Physician Medical Reviewer, 2021 - Present

ProPharma Group - home-based - global team spanning Australia, USA and Europe

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Pharmacovigilance: Global - vaccine safety/ immunology - COVID-19 - (two vaccine company clients)

 

Current responsibilities include in-line case safety review, oversight of Signal detection activities,
input to Safety summary reports, Periodic Benefit Risk Evaluation Reports, and membership of the Sprint team.
I have investigated deviations, finding the route cause, and have developed proportionate Corrective Actions and
Preventative Actions.

Whilst undertaking the above roles, I have also helped to develop the PV Operations culminating in positive feedback
and acknowledgment of 'good work' being noted by the Program manager. 
Indeed, I have also supported the development of a team of physicians, maintained and developed SOPs and other
process documentation, including work instructions, and flagged up potential inspection findings,
as any good team-player might, whose focus is on 'the bigger picture'.

This successful re-entry into industry has demonstrated my ability to maintain an effective,
long-term memory of previously-learned industry skills and experiences
(paralleled to the earlier re-entry to clinical practise, 2015),
and has shown my inherent adaptability to have ventured into a new therapy area: vaccine safety.

My post-marketing pharmacovigilance experience is strong, and this present engagement has, insatiably,
'whetted my appetite' for future work in industry, and with 'serendipity' being one of my 'buzz words',
I would be glad to hear from future employers who might wish to allow me to demonstrate my ongoing ability to
easily-venture into new therapy areas,
and/ or to begin to develop my experience into the pharmacovigilance of drug development. 

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Company Director, 2019 - Present

Incorporation of Thomson-Walsh Property Ltd.

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Yes, you have read this correctly: this is one of my hobbies which I turned into a parallel business venture. 
This is not the main focus of my career, clearly.

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Hands-on property development (UK & Ireland), including:
minor electrical works, plumbing, decorating, kitchen and bathroom fitting, minor subsidence works,
gardens maintenance and development, and drafting a house design.

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Medical Director, 2017 - Present

Incorporation of Thomson-Walsh Ltd.

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Provision of GP locum services. 
This is also a 'vehicle' for the provision of any potential fixed-term pharmaceutical industry contracts.

Has included a short-lived, enjoyable, venture into television production as a Medical Consultant:
Dr. Christian Will See You Now, Firecracker Films, for UKTV (2017)

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Managing the company finances, accounting, book-keeping, budget holder.
Included the launch of a good-will project: TEDtrust® (2021).

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General Practitioner 2015 - Present

Successful re-entry to clinical practise after the completion of the GP Refresher program -
to maintain clinical practise, as 'an extra iron in the fire' - Hertfordshire.

Short-term, ad-hoc locum, County Durham (born and raised here)
Short-term, ad-hoc locum, North-West & Central London (based here since 2009)

Short-term, ad-hoc locum, Republic of Ireland (in-laws live here, and plans for retirement here).

As of 2021, the plan is, now, to keep the clinical skills up-to-date in Ireland, only;
performing the minimum necessary weeks/ year of clinical practise. 
Part of the semi-retirement plan, and it helps to keep a 'worthwhile hobby' as part of resilience-building
whilst focussing on the pharmaceutical industry. (Semi-retirement planned for circa 2040!)

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Associate Medical Director, 2014 - 15

Takeda Development Centre, Europe, Central London, UK

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Global Pharmacovigilance: Cardiology, Respiratory, Diabetes, Pain, Over-the-counter, Traditional remedies
Benefit-Risk Assessment, Aggregate Reporting, PSURs, Product Quality Complaints, Signal Detection, CCDS Updates,
developed PV operations to permit outsourcing.
Medical Signatory, SOP development, Line manager
Trained and developed doctors and scientists.

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Medical Affairs Manager, 2012 - 14

Takeda (UK & Ireland), High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Medical Affairs: Diabetes, Haematology, Oncology, Orthopaedic Surgery, Pain, Renal

Pharmacovigilance: live case review: Oncology (post-marketing)
PMCPA/ IPHA/ MHRA medical signatory
Trained and developed sales and marketing colleagues.

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Medical Advisor, 2009 - 2012

Boehringer Ingelheim (UK & Ireland), Bracknell, Royal Berkshire

Medical Affairs: Cardiology, Respiratory 
Pharmacovigilance: live case review: Cardiology, Respiratory, Diabetes, Pain, Neurology (post-marketing)
Reviewed and contributed to development of sales and marketing material, non-promotional activity, and strategy.

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General Practitioner, 2005 - 09

North-East England: County Durham, North Yorkshire

Included BUPA Wellness centre, Leeds, West Yorkshire.

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General Practitioner Training Rotation, 2002 - 05

North Tees University Hospital, Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

The Friarage, Northallerton, North Yorkshire

Paediatrics

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The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Head & Neck Surgery, Ophthalmology, Dermatology, Acute Medicine

 

County Durham

General Practice, Diplomate of the Faculty of Sexual & Reproductive Healthcare
(Faculty of the Royal College of Obstetricians & Gynaecologists).

 

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Emergency Doctor 2001 - 02

Alice Springs Hospital, Northern Territory, Australia
Emergency Department

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The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Accident & Emergency/ Emergency Department.

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Internship 2000 - 01

The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Acute Medicine, Gastroenterology, Diabetes, Endocrinology, Chest Medicine, Renal
Vascular Surgery, General Surgery

Anaesthesia, Oncology.

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Sheffield Medical School, 1995 - 2000
Included an eight weeks' elective in Rotorua General Hospital, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand (1998).

TEDtrust® is a registered trademark of Thomson-Walsh Ltd.

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