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Best Doctors, Inc. Boston, MA, USA

Gold Stevie Award Winner 2012, Click to Enter The 2014 American Business Awards

Company: Best Doctors, Inc. Boston, MA, USA
Company Description: Best Doctors works with the best five percent of doctors, ranked by impartial peer review, to help people get the right diagnosis and right treatment. The global health solutions company, which has grown to over 30 million members worldwide, uses state-of-the-art technology capabilities to deliver improved health outcomes while reducing costs.
Nomination Category: Individual Awards Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Female Executive of the Year – Business Products –11 to 2,500 Employees

Nomination Title: Gabriela Perez, Senior VP

Describe for the judges the activities and accomplishments of the nominated executive since the beginning of July last year (up to 525 words):

Since 2001, Gabriela Perez has been a vital member of the small entrepreneurial team that helped grow Best Doctors, Inc. from a $3 million start-up to a $200 million recognized global leader in health services and technology. In July 2013, Gabbi began overseeing the development and global launch of Medting, a breakthrough cloud-technology that allows doctors around the world to collaborate on their most complex cases. Developed by Best Doctors, Medting allows clinicians to easily and securely collaborate while enabling access to shared diagnostic image and video files. Medting creates an ideal forum for online tumor boards and other disease-specific meetings by negating time and scheduling conflicts. Consider the impact: now millions of patients in even the most remote parts of the world have access to the brightest minds in medicine thanks to a platform that quickly and securely connects doctors in one part of the world with renowned specialists in another.

In 2014, Gabbi and her team officially launched the service, and the results have been nothing short of miraculous as hundreds of cases have already been uploaded to the platform, providing life-saving diagnoses and treatment plans for those who may have never had access to them. In fact, Gabbi's efforts with Medting were recognized as one of 13 “Volunteer Achievement” projects honored by the Botín Foundation among 550 nominated endeavors. Best Doctors was honored for its ability to use the power of physician collaboration, telemedicine, and partnerships with major medical missions to bring improved health outcomes to those who suffer from life-threatening medical conditions made worse by a lack of local resources.

Thanks to Gabbi's efforts, foundations, hospitals, medical societies, and health systems are using the online collaboration platform to expand physicians’ access to knowledge and shared understanding. In Cameroon, where there are .8 physicians for every 10,000 people, Best Doctors has introduced its Medting platform, allowing physicians there to immediately collaborate with physicians from a variety of disciplines in Spain on their most complex cases. Before Medting, doctors and volunteers were using mail and email when available to exchange information. The response times have dramatically improved leading to greater patient outcomes.

During the last year, Gabbi created and now oversees a major eHealth Innovation unit which looks to leverage cutting-edge technology to help solve some of the world's most pressing health needs. Her work with Medting is starting to have a major impact on tumor boards globally, allowing multiple doctors to gather more frequently to make diagnosis and treatment decisions. With incomplete or missed diagnoses still impacting nearly 1/3rd of all medical cases, her work is changing health care and literally saving lives.

In 2014, she began to serve as Co-Chair of the Solution Innovation Advisory Board, with 7 Best Doctors Experts, looking at ways to improve physician to physician collaboration. Her work goes far beyond the responsibilities of her role, to solving major health crises impacting the world.

In addition to her success with Medting in 2014, Gabbi was also awarded the Best Doctors, Inc. President's Award for "Distinguished Service, Contribution, and Excellence.”

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Provide a brief biography of the nominated executive (up to 125 words):

Gabriela Perez leads the execution of Best Doctors’ most important global strategic growth initiatives and oversees key assets. Over her 13 year career at Best Doctors, Gabriela has successfully directed initiatives across the globe that focus on market development, product innovation and strategic partnerships in the health care services and insurance segments. Her experience includes leading the sales and marketing teams at Attune, Australia’s fastest growing audiology company as well as brand management at Phillip Morris International and strategy consulting with PriceWaterhouseCoopers. Gabriela graduated cum laude in Business Administration from Clemson University.