About Us
Patient’s Digest: Your Guide to Medicare Part D is a publication of Brandofino Communications, Inc., publisher of Doctor’s Digest, Clinician’s Digest and other publications to meet the specialized information needs of physicians and their patients.
Patient’s Digest was created to help physicians and their staffs provide their patients with clear, concise and practical information on how to analyze prescription coverage options and to provide patients with all the information they need to successfully navigate the Medicare Part D process. It is the sole property of Brandofino Communications, Inc. a company dedicated to bridging the gap between the practice of medicine and the business of medicine.
About the Company
Jeannette Brandofino, Owner and Publisher
Jeannette is the owner and publisher of Doctor’s Digest, Oncology Edition, Clinician’s Digest, Patient’s Digest and the Pocket Coding Advisor. Jeannette began her career in magazine production at Medical Tribune then moved to Medical World News as General Manager. She later joined Hearst Publishing as publisher for Diversion Magazine and the Blue Book. In 1994, Jeannette joined Physicians Financial News as a partner, and later sold the company to Rogers Media of Canada where she was General Manager/Publisher.
Jeannette has won several awards in the Healthcare Industry: the Sieber & McIntyre Sales Representative of the Year Award in 1986, Botto, Roessner, Horne & Messinger Outstanding Sales Representative in 1991, and was named Sales Representative of the Year in 1995 by the Association of Medical Publications (AMP).
Jeannette was on the AMP Nexus Award Committee for several years and was elected to the AMP Board of Directors in 2004 on which she served from 2004-2006.
Emily Paulsen, Editor
Emily has written about health and healthcare for 20 years. She has edited and contributed to a variety of publications for physicians, including eight years as a contributing editor to Physicians Financial News and five years as editor of Physicians Lifestyle Magazine. She was also associate editor of Medical Software Reviews. Many of her articles have profiled physicians, their practice challenges and solutions, and their strategies for balancing personal and professional interests.
Frank Murphy, Ph.D., Associate Editor
Frank teaches writing and advertising in New York City and is a member of the faculty of the School of Continuing & Professional Studies at New York University. A published author, he has won awards for his work in both consumer and medical/pharmaceutical advertising. He is retired from his longtime role as creative director for a New York medical/pharmaceutical communications agency.
Linda Zani Thomas, Marketing Director
Linda has over two decades of marketing and advertising experience in the pharmaceutical industry, during which she received two National Consumer Health Information awards for her work on The Ecotrin Report publication for SmithKline Beecham. She was Marketing Director for a national women’s magazine, Women in Touch (WIT) by Gramercy Publishing, and currently publishes Lifestyles of the Fun and Special, a newsletter and website dedicated to relaxation, recreation and entertainment for children with disabilities.
Kathy Grey, Marketing Associate
Kathy has been working in market and media research for over 20 years. She began her career in market research at AC Nielsen. She then moved into advertising, joining NW Ayer as a market planning analyst where she worked on the De Beers account. She then moved from advertising into media research, joining mediaedge:cia in 1995 as a senior research analyst. Kathy lives on Long Island with her husband and three daughters.
Patricia Hubbard, Medical Expert
Patricia is a Certified Professional Coder and a medical practice manager. Formerly a medical utilization review analyst for a major insurer, she also consults with medical practices and provides physician education with regard to medical coding, billing and compliance issues.
Gary DeFazio, Creative Director
Gary has been an art director, graphic designer, and illustrator for over 30 years. He worked as an art director for a Fortune 500 company until he opened his own firm, CoreGraphics Ink, a full-service graphic design service specializing in publication design and production. He has designed and produced publications and brochures for a number of major companies.
Gary also creates and markets his own line of humorous greeting cards. He has written and/or illustrated three children’s books.
Dushan Lukic, Art/Production Director
Dushan has over twenty years’ experience in print publishing. A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he has resided in the New York area for twenty-three years. He is a co-recipient of the 1999 American Society of Business Press Editors’ Publication Redesign Award.
