We develop highly innovative products that deliver real time, practical and sometimes vital information to medical students, nurses and healthcare practitioners.

Key topics: Point of care information, Continuing medical education, HCP training, Impact of E on Healthcare Information.

Linda Belfus, Senior Vice President of US Global Medicine for Elsevier Health Sciences

Areas of Expertise: Delivering medical products tailored to serve the global medical community

Linda leads the global medicine reference and textbook publishing program for medical students, residents, and practitioners, publishing a wealth of clinical reference works and healthcare textbooks including Cecil’s Textbook of Medicine, Braunwald’s Heart Disease, Robbins and Cotran’s Pathologic Basis of Disease, Guyton’s Textbook of Medical Physiology, Dorland’s Illustrated Medical Dictionary and Gray’s Anatomy—renowned and respected titles consulted by faculty and practitioners around the globe. Full Profile

Jonathan Teich, Chief Medical Informatics Officer, Health Sciences Division

Areas of Expertise: Health information infrastructure, e-prescribing, and clinical decision support systems.

Jonathan’s primary focus lies in the design of innovative information systems to directly improve clinical care, prevent adverse events and streamline clinical workflow to address the most critical needs of the healthcare community. A practicing physician, Jonathan boasts a wealth of experience in the scientific and technical fields. He is an assistant professor of medicine at Harvard, and a board-certified attending physician in emergency medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), where he has practiced since 1983. Full Profile

Sebastian Vos,  Vice President, e-Education Health Science

Areas of Expertise: Point of Care, Evolving needs of the medical and NHP community, e-learning, Training and how Elsevier is meeting these needs, VCE.

Sebastian leads Elsevier’s efforts in the development of new electronic (i.e., web and desktop) products, tools, and services to improve the learning / teaching process. He has managed the development of three key e-learning efforts for Elsevier: the Evolve learning management system, Evolve Select, the e-textbook collection , and Evolve REACH, a suite of high-stakes assessment products . Sebastian is recognized by both academics and students as a thought leader in the academic e-learning market. Full Profile

Scott Virkler, SVP e-Products Global Medical Research, Health Sciences

Areas of Expertise: Vertical search, sourcing, Internet, supply chain management, Six Sigma

Scott leads the product development for the English language journals.  He regularly interfaces with industry analysts from firms like EPS and Outsell, providing them with industry perspectives on today's fast changing market. At Elsevier, Scott is responsible for establishing new revenue web based models for Elsevier and setting strategic direction for Elsevier with the search engines. He also oversees direct involvement in Elsevier's Web 2.0 initiatives, including community based tools and dynamic content creation.Full Profile