Publications, Speaking Engagements and Awards

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hommes, D. W.; Esrailian, E; Wong-Swanson, B; Centeno, A; McLaughlin, E.M.; Howard, W; Choi, J. M.; Myers, K. D.; van Oijen, M. G.  Preparing for the Affordable Care Act in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: a 2010-2012 US insurance claims analysis.  Digestive Disease Week 2013.

Long MD, Hutfless S, Kappelman MD, Khalili H, Kaplan G, Bernstein CN, Colombel JF, Gower-Rousseau C, Herrinton L, Velayos F, Loftus EV, Nguyen GC, PhD, Ananthakrishnan AN, Sonnenberg A, Chan A, Sandler RS, Atreja A, Shah SA,  Rothman K, Leleiko NS, Bright R, Boffetta P, Myers KD, Sands BE. Challenges in Designing a National Surveillance Program for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the United States. Inflamm Bowel Dis. In press. 2013

Journal articles

Fontanazza, Maria, “What Manufacturers Can Gain from Understanding the Physician Network”, Medical Device & Diagnostic Industry, May 15, 2012

Grom, Taren, “Sales Shift: The Top Trends Impacting Sales forces”, PharmaVOICE, November/December 2011

Gretton, Carolyn, “Connecting the Data Dots”, PharmaVOICE, March 2012

Brulloths, Jon, “UpClose with Kelly D. Myers, Co-Founder and CEO of Qforma”, PM360, May 2011

“From KOL to COL: Regional influencers are critical to commercial model reinvention”, PharmaVOICE, April 2011

Picciano, Christina, “What Makes a “Best Doctor” Best?”, The Rheumatologist, February 14, 2010

Myers, Kelly, “Reckless Abandonment”, Pharmaceutical Executive, November 2009

Robinson, Robin, “Redefining the Salesforce Landscape to Navigate New Territories”, PharmaVOICE, June 2008

Myers, Kelly, “Louder than Words: Action leaders vs. thought leaders”, Pharmaceutical Executive, January 2008

Newspaper articles

Sternberg, Steve, “Angioplasty’s Golden Era May Be Fading”, USA TODAY, March, 27, 2008

Sternberg, Steve, DeBarros, Anthonly, Gillum, Jack, “Who’s Leading the Way in Your Area?” USA TODAY, May 14, 2009, front page feature

Online:

“Most Influential Doctors” database, USA TODAY, developed by Qforma, Inc., Jack Gillum, Anthony DeBarros, Steve Sternber, Glenn O’Neal, Frank Pompa, Wesley Lindamood, Most Influential Doctors, May 14, 2009, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/most-influential-doctors.htm

Sternberg, Steve and DeBarros, Anthony, “In Patient’s Hunt for Care, Database ‘A Place to Start’”, USA TODAY, May 14, 2009, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-05-14-influential-doctors-qforma_N.htm

Recent Speaking Engagements

Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America – Center for Disease Control Conference – Epidemiological Research in IBD: Designing a Surveillance Program for IBD in the Unites States,  “Building an Integrated Database of Healthcare Clinical and Administrative Data to Measure and Improve IBD Outcomes”, February 25, 2013

2nd Annual EXL Pharma Digital Marketing for Medical Devices conference, Panelist, “Assessing and Analyzing Industry Trends within Medical Device Digital Marketing”, Minneapolis, MN, August 1, 2012

3rd Annual EXL Digital Pharma West Conference Panelist, “What are the Current ROI Drivers for Multi-Channel Marketing”, San Francisco, CA, July 9, 2012

Awards

“100 Most Inspiring People in the Life Sciences”, PharmaVOICE, 2008, recognizing Myers as an individual with great influence on corporate leadership, technology and creativity in the life-sciences industry

“Flying 40 2005” award recipient by Technology Ventures Corporation, 2005, recognizing Qforma as one of the technology industry’s leading New Mexico companies