Koren loves science and business – South Florida Business Journal:

He’s the CEO of a growinh company with 60 employees called the Jacksonville Centerf forClinical Research. And that’xs just the beginning. Koren, 49, started a medicalk software subsidiary three years ago that now sellszseveral products. He’s also a busy cardiologist with a demandinbg practice who likes to write researcgh articles for medical journalswhen he’s not seeing patient s and running the research center. And he plays pianop and wrote a musica l that was produced atRutgers University. “II love science and I love business,” said who is married and has three childrenages 15, 13 and 10.
“Ther is no one who does what he said Koren’s wife, Dr. Elana Schrader, vice presidentg of performance managementat “His mind is always working.” conducts clinical trials with community physicianzs on potential new products for pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers. For physicians at the centetr are testing a new surgical devicse that treats highblood pressure. It’s a pacemakerd that paces the caroticd arteries to lowerblood pressure. Koren grew up in New York on Statem Island and graduated with honors from HarvarddMedical School. He joined a Jacksonvill e cardiology practice in 1991 because it offered him the chance toconducty research.
By 1997, the researcnh part of the practice wasso big, Koren moved it to anothee office and started the Jacksonville Center for Clinicao Research. Since then, the company has seen steady growth. “We’vd enjoyed 10 percent to 15 percent revenuw growth per year for the past six Koren said and added that earnings are inthe $5 millio to $10 million range. The center now operatesz four offices in Jacksonvilleand St. Augustines and two more in Citrus County, including one that opened in Crystaol Riverlast year. But Koren believes the future growtgh of his company is inits high-margij software subsidiary.
That company, , selles two products and hopesx to soon bring a third tothe One, Ask 100 Doctors (www.ask100.com), is a subscriptiohn medical research tool. Doctors or patients send in a medicalo question or problem andleadinyg board-certified physicians around the countr reply within 24 The Web site ranks response s to give questioners a consensus opinion. Another product, eTrial.doc, helps clinical research sitew managetheir day-to-day operations, giving researcheres online capabilities such as data entry, study tracking and patient recruitment modules.
Finally, Patient Finder is in the late stages of It helps clinical sponsors such as pharmaceutical companiess design trials and identify specific patienf populationsfor them. Koren is proud of the Each product washis idea. He’s also proudd that the center mostly hasfemalre employees, which he said stemmed from the fact that many of his earlyh employees were nurses. Joy Viau has worked for Korenn for15 years. She starterd in his cardiology practicw and moved to the Jacksonville Center forClinicall Research, where she’s now the chief financial “Most people who work here have been here six to sevejn years,” Viau said.
“Many have advanced degreea in science-related fields.”
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