Medical Science Liaison North Central

The Medical Science Liaison is responsible for identifying and fostering relationships with national, regional, and local practitioners and researchers within a specified territory. This individual is responsible for developing and enhancing professional relationships with medical thought leaders involved in various phases of product development. Please note the territory for this role includes : Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Generates tactical plans to provide needs-based, value-added services; executes approved field scientific communication plan.
• Identifies, establishes, and maintains clinical and scientific relationships with Opinion Leaders in both academic and community settings.
• Expands on and leverages opinion leader (OL) relationships by aligning OL expertise with Acorda needs. Successfully connects OLs internally to serve as advisors, investigators, expert guest speakers, or business development partners.
• Acts as primary liaison to investigators interested in developing and performing investigator initiated studies aligned with Acorda medical strategies.
• Provides clinical presentations and information in response to unsolicited questions in academic, community and healthcare provider settings in both group and one-on-one situations.
• Acts as subject matter expert to specific indications and / or products and / or activities to internal and external stakeholders.
• Consistently provides clinical trial support by identifying, evaluating, screening, and providing scientific support to qualified research sites.
• Collects and interprets medical insights and feedback gathered from scientific exchange with OLs and communicates information to internal stakeholders in order to define, update, and support medical strategies.
• Provides accurate and balanced responses to practitioner and researcher questions.
• Participates in advisory boards and assists in Speaker Training.
• Provides medical and scientific support for medical education initiatives.
• Provides relevant medical and scientific support for healthcare providers, third-party payers and other managed care audiences.
• Delivers quality medical education presentations to Grand rounds, disease state meetings, hospital, managed care and national accounts (pharmacoeconomic and scientific data).
• Participates and leads internal advisory groups and project teams.

EDUCATION AND / OR EXPERIENCE :

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES : None

QUALIFICATIONS :

COMPUTER SKILLS :

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS : none required

OTHER SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

No specific work demands.

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