Overview

We are a privately owned physician's practice that specializes in primary care (family practice and internal medicine) and clinical research. Our staff consists of three board-certified physicians, two nurse practitioners, six full-time research coordinators, (one certified CRC administrator), two phlebotomists, one certified x-ray technician, five medical assistants, 13 clerks and one office manager.

Research Experience

Our center has been conducting clinical trials, encompassing a wide variety of therapeutic fields for more than 30 years. We focus on phase 2 to 4 clinical research.

Our therapeutic specialties include the following:

• Cardiovascular
• Dermatology
• Devices
• Endocrinology
• Family medicine
• Gastroenterology
• Healthy volunteers
• Immunology/infectious diseases
• Internal medicine
• Musculoskeletal
• Nephrology/urology
• Neurology
• Obstetrics/gynecology
• Otolaryngology
• Orthopedics
• Pharmacology/toxicology
• Psychiatry/psychology
• Pulmonary diseases
• Rheumatology
• Sleep
• Trauma/emergency medicine
• Urology
• Vaccines

We have worked previously with the following pharmaceutical companies/sponsors:

• Bristol Myers Squibb
• Parke-Davis
• Genentech
• Boehringer Ingelheim
• Astra Merck
• Schering Plough
• Hoechst-Rousell
• Pfizer
• Abbott
• Bayer
• Glaxo Wellcome
• Pharmacia
• Upjohn
• Takeda
• Ciba Geigy
• Wyeth Ayerst
• Miles
• Merck
• Sharp & Dohme
• Quincy
• Eli Lilly
• Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
• Searle
• Knoll
• Schwartz
• Sankyo
• Merck
• Sandoz
• Ortho-McNeil
• Advance Care Products
• Organon
• Berlex
• R.H. Johnson
• Janssen
• Syntex
• SKBL
• Carrington
• Agile
• Palatin
• Sequoia Sciences
• Samumed
• Kinex.

We have also worked with the following CROs:

• Pharmaco
• PPD
• Covance
• Kendle
• Phoenix
• MTRA
• PRA
• Biopharm
• Paragon
• Pharmakinetic
• Cephalon
• Quintiles
• INC Research

InVentiv Health

Facility

Our office is located in the heart of Coral Gables, Fla. We are situated two miles from Miami International Airport and close to excellent hotels, restaurants and many points of interest; and we are easily accessible by public transportation (bus or metro-rail).

Our office is equipped with its own x-ray, lab, EKG, flexible sigmoidoscopy, spirometry, six consultation offices, 12 examining rooms, and a research wing.

Investigator Experience

President/Medical Director/Principal Investigator

Jeffrey B. Rosen, MD, FAAFP
Board-certified in family practice and geriatrics
34 years’ experience in clinical research

Sub-Investigators

Jenny C. Montes De Oca-Pineda, MD
Ivan G. Carrasquilla, MD
Eric Gancedo, ARNP
Jennifer Mokross, ARNP

Staff Expertise

Maria M. Rodriguez, RMA-CRT-CCRC
Site Administrative Director
36 years’ experience in clinical research

Barbara Melo, RMA-CRC
Coordinator
25 years’ experience in clinical research

Dr. Carlos Colunga, CRC
Coordinator
19 years’ experience in clinical research

Dr. Julio Gomez, CRC
Coordinator
10 years’ experience in clinical research

Maylin Gonzalez
Recruiter/Receptionist
Five years’ experience in clinical research

Herenia Sanchez-Lacayo, CRC
Coordinator
Two years’ experience in clinical research

Dr.Ivan Garcia-Alonso, CRC
Coordinator
One year’s experience in clinical research

Dr. Martha Isabel Suarez, CRC
Coordinator Assistant
One year’s experience in clinical research

Maria Mislaine Aleman-Mederos, CRC
Coordinator Assistant
One year’s experience in clinical research

Scott Rosen
Vice President, Operations
One year’s experience in clinical research

Amanda Limongi
Business Developer
One year’s experience in clinical research

Taimi D. Cespedes
Recruiter
One year’s experience in clinical research

Patient Demographics

Patients in our database come from throughout Dade and Broward Counties in South Florida, providing an ethnically diverse patient population. The patient pool consists of Caucasians, English-speaking Hispanics and African Americans, both male and female.

Other Information

We are a family medicine- and internal medicine-based practice. This allows us the flexibility to conduct studies in a broad spectrum of therapeutic fields. We also have board-certified specialists associated with our practice, who serve as co-investigators and consultants.