Senior Management Team

Gary K. Zammit, PhD
President and CEO
Gary Zammit, Ph.D. is the President and CEO of Clinilabs, Inc., a specialty contract research organization he founded in 2001. Prior to assuming his current position, Dr. Zammit served as President of Pharmasys International, a clinical drug development consulting firm he founded in 1995.

Dr. Zammit currently is a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He earned a PhD degree in clinical psychology from the University of Toledo (Toledo, Ohio), where he won the Turin Service Award and the Leckie Scholar Award. Dr. Zammit completed an internship and fellowship in the Department of Psychiatry at the New York Hospital - Cornell University Medical College, where he won the Alumni Award for Excellence. Dr. Zammit is widely known as a key opinion leader in the field of clinical drug development, has authored more than 80 original reports and two books, and currently serves as an advisor to several pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organizations.

Yu Ding, MD
Senior Vice President of Operations
Dr. Ding received the Doctor of Medicine degree from the Beijing Second Medical College (Beijing, China) and obtained advanced training as an Intern, Resident, and Chief Resident at the Beijing Shuili Hospital. Additionally, Dr. Ding went on to hold the positions of Attending Physician in the Department of Medicine and Deputy Chief in the Department of Respiration, Laboratory of Sleep and Respiration at the Beijing Shuili Hospital.

Dr. Ding has worked in the field of sleep technology at the Sleep Disorders Institute and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in Manhattan. Dr. Ding is responsible for the management of clinical and clinical trial sleep laboratory data. Dr. Ding has developed special expertise in electronic data management, including CNS test data collected in multi-center clinical trials, serving more than 150 sites in the United States and abroad.

Howard Greenberg, MD, MSE, MBA, FCP
Senior Medical Director
Dr. Greenberg has extensive experience in clinical pharmacology research. Over the past twelve years, he has served as the Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator for more than 100 clinical trials. He has co-authored more than 30 peer-reviewed research publications and currently serves on the editorial boards of Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management and the Journal of Clinical Pharmacology.

Dr. Greenberg received a BS degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and a MSE degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He received a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Planning from Drexel University and Doctor of Medicine degree from Jefferson Medical College. Dr. Greenberg is board certified in Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Lankenau Hospital and Clinical Pharmacology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Pennsylvania. He currently serves on the Board of Regents of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology (ACCP), and is the President-elect of the Association of Clinical Pharmacology Units (ACPU).


Jon Freeman, PhD
Director of Neuroscience Research
Jon Freeman, Ph.D. received his doctorate from the New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty (New York), his MA from New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science and completed a Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the North Shore University Hospital/Long Island Jewish Medical Center. Dr. Freeman is currently a licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of New York and serves on the Clinical Faculty for the Sleep Medicine Fellowship at the Sleep Disorders Institute. Dr. Freeman has worked in the field of Sleep Disorders Medicine for over 20 years and earned his board registration as a Polysomnographic Technologist (RPSGT) in 1996.

As Director of Neuroscience Research, Dr. Freeman oversees the collection and quality of all neurophysiologic signals captured as part of clinical trials research (phase I – IV). In addition, Dr. Freeman oversees the collection of all Neuropsychological and Psychometric assessments that are collected as part of clinical trials research and is responsible for training staff in the administration, collection and interpretation of these measures.

Betsy A. Ellsworth, MSN, ANP
Director of Clinical Operations
Ms. Ellsworth received the Degree of Master of Science from Columbia University in New York City, and is licensed and board certified as an Adult Nurse Practitioner. As Director of Clinical Operations, Ms. Ellsworth is responsible for overseeing the operational and clinical aspects of all research trials, phases I-IV, ensuring that the client’s goals of quality, time and cost are achieved. Ms. Ellsworth directs the research team, which is comprised of Project Managers, Clinical Study Managers, Research Coordinators, Research Assistants and technicians, whose primary goal is to produce the highest quality data while protecting research participants’ rights and safety. Since joining the staff of Clinilabs in 2002, Ms. Ellsworth has served as Sub-Investigator on over 140 Phase I-IV clinical trials in multiple therapeutic areas. Ms. Ellsworth’s clinical experience prior to joining Clinilabs includes work in a variety of primary and critical care settings.

Elysa Feigenbaum
Director of Administration & Human Resources
Ms. Feigenbaum received her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. As Director of Administration and Human Resources, Ms. Feigenbaum guides and manages the overall provision of Human Resources services, policies, programs for the entire Company, manages the administrative office and all functions related to the business management of the organization. Ms. Feigenbaum has been a part of the Clinilabs team since it’s inception in February 2001.

Ronald Falcone, Jr.
Controller
Mr. Falcone holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from William Paterson University and has more than 24 years of experience in accounting and finance, in both the public and private sectors. Mr. Falcone joined Clinilabs in 2007. His experience includes position as the Corporate Controller of Tutogen Medical, a public medical device manufacturer, and Accounting Manager at Immunomedics, a public biotechnology company. Mr. Falcone has 21 years of management experience in a variety of industries, where he has been responsible for managing accounting, financial reporting, human resources, and information technology. Organizations that have benefited the most from Mr. Falcone’s experience have been those that are in a growth period.