Medical Director, Principal Investigator, Diabetes + Obesity CARE Council Leader A medical director and Principal Investigator, Dr. Smiley has been deeply involved in clinical trials since 2007. Her research spans obesity, diabetes, endocrinology, and infectious diseases, including vaccine development; as well as related areas such as cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, gastrointestinal issues, and rheumatologic conditions. … Read more
Site Director Danuel Hamlin, BS, CCRC, AE-C has been a Clinical Research Coordinator at Velocity Clinical Research in Medford (formerly Crisor) since 2001 and the Clinical Research Director since 2004. Dan oversees day-to-day operations including training for all staff and site preparation for sponsor and regulatory agency audits. His positive leadership has helped build a … Read more
Medical Director, Principal Investigator David Fried, MD serves as Medical Director for Velocity Clinical Research in Providence (formerly Omega Medical Research) as well as the Principal Investigator on a significant number of our clinical drug trials. Dr. Fried has served in this capacity since 1996 and has been the PI on over 350 clinical drug … Read more
Site Director Lynne A. Haughey, MSN, FNP-BC began her career as a registered nurse in an Intensive Care Unit and within five years became Head Nurse. She progressed to become Director of Critical Care Nursing overseeing ICU, CCU, Telemetry, ICU step-down, and Dialysis Units at a local Rhode Island hospital. Lynne then became Director of … Read more
Sr. Director, Corporate Development Johnna Pezzullo, RN, BSN started her nursing career working on a medical-surgical unit, then moved to work on a step-down unit for post-CABG patients. She later worked on a telemetry unit, and then onto Intensive Care and CCU. While working in the ICU, she had an opportunity to work in the … Read more
Principal Investigator Charles Thompson, MD attended medical school at Baylor College of Medicine and completed his residency at Bethesda Naval Hospital. He continued his Pulmonary Medicine Fellowship in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Thompson is certified with a Medical License in South Carolina and certification in Pulmonary Disease. He has worked as a physician for Carolina Pulmonary … Read more
Site Operations Manager Laura Crenshaw earned her BA in Mass Communication and Journalism, with a Minor in Marketing from Boise State University. Needing a full-time job in the mass economic recession of 2008 she agreed to come work as a patient recruiter for clinical research, knowing nothing of the industry, but eager and willing to … Read more
Medical Director, Principal Investigator Robert Buynak, MD, FACP is board certified in Internal Medicine. Dr. Buynak received his Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Notre Dame, and graduated from Harvard Univeristy with his Doctor of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at the Mayo Clinic. Dr. Buynak is nationally recognized in Internal … Read more
Site Director Mark Yarosz, MS, PT graduated from the University of Indianapolis in 1999 with a master’s degree in physical therapy. He worked as a physical therapist and rehabilitation team leader for five years until he was approached by Dr. Buynak and asked if he would be interested working in clinical research. Mark found his … Read more
Medical Director, Principal Investigator A practicing OB/GYN and Principal Investigator for Velocity in Louisiana, Dr. Beacham has delivered more than 5,000 babies in his 40-year career. He has been a clinical professor at Tulane University School of medicine. His interests include obstetrical care, minimally invasive and robotic gynecologic surgery, endometriosis therapy, contraceptive therapy, and infertility. … Read more