paul oestreicherPaul Oestreicher, former Genaissance Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi-Synthelabo, Edelman, Hill & Knowlton executive and frequent O'Dwyer's contributor, is the new communications & PA director at Yeshiva University in New York.

He succeeds Michael Scagnoil.

Oestreicher will direct the school's outreach as well as the communications office of the Cardozo School of Law.

He will liaise with the PR department of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine to foster coordination of efforts.

Oestreicher began his career at Hoffmann-La Roche as clinical project staffer before gravitating to the "business of science."

Most recently, he ran his own consulting firm and wrote the book "Camelot, Inc.: Leadership and Management Insights from King Arthur and the Round Table."