Laura McKain, MD is a board certified Ob/Gyn physician who was in private practice for a dozen years before transitioning to the pharmaceutical industry almost 15 years ago. She has worked at large and small contract research organizations and pharma/biotech companies across a number of roles and therapeutic areas. She has provided leadership to projects culminating in the approval of two new pharmaceutical products.
Enthusiastic about her own career transition, Laura founded the Facebook Physician Nonclinical Career Hunters Group which has grown to more than 25,000 members. It has supported physicians transitioning away from clinical medicine to a variety of industries. She has founded this group to lend her experience in the industry to physicians aiming for a career in pharma-biotech.