AMR CLINICAL - Key Persons


Abid Chaudhry

Job Titles:
  • Investigator

Barbara Phillips

Job Titles:
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine, Obesity Medicine / 13 Years' Research Experience

Candice Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Gina Morgan

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Harvey Bowles

Job Titles:
  • Investigator

Jerry Punch

Job Titles:
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine / 11 Years' Research Experience

Jesse Hoffman

Job Titles:
  • Chief Business Officer
Mr. Hoffman has more than 20 years of clinical research experience working at a leading CRO and clinical trial organization: Held significant site and CRO roles, including 12 years at Syneos Health, a global contract research & commercial organization, and 4 years at Advanced Clinical Research, with 2 sites in Utah and Idaho Leads a team of business development professionals, managing relationships with all major sponsors and CROs as well as many small biotech companies

Julie Peintner

Job Titles:
  • Controller

Kara Smith

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Kari L. Delahunty - COO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Operating Officer
  • First Chief Operating Officer
Mrs. Delahunty is the first chief operating officer for AMR Clinical. Over 20 years of life sciences leadership experience including pharma, CRO, and site management organizations Various roles of increasing leadership during 17 years at Syneos Health, a global contract research & commercial organization Mrs. Delahunty is the first chief operating officer for AMR Clinical. Kari brings more than 20 years of life sciences leadership experience, with a focus on operations, strategy, and management: Over 20 years of life sciences leadership experience including pharma, CRO, and site management organizations Various roles of increasing leadership during 17 years at Syneos Health, a global contract research & commercial organization Operations, strategy, process optimization, and change management expert 2019 Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) Rising Star Honoree Active member of the Women Business Leaders of the U.S. Health Care Industry Foundation Former chairwoman of the Advisory Board for the College of Biological and Agricultural Engineering at North Carolina State University Former member of the board of directors for North Carolina Association for Biomedical Research Executive council member (2023-2025) Triangle (North Carolina) Light The Night - Leukemia and Lymphoma Society

Keri Mooers

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Kim Holloway

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Loren Moore

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Mark Adams

Job Titles:
  • Board Certification: Internal Medicine / 9 Years' Research Experience

Michael Jacobs

Job Titles:
  • Investigator

Pedro Ylisastigui

Job Titles:
  • Investigator

Peter Kaufman - Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Legal Officer

Job Titles:
  • Chief Compliance Officer
  • General Counsel
Mr. Kaufman has 15 years of experience as an attorney, 9 of which have been exclusively in health care, and the last 4 dedicated to clinical research support: Awarded "Most Ethical & Compliant Hospital," enterprise-wide, with HCA, Inc. Awarded "MVP Employee" for exponential cost savings  Accomplished trial attorney, with a reputation for affability to all

Sue Fanning

Job Titles:
  • Investigator

Suzann Cloninger

Job Titles:
  • Site Manager

Terry Klein

Job Titles:
  • Investigator

William B. Smith

Job Titles:
  • 39 Years' Research Experience
Dr. William Smith is one of the original founders of AMR Clinical. He is board certified in internal medicine, critical care medicine, nephrology, and cardiology: Recipient of the 2024 Christine K. Pierre Site Impact Award, which honors industry leaders for extraordinary contributions to the clinical research site community Over 40 years of clinical research experience, conducting over 2,000 trials Key opinion leader and protocol development consultant to many pharmaceutical companies Highly sought-after speaker at industry conferences Staff physician at University of Tennessee Medical Center Frequent lecturer Extensively published author Association for Multisite Research Corporations (AMRC)