Marjorie Pestel Zimmerman, MS, BS Pharm

Marjorie Pestel Zimmerman, MS, BS Pharm, is a registered pharmacist with diverse experience in the health care industry. During her practice in a large tertiary care center, she held numerous positions, including decentralized clinical pharmacist and Assistant Director of Operations within the pharmacy department. As a consultant for a psychiatric hospital, she performed medical staff drug usage evaluations and led patient medication groups.

A graduate of the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Pharmacy, Ms. Zimmerman earned her masters degree from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She has been Director of Pharmacy for a home-infusion company that managed a broad range of diseases and has spent the last 16 years in the medical communications/education industry. At a managed care communications company, she researched, designed, and developed products, including sales training, advisory boards, symposia, disease state management, and communications programs. After focusing on managed care, Ms. Zimmerman joined a medical education company, where she held various positions within account services and new business development. Her responsibilities included developing and measuring strategic educational plans that included publications, advocacy development, and promotional and CME programs.

As of January 2009, she became the first editor of The Medical Pipeline, a business intelligence service focusing on devices, diagnostics, and drugs in development. The resource is designed for health plans, pharmacy benefit management companies, employers, hospitals, and the pharmaceutical industry. The service includes commentary from thought leaders representing employers, health plans, health policy, hospitals, pharmacy benefit, and physicians.

Ms. Zimmerman has experience in multiple disease areas, including asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and HIV/AIDS. She is a member of the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacists and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and has prepared dossiers using the Academy of Managed Care Pharmacists Format for Formulary Submissions.