Founder and Architect:
Senior Advisor and Clinical Advisor During Development:
Health Economics Advisor During Development:
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Mark N. Abramovich, MBA |
Mark Abramovich is driven by his belief that entrepreneurship can unite physicians, managers and technologists in an effort to provide superior patient care and solve problems in healthcare. He holds a BA in history and political science from New York University and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania where he concentrated his studies on entrepreneurship and strategic management. While at Wharton, he developed his strong interest in the application of technology and management science to healthcare and medicine. Prior to graduate school, Mr. Abramovich served as a combat engineer in the United States Marine Corps and held the positions of Platoon Commander and Company Executive Officer. He was honorably discharged with the rank of Captain. He then went on to work for Airborne Express (now DHL) where he helped to manage the company’s operation in Manhattan.
Since graduate school, Mr. Abramovich worked as an Associate Equity Research Analyst for Wachovia Securities, the investment banking arm of Wachovia bank. At Wachovia, he helped to create financial models and to publish research on publicly traded companies for Wachovia’s institutional clients. During this period, Mr. Abramovich pursued his passion for healthcare through self-study and attendance at technology oriented conferences in the medical field. This past year, while developing the Panalysis system for pandemic management, he returned to school at City University of New York to more formally study a science curriculum. Additionally, he volunteered at New York’s Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Medical Intensive Care Unit to better understand the clinical environment. Mr. Abramovich is the Principal of Interdisciplinary Solutions, LLC and the architect of the Panalysis system of pandemic management. Since the release of Panalysis, Mr. Abramovich has been recognized by the The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for his expertise in the fields of pandemic (influenza) and emergency preparedness and now sits on a CDC scientific merit review panel.
Outside of his professional pursuits, Mr. Abramovich serves as the elected Vice President and a Director for his Co-Op Board in lower Manhattan where he resides with his 10 year old brindle boxer Winnie.
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Eric Toner, MD |
Dr. Toner is a Senior Associate with the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). He is a physician board certified in internal medicine and emergency medicine.
Dr. Toner is a widely cited author on a range of biosecurity issues, including hospital preparedness, pandemic influenza response, and clinical issues related to bioterrorism response. He is a managing editor of the Clinicians’ Biosecurity Network, an online network for clinicians that regularly sends clinical biosecurity reports to thousands of clinicians across the country and around the world. He is an associate editor of the journal Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science, the leading peer-reviewed journal in this field. Dr. Toner has authored numerous articles on hospital and pandemic preparedness, and has organized several meetings of national leaders on the topic of hospital preparedness for pandemic influenza and mass casualty disasters. He has spoken at numerous national and international conferences on a range of biosecurity topics and appeared on a number of high profile national television news features on pandemic flu and bioterrorism preparedness. Currently, he is leading a high profile project, under contract with HHS, to evaluate the achievements of the HHS Hospital Preparedness Program to date and to propose an official definition of hospital preparedness for the future.
Dr. Toner has been involved in hospital disaster planning since the mid-1980s. Prior to joining the Center, Dr. Toner was Medical Director of Disaster Preparedness at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson, Maryland, and practiced emergency medicine for 23 years. During this time he also served as CEO and CFO of a large group practice and as associate Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine. He founded and directed one of the first Chest Pain Centers in Maryland. Dr. Toner also co-founded and managed a large primary care group practice and an independent urgent care center.
After September 2001, he was appointed to the newly created position of Medical Director of Disaster Preparedness. He developed policies and procedures for decontamination, defense against respiratory pathogens, and surge capacity, and he had responsibility for biological, chemical, radiological, and nuclear preparedness issues, including preparedness and response for smallpox, SARS, and pandemic flu. He helped create a coalition of disaster preparedness personnel from the five Baltimore County hospitals, Health Department, and Office of Emergency Management.
Dr. Toner received his BA and MD from the University of Virginia. He trained in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Medicine.
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Jason Matheny, MPH, MBA |
Mr. Matheny, MPH, MBA is a consultant to the Center for Biosecurity of UPMC. Previously he worked for the World Bank, the Center for Global Development, and the Packard Foundation, evaluating public health projects. He is a Sommer Scholar and PhD student in Health Economics at Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health. He received a BA from the University of Chicago, an MPH from Johns Hopkins University, and an MBA from Duke University. He has published on health economics, risk analysis, biotechnology, and bioethics.
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