5 Questions With..‪.‬ Liberum IME

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director at Liberum IME, will be joined by Eva Thalmann, PhD who has over 28 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry in commercial, medical affair and medical education/external scientific relation functions in local, European and global responsibilities with a focus on hematology/oncology, immunology and virology. She currently serves as the Strategic Lead in Medical Education and External Scientific Relations Oncology, Janssen Medical Affairs for Europe, Africa and Middle East.

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director at Liberum IME, will be joined by Steven Kawczak, Director of Professional Development at The Cleveland Clinic, where he leads the Centers of Continuing Medical Education, International Medical Education, Scientific Publications, and the Simulation Center.

Steven has been active in CME for over fifteen years and serves as a reviewer for professional journals. He has implemented educational collaborations globally, developed training for education planners, and directed educational program design and management. His areas of interest include CPD and quality, issues of bias in medical education, and the humanities and medicine.

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director at Liberum IME, will be joined by Dean Jenkins who offers a broad insight into the future of healthcare education based on his knowledge and first-hand experience as a Consultant Physician, Owner, and Co-founder of technology-based companies, and his current role as Partner of External Medical Learning.


He currently supports medical learning and external engagement strategy and tactics as part of the HCP Engagement and Learning team within Global Medical Affairs at UCB.
He also represents medical learning with The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and the Global Alliance for Medical Education (GAME).

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director at Liberum IME, will be joined by Dr Aboulsoud who brings more than 28 years of experience in medicine with experience in strategic leadership, change management, and healthcare policy. She is the chair of the CPD committee of the AMEE, a board director of the GAME, a member of the Academy of Medical Educators, the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, and a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK).

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director at Liberum IME, will be joined by Julie-Lyn Noel MD, the Director of Education and Research of the EUROSPINE, the Spine Society of Europe. 

In addition to being a licenced physician she brings more than a decade of international medical education experience in the non-profit environment and has been instrumental in driving CME and CPD within multiple organizations including the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists (HERMES) initiative.

Celeste Kolanko, Managing Director at Liberum IME, will be joined by two guests.

Suzanne Murray, the CEO and Founder of AXDEV Group International since 1997. Her career and academic accomplishments, from McGill University and Concordia University, span over 25 years in organizational development, management, healthcare, education sciences, performance, and implementation research, in business and healthcare, and this on a global scale. She is a board Member of JECME, and Co-Chair of the GAME #FuturistForum.

Thomas Kellner, an experienced, independent consultant in Medical Education helping organizations and teams to evolve to a learning culture with a focus on biosciences and healthcare. He is a representative for the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and the International Pharmaceutical Alliance for Continuing Medical Education (iPACME) and is the committee chair of the GAME #FuturistForum.