Gary Connor

Biography

Mr. Gary Connor heads up Embera’s clinical operations, after serving as consulting Director of Clinical Operations at Adnexus, a Bristol-Myers Squibb R&D Company. He has more than 20 years of healthcare experience, with the past 15 years dedicated to clinical operations/project management including: study design, managing budgets and timelines, selection and management of CRO’s, managing staff, developing and implementing patient recruitment strategies, writing SOP’s, CRF Completion Guidelines and other study related documents, and assuring GCP compliance. He has worked in a vast array of indications, primarily with early and emerging companies. He became a Registered Nurse in 1995 and began his career in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital. He ascended quickly within the hospital’s structure to serve as the First Assistant to the Chief of Pediatric Surgery, Patricia K. Donahoe, MD. In 1999, he founded Asclepius Research Services, Inc. and later co-founded Panacea Clinical Research, a clinical research organization that specialized in the execution of early phase studies. An accomplished healthcare consultant, Mr. Connor was elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 2006 and was twice named “Legislator of the Year”. He left public service in 2010, but currently serves on the Maine Vaccine Board. During his time in the legislature, Mr. Connor served on the Maine Substance Abuse Services Commission and developed a strong interest in treatment for addiction and dependence. He is a graduate (honors) of the Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing/Regis College program.

Research Interest

Healthcare, pediatrics, pediatric surgery, clinical research, addiction-abuse services, nursing.