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Angela GillespieAngela Gillespie, who returned to W2O two years ago as healthcare practice leader & chief strategy officer, has been named president of its W2O wcg unit. She reports to Jennifer Gottlieb, W2O president.
Gillespie has more than 20 years of healthcare marketing experience, supporting the initiatives of pharmaceutical, consumer health, device/diagnostic and payer/provider networks.
She exited WCG in 2010 for a series of key posts at Boston Scientific (clinical strategist/educator), Covidien (venous vascular therapies unit market development leader) and NeuWave Medical (VP-marketing).
"Angela took a leap mid-way through her career, evolving her skill set to become today's necessary hybrid marketing and communications professional," said Gottlieb in a statement.
She considers Gillespie "a formidable and well-regarded force in healthcare."
Gillespie owns Gillespie Family Wines in Argentina.
Healing the Sick Care System: Why People Matter, a new book from FINN Partners chair global health and purpose Gil Bashe, says that the current healthcare system is not broken because it lacks innovation, talent or investment, but because it has lost sight of the people it exists to serve.
Jeff Smokler, former president at healthcare specialist imre, joins Washington-based Avoq to head its PA practice.
Supreme Group, healthcare marketing and communications platform, has merged its Amendola Communications (Fountain Hills, AZ) and Health+Commerce (Newport Beach, CA) units to form Supreme Communications, a full-service PR shop, under Ketchum alum Nicky Battle.
Even as technology changes the rules of engagement, digital health brands still control the most powerful tool they have—their story.
