PLAINSBORO, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

The go-to source for excellence in continuing medical education (CME), Physicians Education Resource (PER), announced today the appointment of Harold I. Magazine, Ph.D., as president. In addition, PER has named Alexis A.M. Mascitti, MD, as the companys vice president of scientific affairs.

In his role as president, Magazine will lead all operations of PER including development of the organizations online CME activities and live congresses and symposiums. PER hosts over a dozen annual, live conferences, in conjunction with industry leaders to advance cancer care.

Prior to joining PER, Magazine served as the director of medical education at Allergan, Inc., a multi-specialty healthcare company in Irvine, Calif. There, he oversaw independent medical education grants across multiple therapeutic areas and established improved communication with cross-functional teams.

His other previous experience includes serving as vice president of professional education for Science Care Inc.; president of Veritas Institute for Medical Education; and vice president of scientific affairs for Health Science Communications as well as for Hurley Consulting Associates in Chatham, N.J.

Magazine received his Ph.D. from University of Floridas Shands Teaching Hospital in Gainesville, Fla. He then attended Albany Medical College for his post-doctoral fellowship in pulmonary physiology.

Alexis A.M. Mascitti, MD, joins PER as vice president of scientific affairs from ParagonRX, where she was a risk management clinical consultant. In that role, she oversaw, developed and implemented risk mitigation strategies, adapted client systems to meet FDA requirements and instituted clinically targeted data analytics.

Additionally, Mascitti was a pediatric resident at New York University School of Medicine, where she directed the clinical care of infants, children and adolescents. She also has served as a research assistant for Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Childrens neuroscience department in Wilmington, Del.

Mascitti received her bachelors in neuroscience from the University of Delaware and earned her doctor of medicine from Jefferson Medical College.

To learn more about how PER is advancing cancer care through professional education, visit http://www.gotoper.com.

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