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CURRICULUM VITAE

NAME:
MELODY I. SANGER, BSN, RN, MD, CPI, CCI, CCTI, CCRC, CCRP

TITLE:
Director of Clinical Research, DSI (Drug Study Institute)
CPI (Certified Physician Investigator) by the AAPP (American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians)
Trustee AAPP
CCI (Certified Clinical Investigator) by the DIA (Drug Information Association)
CCTI (Certified Clinical Trial Investigator) by the ACRP (Association of Clinical Research Professionals)
CCRC (Certified Clinical Research Coordinator) by the ACRP
CCRP (Certified Clinical Research Professional) by SoCRA (Society of Clinical Research Associates)
IRB Member, Jupiter Medical Center

ADDRESS:
1004 South Old Dixie Highway, Suite 201, Jupiter, FL 33458-7200

CONTACT US:
(24/7 phone) 561-575-1212 (fax) 561-745-6664

MEDICAL SCHOOL:
Noreste, Tampico, Mexico

DEGREE:
MD, June 1985

UNDERGRAD:
BS, Nursing, New York University, January 1978

EXTERNSHIPS:
August 1983 through May 1985

INSTITUTIONS:
Prince Georges Hospital and Medical Center, Cheverly, MD (8/83-6/84)
Englewood Hospital, Englewood, NJ (9/84-5/85)

REFERENCES:
Available upon request

CERTIFIED IN:
Certified Clinical Research Coordinator (CCRC) by the Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
Basic Cardiac Life Support
Advanced Cardiac Life Support
Venipuncture and Intraveneous Therapy
Certified Clinical Research Professional (CCRP) by the Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Emergency Room Nursing Association
Nurses Orthopaedic Association
Women's Sports Foundation
Lake Placid Sports Medicine Society
American Running and Fitness Association
American College of Sports Medicine
New York Road Runners Club
National Strength and Conditioning Association
American Association of Bariatric Physicians
Academy for International Medical Studies
American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (AAPS)
Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP)
Drug Information Association (DIA)
American Pharmaceutical Association (APhA)
American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC)
Society of Clinical Research Associates (SoCRA)
American Academy of Pharmaceutical Physicians (AAPP)
American College of Clinical Pharmacy (ACCP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Brookdale Hospital, NY, Medical/Surgical Nursing (2/78-6/79)
Brookdale Hospital, NY, ER Nursing (6/79-6/81)
Per Diem Critical Care, Nursing (9/85-3/88)
Cardiac Stress Testing (3/86-3/88)
Executive Health Examiner's Per Diem Nursing (7/88-12/88)
Optifast Program at Stamford Hospital, CT, Clinical Coordinator (1/89-6/90)
The Jupiter Preventive Internal Medicine Center, FL (1/92-present)

ACCOLADES:
Book Review: Foundations of Clinical Research for the AAPP
Career Success: ClinicalTrialJobs.com

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
Since 1997, Lead Coordinator, Director of Clinical Research and Quality Assurance at the Drug Study Institute of the Jupiter Preventive Medicine Center
Research IRB, Inc., Board Member (11/00-5/02)
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center IRB Board Member (1/03-7/04)
Jupiter Medical Center IRB Board Member (4/03-pres)

1997
Smart Study Asthma Research
Hypertension — Searle
1998
P.O.W.E.R. Trial (HTN) — Hoechst Marion Roussel
INVEST (HTN) — Knoll
C.O.H.E.R.E. Study — Smith Kline Beecham
Flu Surveillance — Roche
1999
Community Acquired Pneumonia — Abbott
Geriatric Nutrition Study — Mead Johnson
Cancer Nutrition Study — Mead Johnson
Flu Surveillance — Roche
2000
Blood Draw — Genomics
Hypertension (2/00) — Novartis
Diabetes — Novartis
IBS Registry — Glaxo Wellcome
MICARDIS (HTN) — Boehringer Ingelheim
Genetics Registry — Novartis
Hypertension (5/00) — Novartis
Hypertension (OCTAVE) — Bristol-Myers Squibb
Flu Surveillance — Roche
2001
STRENGTH 1 & 2 (Cholesterol) — Genaissance
Diabetes Type 2 — Amylin
Diabetes Type 2 — Bristol-Myers Squibb
SAPPHIRE (HTN) — Alteon
AMAZE (HTN) — AstraZeneca
Cholesterol — AstraZeneca
Vaccine — Aventis Pasteur
Community Acquired Pneumonia — Ortho McNeil
AT GOAL (Cholesterol) — Pfizer
LIFT (Osteoporosis) — Organon
2002
STELLAR (Cholesterol) — AstraZeneca
Cholesterol IRIS — AstraZeneca
Cholesterol — BMS
Cholesterol — Genaissance
AT GOAL (Cholesterol) — Pfizer
AMAZE (HTN) — AstraZeneca
SAPPHIRE (HTN) — Alteon
NEB-321 (HTN) — Bertek Pharmaceuticals
LIFT (Osteoporosis) — Organon
112 NIDDM — Amylin
113 NIDDM — Amylin
115 NIDDM — Amylin
025-00 NIDDM — Merck
018-00 NIDDM — Merck
CAP (Community Acquired Pneumonia) Levaquin — Advanced Biologics
2003
STELLAR (Cholesterol) — AstraZeneca
Cholesterol IRIS — AstraZeneca
Cholesterol COMETS — AstraZeneca
Cholesterol POLARIS — AstraZeneca
112 NIDDM — Amylin
113 NIDDM — Amylin
115 NIDDM — Amylin
025-00 NIDDM — Merck
018-00 NIDDM — Merck
Bup3012 Chronic Pain Hip & Knee — IRD Stamford (Purdue Pharma LP)
HTN ATTACH — AstraZeneca
Glucometer Study — Home Diagnostics
2004
STELLAR (Cholesterol) — AstraZeneca (honorable mention in publication)
STARSHIP (Cholesterol) — AstraZeneca
ATTACH (HTN) — AstraZeneca
BUP 3012 Chronic Pain Hip and Knee — IRD Stamford (Purdue Pharma LP)
BUP 3011 Chronic Pain Hip and Knee Pain in patients on narcotics
BUP 3015 Chronic LBP — IRD Stamford (Purdue Pharma LP)
113 NIDDM Amylin
POLARIS (Cholesterol) — AstraZeneca
Co-Diovan (HTN) Novartis
INCLUSIVE (HTN) BMS and Sanofi-Synthelabo
Pravachol Hepatitis (BMS)
DiZo (Novartis) Zocor + Diovan

AVAILABILITY:
For Investigational New Drug Trials