HCG - Healthcare Consultancy Group


Our People

Denise Bottiglieri, PhD
Chief Executive Officer, HCG

212-849-7935

Dr. Bottiglieri has distinguished herself as one of the pre-eminent leaders in healthcare communications through more than 20 years in the industry. She brings a powerful combination of scientific acumen, marketing skills, strategic vision, and communications expertise to her work as Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare Consultancy Group (HCG). Before assuming the leadership of HCG in 2003, Dr. Bottiglieri spent 8 years as president of Health Science Communications (HSC, New York, NY), an HCG component company. As CEO of HCG, she has created an unparalleled team of marketing professionals and scientists to fulfill the growing product needs of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Before joining HSC, Dr. Bottiglieri was assistant director of new drug development at Pfizer Inc in New York. She received her PhD in pharmacology from the University of Florida and also did postdoctoral training at the University of Florida and Vanderbilt University, where she was awarded the National Research Service Award in Hypertension. Dr. Bottiglieri has been published in several medical and scientific journals, including the American Journal of Medicine and Neuroscience.

Brian Kielty
Group Chief Financial Officer, HCG

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Brian Kielty is Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of the Healthcare Consultancy Group. Brian is responsible for overseeing the Group’s finance organization, which includes the controller’s group, treasury, forecasting, capital planning, and real estate. In addition, Brian is responsible for overseeing information technology and the alignment of the human resource function with the organization’s strategic goals. Since joining HCG in 2001, Brian has helped to drive profitable growth and the achievement of the organization’s strategic imperatives. He has been a highly collaborative partner to our company Presidents and Managing Directors and has helped our management team to aggressively capitalize on opportunities and overcome market challenges. Prior to joining HCG, Brian, a CPA, ascended to the role of Manager within Arthur Andersen’s Assurance and Business Advisory Services practice. While there, he managed assurance, consulting, and acquisition engagements for such clients as Hershey Foods, Major League Baseball, Interpublic Group, Havas, and Omnicom Group Inc.

Michelle Tenzyk
Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Marketing Officer, HCG

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As the Executive Vice President, Chief Human Resources and Marketing Officer, Michelle leads the HR function, talent management, and marketing areas of the five companies that make up Healthcare Consultancy Group. With over 20 years of experience in the human resources field, Michelle also contributes to HCG’s strategy and growth plans, and supports the further development of the leadership team with her executive coaching expertise.
Michelle joined HCG after five years as the founder and principal of East Tenth Group, a human resources consultancy and executive coaching practice. Michelle has also served as a senior human resources leader with several organizations including Tiffany & Co., Primedia, Inc., and Condé Nast Publications. In the marketing and advertising space, Michelle was senior vice president and human resources director at Y&R Advertising’s flagship office in New York. Michelle holds an MBA in Human Resources Management and HR Systems from the University of Albany along with a BS in Music Education from the College of St. Rose, and she earned her executive coaching certification at the City University of New York.

Delphine Dubois, MD, MBA
President, Health Science Communications

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Dr. Dubois has over 16 years of experience in medical education and advertising in the United States and Europe. She served as a Product Manager for Merck Sharp & Dohme in Paris, France, where she oversaw product launches. Before she became involved with medical education and advertising, Dr. Dubois was a family physician in private practice in Paris. She has experience in many disease states, including cardiology, psychiatry, neurology, gastroenterology, pain, women’s health, endocrinology, respiratory disease, hematology, and nephrology. She has worked extensively on the strategy and implementation of several launches along with unique peer-to-peer initiatives. Dr. Dubois received her medical degree from the University of Paris, Faculté de Médecine Saint-Antoine, and her master’s degree in business with a specialty in medical marketing from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris.

Marta Brooks, PharmD
President, ProEd Communications

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With more than 20 years of academic and pharmaceutical arena experience, Dr. Brooks is well versed in identifying the needs of pharmaceutical clients and healthcare professionals.
Her background spans medical education (professional promotional communications and CME/CE education), technology-based speaker/healthcare professional solutions, and speaker/event management experience as well as various functional areas (medical direction, account and program management). In all capacities, her focus has been developing, selling, executing, and managing initiatives that successfully drive the strategic imperatives of multiple pharmaceutical clients.
During her tenure within the industry, she has worked in the following therapeutic areas/product categories: Alzheimer’s disease, anxiety, asthma, bone regeneration, cardiovascular disease, COPD, depression, endocrinology (diabetes mellitus and hypothyroidism), epilepsy, hypertension, infectious diseases, liposomal technology, obesity, oncology/cytokine therapy, osteoporosis, pain management, Parkinson’s disease, premenstrual syndrome, women’s health, and wound management.

Jennifer Brooks
President, The Scienomics Group

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Jennifer Brooks brings more than 20 years of strategic marketing and branding experience and 15 years of strategic healthcare communications experience to her role as president of The Scienomics Group, where she is responsible for driving the strategy for and management of unparalleled scientific communications and digital and live peer-to-peer education. She has a unique blend of client-side and agency management experience; a background in both patient and provider marketing in the primary care, hospital, and specialty settings; and deep knowledge of device, drug/device, and pharmaceutical marketing strategy. She has worked extensively in oncology, hematology, infectious diseases, neuroscience, mental health, women’s health, hypertension, and hospital-based wound care.
Prior to joining HCG, Jennifer was senior vice president, managing director at HealthEd Group, an independent agency specializing in patient education to support adherence, self efficacy, and disease management in highly regulated and complex therapeutic drug classes. She came to HealthEd Group from Ethicon, a Johnson & Johnson company, where she worked in brand marketing and global communications for wound closure devices for a broad range of surgical procedures.
Jennifer graduated from Georgetown University with a BA in business administration and a minor in clinical psychology.

Mary Rofael, MD, RAC
Chief Operating Officer, Scientific & Regulatory Communications, ProEd Communications

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A medical doctor and regulatory affairs professional, Dr. Rofael has over 20 years’ experience guiding pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies to prepare for Health Authority Meetings, regulatory submissions, and risk management programs.
Dr. Rofael has led the preparations for over 85 FDA Advisory Committee meetings and multiple submissions across a wide variety of regulatory settings, including orphan diseases and accelerated approvals for serious and life-threatening disorders.
In the course of this work, she participated in the assessment of drug development plans across multiple therapeutic areas and strategic challenges. She helped evaluate data and potential regulatory and clinical hurdles, worked with sponsors to build credible and compelling messages and presentations, and trained project teams on issue management and objection handling in the regulatory setting. Dr. Rofael is a skilled facilitator and excels in moderating Communication Strategy sessions.
Dr. Rofael currently holds the position of Chief Operating Officer, Scientific and Regulatory Communications, at ProEd Communications, Inc., in Beachwood, Ohio. Before joining ProEd, she worked at the Clinical and Regulatory Affairs Unit at Covance, in Leeds, United Kingdom. In this role, she assessed global regulatory submissions and prepared clinical expert reports for European Submissions. Previously, Dr. Rofael held several positions as Scientific Office Manager.

Jan-Willem van Doorn, MD, PhD
EVP, Managing Director, Scientific Services

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Dr. van Doorn is an accomplished physician executive with extensive experience in scientific communications. With a background in scientific research, hospital administration, and management consulting in the US and Europe, Dr. van Doorn is an expert in developing scientific strategies for products early in their life cycle through to the end of patent protection. Dr. van Doorn leads a large team of PhDs and MDs from some of the world’s top universities. With their in-depth expertise and experience in a broad range of diseases and therapeutic areas, the team serves clients in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical devices industries. Our scientists and clinicians work directly with clients to ensure the scientific integrity of their internal and external communications. We strive to improve quality of care by increasing health care providers’ understanding of diseases and their therapeutic options. Dr. van Doorn received his MD degree from the University of Amsterdam, his PhD in medicine from Gothenburg University, and his MBA from New York University.

Gregory Imber
Managing Director, Hyphen Digital
Director, Multichannel Strategy and Solutions, HCG

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Greg has been working in the medical communications and consulting industry for over 10 years. He joined the Healthcare Consultancy Group in 2002, focusing on professional healthcare communications and consulting. Greg and his teams have spearheaded the strategy and execution of large national and regional initiatives for compounds pre- and post-launch in multiple therapeutic areas, including oncology, pain management, immunology, transplant, cardiology, and hematology.

His key areas of expertise/experience include:

  • In-depth digital research and strategy solutions to help clients develop effective programs that reach the right audience through optimal channels
  • Multiplatform interactive content development that can be leveraged across appropriate channels
  • Multichannel digital content dissemination for personal and non-personal education and promotion
  • Analytics and metrics to measure success of existing programs, optimize future initiatives, and inform digital strategy and execution

In his role as managing director of our Digital Group, Greg’s focus is on digital innovation and the integration of digital strategy and solutions into all aspects of medical communications. He and the HCG team combine technical and healthcare expertise to provide clients with a holistic approach to digital strategy. As physicians in today’s environment have become increasingly reliant on multiple channels, especially digital channels, to access product and treatment information, a multi-channel digital strategy is critical to effectively reach and to actively address the educational needs of the target HCPs. By understanding the online behavior of the target audience, Greg’s team works closely with the Account and Medical teams to determine:

  • What information HCPs are seeking
  • What sites, channels, and tools they are using to get their information
  • How they are searching for that information (ie, determining what terminology to use and own in your medical communications)

Insights from this innovative research and analysis have enabled HCG to develop and execute an effective multi-channel strategy for clients, leveraging digital assets across personal and non-personal communications for maximum reach and ROI.