About Us

Leonard Lionnet, PhD, Principal and Owner

Dr. Leonard Lionnet has close to 25 years of experience in the clinical and pharmaceutical theaters developing a multitude of deliverable across a wide range of therapeutic areas.

Prior to freelance, Dr Lionnet held key senior management positions at multiple successful agencies where he divided his time between client management, supervising others and developing content. Throughout, he was the client-facing scientific lead on many high-profile accounts, responsible for the generation and dissemination of scientific content for numerous brands, including those in early clinical development, high-profile launch brands, and marketed drugs.

 Dr Lionnet directly supports all Lev Communications clients himself, providing all of the necessary writing, strategy, and content development.  Lev Communications also has the capacity for and is experienced operating as a "virtual agency" when situations demand it, such as larger scopes of work, challenging timelines, or the need to collaborate with visual artists.

 Prior to his work in medical communications, Dr Lionnet was an experienced clinician. He completed post-doc clinical training as a psychotherapist at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis in New York City. Dr Lionnet was also a Staff Psychotherapist and Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry at Cabrini Medical Center (inpatient and outpatient) and Staff Psychotherapist and Intake Coordinator at Washington Square Institute, both in New York City.

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What Our Clients Say

PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY RECOMMENDATIONS

Eric Hughes, MD, PhD, Executive Vice President Global R&D and Chief Medical Officer, TEVA Pharmaceuticals

I've known and worked with Dr Lionnet for about 15 years. We worked directly in infectious disease (HCV) on a variety of deliverables including publications, slide decks, advisory boards and strategy. He is an outstanding and versatile medical writer/strategist able to tackle a variety of projects with precision. Strategy is imbedded in his work--he's a brain trust and is dedicated to his clients, is willing to go to any lengths to produce superior products and able to unify multiple stakeholders each with competing demands. He is quite congenial and fun to work with. Moreover, he is loyal, dependable and is either on schedule or ahead of schedule with deadlines. I recommend him without hesitation.

Eric Fedyk, PhD, Senior Medical Director, Takeda Pharmaceuticals

It’s rare that you come across standout talent like Lenny. I had the pleasure of working with him on a manuscript which was accepted into a prestigious peer-reviewed medical journal. I was particularly impressed by Lenny’s independence and efficiency in assimilating massive amounts of novel data and synthesizing concise and comprehensive messages. No matter how tight a timeline or daunting a task, Lenny completed it with a zeal and confidence that inspired the whole team. I look forward to working with him again!

Daniel Simmons, PharmD MS, Director, Oncology Outcomes Research at AstraZeneca

I worked with Leonard on developing a health economics and outcomes research manuscript and was extremely pleased with his work. He excels at writing about complex scientific topics in an approachable and clear manner. He was able to take detailed study results and transform them into a compelling and engaging paper. Throughout all of our interactions, Leonard was extremely professional and collaborative. I highly recommend him as a medical writer. It is rare to find an individual who can make technical writing interesting.

Sean Sheffler-Collins, PhD, Director, Scientific Communication at Astellas

I have worked with Lenny on a number of publications for different clients and across therapeutic areas. Lenny is experienced, thoughtful, and meticulous. He has consistently delivered high-quality medical writing across projects. Lenny not only understands the data but is also able to ensure the writing fits within the client strategy and lexicon.

Robert Axford-Gatley, MD, Publications Lead, Immuno-oncology at Bristol Myers Squibb

Leonard was a pleasure to work with and a very valuable asset to my team at Complete Healthcare Communications. Highly attentive to detail, accurate, clear and engaging in all of his communications (manuscripts, abstracts, posters) Leonard consistently delivered on time and within budget. Working across diverse therapeutic areas (pain, psychiatry, dermatology), Leonard researched and assimilated background information to demonstrate a thorough understanding of the clinical and competitive context of the products he wrote about, highlighting the client's imperative strategic communications. Most importantly, Leonard is a great team player, positive and encouraging in the face of time/budget/communication challenges, seeking guidance when uncertain and being available when others needed support. I would highly recommend Leonard as an effective scientific communicator with strong leadership qualities.

INSTITUTIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS

Marcus Maurer, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Allergology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Fraunhofer

Dr Lionnet has been a UCARE partner for several years now where I have worked with him directly on many of our publications. He is an outstanding and versatile medical writer able to tackle a variety of projects. He is able to unify dozens of investigators worldwide all while providing leadership on our publications. Dr Lionnet is congenial and a pleasure to work with, loyal, dependable. and always makes deadlines. I would recommend him without hesitation.

Martin Metz, MD, Professor of Dermatology and Allergology at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and Fraunhofer

I have been working with Lenny on different projects in the past, and we have published an number of publications together. Lenny is a very experienced medical writer who can realize the requested texts wonderfully and also brings in own ideas. It was and is a pleasure to work with him. I have been working with Lenny on different projects in the past, and we have published an number of publications together. Lenny is a very experienced medical writer who can realize the requested texts wonderfully and also brings in own ideas. It was and is a pleasure to work with him.

 Joel Rosh, MD, Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology, Liver Diseases and Nutrition, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health

For well over a year, I have worked together with Dr. Lionnet on an international clinical trial. While I have been the primary investigator for this trial, Dr. Lionnet has worked to facilitate data analysis, medical writing and preparation of materials for presentation at national and international meetings. At every interface, Dr. Lionnet has proven to be professional in conduct, insightful in data analysis and quite gifted at medical writing and data presentation. His more than two decades of experience in the field was clearly on display and proved to be quite valuable to our work. In summary, I give Dr. Leonard Lionnet my highest recommendation as a Medical Writer.

Martin Edelman, MD, Chair, Department of Hematology/Oncology at Fox Chase Cancer Center

Lenny is an excellent medical writer. He provides a solid first draft for the manuscript and nicely organizes study materials. Works well with the investigative team.

Anthony Barbieri, MD, Regional Medical Director, Nephrology Clinical at Horizon Regional Medical Director

Lenny is detail oriented, well-informed and diligent worker. He is that unique blend of businessman and scientist, thinking about of novel ideas/strategies/tactics to deliver educational programming. He is a great asset to any team. Lenny is detail oriented, well-informed and diligent worker. He is that unique blend of businessman and scientist, thinking about of novel ideas/strategies/tactics to deliver educational programming. He is a great asset to any team

 AGENCY RECOMMENDATIONS

Steven Candela, PhD, VP, Health and Wellness Partners

Lenny deserves all the accolades that appear in his recommendations before this one: he’s an exceptional medical director and writer, fluent in numerous therapeutic areas, creative, and always on target with his deliverables. He is a strong writer who excels at a number of documents and deliverables, from manuscripts and monographs, to pitch decks, through scripts and promotional slide decks and nearly any other type of strategic communication one might need. I’d like to stress two points: first, he is an extremely dedicated and hard worker. Relatedly, he cares more about his deliverables, projects, clients, colleagues, and project teams than anyone I have ever met. While supervising Lenny at ProHealth, I would often mention a challenge I was facing in terms of departmental issues – how to assign work, manage competing priorities, or the like. At first I thought I was just griping, but Lenny almost inevitably came back with concrete, thoughtful suggestions about these issues -- including many that were not even necessarily relevant to him, but important to our company as a whole -- and I came to depend on his perspective and engagement in such larger managerial issues. When he was assigned any particular project, I knew he would complete it successfully, but I also came to anticipate that he would ultimately deliver something better than what everyone was expecting – either because he had simply dug up data others had missed, or he had put together what we all knew in a novel way, or he had come up with a whole new approach to a strategic issue that worked better than what the client had going into a situation. Lenny does these things because he genuinely sees no difference between his success and the success of the people he is working with and for. Because of that, Lenny has been my main, and oftentimes only, collaborator since starting my own freelance medical education business – he’s someone I can implicitly trust to care as much about my growing company’s projects as I do. I can assure you Lenny will bring the same dedication to any client fortunate enough to collaborate with him and will also bring a multitude of talents to all of his future projects.

Prakash Navaratnam, PhD, Senior Partner at DataMed HEOR Solutions, LLC

I would strongly recommend Dr Lionnet for his commendable medical writing skills. His scientific acumen and quick grasp of, at times, fairly complex analyses are a major plus in the way he approaches his work. He also does an excellent job in writing and editing the manuscripts that he and I have worked on. From a strategic perspective, Dr Lionnet is also very client-centric in proposing ways to further leverage study findings across various communication channels. He is truly a pleasure to work with!

Maryn Padula, PhD, SVP, Senior Medical Strategy Director at Caudex

I have worked with Lenny on a number of high-profile projects for clients in several therapeutic areas. Lenny has consistently delivered high quality writing and demonstrated rapid understanding of a new disease space. He was able to deliver a huge amount of work under less-than-ideal timelines. Lenny is an experienced medical writer who will reliably find a way to get the job done and done well.

Aric Fader, PhD, Scientific Director

Dr. Lionnet is a truly excellent medical writer with extensive experience in a broad array of clinical areas, and he also has many other talents that make him an extremely valuable asset. He is also an excellent presenter of posters, slide decks, etc. to both clients and professional audiences, and is very good at providing clear and precise answers to questions during such activities. He has excellent direct communication skills, both in person and online, that enable him to not only clearly understand and meet the goals of clients, but to interact with Key Opinion Leaders and all other types of healthcare providers. I have been extremely impressed with every project Leonard has contributed to, including all of the ones we completed together. For all of those reasons I highly recommend him, and am more than happy to communicate directly with anyone who would like additional information concerning

 Vivek Kaliraman, MD, PhD, Physician, Medical Director, Writer

One thing that stands about Leonard is his uncanny ability to distill the most pertinent information from the complexity and plethora of data and then to articulate it in a way that it is simple and easy to understand for the target audience, be that a community practicing physician or an advanced immunologist working at a center of excellence or a nurse in an oncology clinic. Leonard and I worked on multiple projects and I observed his process to analyze the information and structure it in a way that led to complete client satisfaction, over and over. Leonard understands the advantages and limitations of different channels of communications to healthcare providers and leverages those features to create high impact communication pieces. I have enjoyed working with him tremendously and would love to work with him again.

 Jennifer Cucco, VP, Account Director at ProHealth of FCB, an IPG Health Company

Lenny and I worked together on a number of accounts. He is a great writer, and always thinking strategically. On many occasions Lenny thought ahead, researching and pulling together data before the client asked for it. Clients were always happy with his work, and many requested him on their projects. I would be happy to work with Lenny again in the future. Lenny and I worked together on a number of accounts. He is a great writer, and always thinking strategically. On many occasions Lenny thought ahead, researching and pulling together data before the client asked for it. Clients were always happy with his work, and many requested him on their projects. I would be happy to work with Lenny again in the future.

Tia M. Bryant, SVP, Engagement Strategy, eNOVA

I have been in the industry over 15 years now and have come across many medical writers and medical directors. Very few were as versatile and knowledgeable as Dr. Lenny Lionnet. Lenny and I worked together across various therapeutic areas on multiple projects as well as new business ventures. Lenny's ability to command the scientific spectrum of CMD's 7 key therapeutic areas as well as incorporate the marketing objectives into each tactical output was extremely rare. Lenny always stood firm on the scientific accuracy of all his projects but also understood the need to approach his work from a marketer's point of view, which is key in promotional medical education. During the tenure of our working relationship, I grew to respect his knowledge, professionalism, client management ability and talent to multitask, which I have to say is unbelievably rare in a medical counterpart in this industry. I would be fortunate to work with him in the future as any company would benefit this highly skilled scientist.

Steven Abramson, President, CMD, Sudler and Hennessey

Lenny is an excellent Medical Director; he has a first-rate scientific mind and is able to incorporate keen insights on marketing strategy on all his work. This makes his work on-target, on-message, and highly scientifically sound.

Dani Mardayat Bonchi, Account Director, CMD, Sudler and Hennessey

Dr. Lionnet is without a doubt one of the sharpest medical directors I've worked with in the field of medical education. While we collaborated on promotional programs at Current Medical Directions (CMD), he always ensured that the content reflected the clients' objectives. Additionally, he is an astute thinker who often exceeded clients' expectations by developing savvy strategies that made the programs more robust and unique. At CMD, his work ranged from creating a case study for a bipolar disorder drug to writing executive summaries for pipeline drugs in female sexual health and diabetes. Dr. Lionnet also never sacrificed quality for the quick turn-around in his work. Our clients were always extremely happy with his work, praising both his talents and his professionalism. Dr. Lionnet is without a doubt one of the sharpest medical directors I've worked with in the field of medical education. While we collaborated on promotional programs at Current Medical Directions (CMD), he always ensured that the content reflected the clients' objectives. Additionally, he is an astute thinker who often exceeded clients' expectations by developing savvy strategies that made the programs more robust and unique. At CMD, his work ranged from creating a case study for a bipolar disorder drug to writing executive summaries for pipeline drugs in female sexual health and diabetes. Dr. Lionnet also never sacrificed quality for the quick turn-around in his work. Our clients were always extremely happy with his work, praising both his talents and his professionalism.

Deborah Bernstein, MD, VP, Medical Director, Impact Communications

I had the pleasure of working with Lenny for a year at Impact Communications, where we were both medical directors.  We shared several new business pitches in which we worked synergistically.

He took over a flailing account and rejuvenated the content and client relationship and nurtured it to growth. Additionally, he initiated a new account with a challenging client and ensured continuity of business after he left. I recommend his work ethic and smarts and his ability to get along admirably with clients. I had the pleasure of working with Lenny for a year at Impact Communications, where we were both medical directors. We shared several new business pitches in which we worked synergistically. He took over a flailing account and rejuvenated the content and client relationship and nurtured it to growth. Additionally, he initiated a new account with a challenging client and ensured continuity of business after he left. I recommend his work ethic and smarts and his ability to get along admirably with clients.

David Segarnick, PhD, Chief Medical Officer & Executive Vice President, MedEvoke, an Inizio Company

Lenny has a broad range of therapeutic expertise and has the ability to rapidly learn new areas and produce high-end deliverables quickly and efficiently. His scientific acumen, medical insight, and writing skills are exemplary. During his tenure at Impact, he was able to quickly and effectively move onto complex accounts and grow them organically while supervising and guiding internal teams. Lenny has a natural and easy way with internal staff and clients and is a pleasure to work with. Lenny has a broad range of therapeutic expertise and has the ability to rapidly learn new areas and produce high-end deliverables quickly and efficiently. His scientific acumen, medical insight, and writing skills are exemplary. During his tenure at Impact, he was able to quickly and effectively move onto complex accounts and grow them organically while supervising and guiding internal teams. Lenny has a natural and easy way with internal staff and clients and is a pleasure to work with.

Jeffrey Coleman, MS, Freelance Medical Writer

Lenny and I worked together at Complete Healthcare Communications and have been editing each other’s work as freelancers for the past decade. As a writer, Lenny is a consummate storyteller who knows how to identify the message for a brand and present it clearly. His edits are spot on. He makes me a better writer. Lenny and I worked together at Complete Healthcare Communications and have been editing each other’s work as freelancers for the past decade. As a writer, Lenny is a consummate storyteller who knows how to identify the message for a brand and present it clearly. His edits are spot on. He makes me a better writer.

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