For more than 30 years, MDGuidelines has provided quality, dependable clinical decision support. Our health and productivity solutions have been the first choice of leaders seeking guidelines for occupational health since 1991.
MDGuidelines was originally created by Dr. Presley Reed who found a lack of medical advice regarding the objective recovery timeframes for individuals to return to activity after an injury or illness. Today, lost productivity due to injury and illness costs U.S. employers more than $530 billion per year. Research indicates that returning to activity after an injury or illness benefits both the physical and mental health of individuals while providing improved productivity and healthcare savings for employers.
The MDGuidelines team is dedicated to maintaining and improving the MDGuidelines product, the industry gold standard for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and return-to-activity information and durations.
The MDGuidelines team works in close collaboration with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and a university-based research team from the University of Utah’s Rocky Mountain Center for Occupational and Environmental Health. Together we ensure that multidisciplinary panels of medical experts supporting the guideline development are enlisted to develop the highest-quality clinical information for use by clinicians, case managers, employers, and disability professionals.
Kerri Wizner has more than 12 years of public health research in academic, industry, and government settings. She has a Master of Public Health from Tulane in epidemiology, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hawaii in microbiology and is certified in public health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. She is on the Research Committee at the Council for Disability Awareness, an Editorial Board Member at Health Science Reports, and a Governing Council Member for the Occupational Health and Safety section of the American Public Health Association.
Peter Green oversees product innovation, data analytics and research initiatives for MDGuidelines, and has spent more than 20 years developing and marketing healthcare technology. Before joining MDGuidelines, Peter was Executive Director at Truven Health Analytics, where he managed the company’s consumer health portfolio. Peter began his career at Apple, Inc. where he was a founding member of Apple’s Worldwide Disability Solutions Group. Peter graduated from Brown University in Providence, RI.
VP, Head of Product & Analytics
Lucy Shannon is responsible for content delivered on the MDGuidelines platform. In this role, she leads internal and external teams of authors, editors, researchers, and medical professionals in the creation of Health Advisor content and Clinical Practice Guidelines. She is also responsible for content found in MDGuidelines products and tools, such as our Formulary and Crosswalks. Lucy regularly partners with clients on custom deliverables of content and data to meet business, statutory, and regulatory requirements.
Head of Content & Research
Kerri Wizner has more than 12 years of public health research in academic, industry, and government settings. She has a Master of Public Health from Tulane in epidemiology, a Bachelor of Science from the University of Hawaii in microbiology and is certified in public health by the National Board of Public Health Examiners. She is on the Research Committee at the Council for Disability Awareness, an Editorial Board Member at Health Science Reports, and a Governing Council Member for the Occupational Health and Safety section of the American Public Health Association.
Head of Epidemiology
Senior Product Manager
David Van Ginkel is MDGuidelines’ Senior Business Intelligence Developer. David joined ReedGroup in 2014, bringing over 20 years of relational database and software development experience. His experience includes front-end OLTP systems through Enterprise Data Warehouses, including several years as a Microsoft Certified Trainer. He now focuses on importing, cleansing, and managing the large amounts of external data utilized by his MDGuidelines team. David holds a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Cincinnati.
Senior Business Intelligence Developer
Senior Data Analyst
Anne Ahlman is the lead medical writer and editor for the MDGuidelines. Her comprehensive approach to health and wellness is enriched by a background in medical research and evidence-based continuing education. Anne has practiced as a physical therapist for patient care for more than 25 years and has authored and edited an extensive selection of medical content for health professionals and the public. Anne received her Master’s degree in physical therapy from the University of California, San Francisco.
Lead Medical Writer and Editor
With 20-plus years as an editor of evidence-based, multimedia medical content for health care professionals, Lori Lovrinic manages MDGuidelines’ publication of ACOEM Clinical Practice Guidelines. Now completing an MS in Instructional Design and Technology from the University of Arizona, Lori earned an MA in Communication Arts from the New York Institute of Technology and a BS from the Pennsylvania State University.
Lead Medical Editor
Alexandra Stang is the assistant editor supporting Health Advisor and ACOEM content work for MDGuidelines. She has worked in medical publishing for 3 years.
Assistant Editor
Gage Koeller is a Research Analyst on the MDGuidelines team. He received his Master of Public Health in Epidemiology from Tulane University and joined the team in 2024. He uses his five years of public health experience to assist the product and research teams.
Research Analyst
Senior Sales Executive
Randy Knotts is an accomplished medical publishing professional who has been working in the medical/healthcare business for three decades, leading publishing in Sales and Sales Management with the American Hospital Association, The Healthcare Information & Management Society and Thomson Healthcare.
Senior Sales Executive
Vincent Biunno’s absence-management background dates to 2016. His previous experience includes advertising sales programs for leading industry publications and websites.
Senior Sales Executive