Clinical and Management Team


Jerry Avorn, M.D., is a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital. An internist, he has worked as a primary care physician and geriatrician and has been studying drug use and its outcomes for over 25 years.

Niteesh Choudhry, M.D., Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a Hospitalist at Brigham and Women's Hospital whose research focuses on the use of medications to treat common chronic conditions.

Michael Fischer, M.D., M.S., is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and a primary care internist who studies cost-effective drug use in outpatient practices.

Danielle Scheurer, M.D., M.S.C.R., F.H.M., an Assistant Professor of Medicine, a Hospitalist, and the Medical Director of Quality and Safety at the Medical University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on inpatient internal medicine and the prevention and treatment of nosocomial infections.

John Seman, R.Ph., M.S., is the Executive Director of the Independent Drug Information Service. He has 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry detailing doctors, managing sales teams, and developing educational materials.

Violet Regina, M.S., M.B.A., is the Director of Operations for the Independent Drug Information Services of The Alosa Foundation. She has extensive management experience in a variety of health care organizations and as a consultant in international health care projects.

Allison Earon, M.P.H., is the Program Assistant of the Independent Drug Information Service of The Alosa Foundation.