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Robert Gilbert, Director of Scientific Communications at MedVal, has an uncommon commitment to quality and client satisfaction. His 19 years of experience with MedVal have included management of 20 pub plans for 27 products (7 launch; 5 line extensions) for 14 pharmaceutical companies. This work has included successful publications in JAMA, The Lancet, Annals of Internal Medicine, The Journal of Family Practice, and many top-tier specialist journals.

Robert has also managed over 50 advisory board, speaker training, and regional consultant meetings. In addition, he has managed multidisciplinary summits with specialists, PCPs, nurses, NPs/PAs, claims processing/office managers, patients, and MCO representatives, as well as numerous CE symposia, including a series of 10 multidisciplinary CE meetings for 2,000 physicians, nurses, and pharmacists.

Robert has also written regulatory reports submitted to the US Food and Drug Administration and facilitated workshops on medical writing for clinical investigators and on creating presentations for medical liaisons. He has also directed the creation of clinical and caregiver websites for patient advocacy organizations and assisted them in the identification of thought leaders, with a special focus on identifying specialist “up & comers” through analysis of recent abstract submissions. Robert has also overseen the creation of medical response letters, AMCP Dossiers, formulary kits, and international scientific product monographs for launch products, and he has helped develop speakers bureau websites and facilitated live and archived speaker training webcasts.

Robert's academic experience enables him to establish an easy rapport with investigators and other members of the academic and scientific community, resulting in relationships that prove to be highly effective in meeting the needs of MedVal's clients. Since joining the MedVal team, Rob has worked in the areas of analgesia (adult and pediatric) for both acute and chronic conditions (eg, low back pain, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain, sports injuries), drug abuse, epilepsy, anti-infectives, hypophosphatasia, and metabolic disorders. He is a Certified Medical Publication Professional and member of the International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP), the International Publication Planning Association (TIPPA), and an associate member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE).

Robert studied in Europe for 8 years and remains proficient in French, German, and Dutch. His academic expertise is in text hermeneutics, classical literary theory, and several ancient languages (Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, Moabitic). Robert currently lives in Hunterdon County in New Jersey with his wife, Diane, and two children, Michael and Daniel.