2 product manager positions one with a specialty product & the other with a hospital product portfolio. Furthermore, worked both in our Business Intelligence & Sales departments.

Dr. Mike Sokol serves as the Global Corporate Medical Director for Merck.  He leads the Integrated Health Management department that is responsible for operating the company's employee health clinics, fitness centers, disability management programs, and occupational health activities.  Mike also provides direction to Merck's health care benefits strategy and wellness initiatives, and he chairs the company's management team that addresses public health challenges to the employee population, such as pandemic flu.

In his prior roles at GlaxoSmithKline and Medco Health Solutions, Dr. Sokol provided subject matter expertise and consultative support to external customers.  His areas of focus included population health and disease management, value-based benefit design, and health care quality improvement. He also conducted health services research by examining factors that influence medication adherence and its impact on clinical and financial outcomes.  Mike developed patient and physician education programs and contributed to both company's health policy and public affairs initiatives.

Jim Manfred received his pharmacy degree from Purdue University School of Pharmacy in 1977. Jim started with a small independent chain pharmacy where he managed a store for 3 years. He then went to work in hospital pharmacy before working for Walgreens for 16 years. Jim started his career with CHD Meridian at the Steel Family Pharmacy in Chesterton, Indiana in 2001. He was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Pharmacy Operations in 2003 and to Vice President of Pharmacy Operations in 2007. His responsibilities include the clinical oversight of forty-three employer sponsored pharmacies located in 18 different states, assisting sales in meeting with prospective clients and working with clients to maximize their pharmacy benefit program.

Jim is an executive member of Take Care Health’s Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee and is also a member of both the Primary Care Medical Advisory Board and the Occupational Health Advisory Board for Take Care Health.

Since 2006, Jim has supervised the implementation of all CHD Meridian’s pharmacies. Since the acquisition by Walgreens’, Jim has been tasked with leading the integration of the Take Care Pharmacy Program into Walgreens’ so that both types of pharmacy practice benefit from the experience and strengths of both companies.

Peter Vasquez, MD graduated from Ohio State University College of Medicine, and completed Residency Training in and Board Certification in the specialty of Family Practice, in which he practiced for 15 years.  He went on to complete Post-Graduate training in the field of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, gaining eligibility for Board Certification.  He has served as the Medical Director for Disability Management for the North American division of BASF, the Area Medical Director for Hercules and Alliant Tech Systems, and an occupational medical consultant for employers such as USAA, UPS, Becton-Dickenson, Procter and Gamble, the Ross Division of Abbott Pharmaceuticals, and Owens Corning, and the Corporate Medical Director of MBI Occupational Health Care in Arizona. 

Dr. Vasquez currently works for Take Care Health Systems, where he is the Western Regional Medical Director.  Responsibilities include operational oversight, multistakeholder collaboration, and strategic planning.  He serves on the boards of the directors of the Arizona Work Disability Prevention Association and the Western Occupational and Environmental Medical Association.