Clinical Care Options - Jeffrey Drezner

Chief Executive Officer and Founder

Dr. Jeffrey Drezner founded CCO in 2001. An entrepreneur and pioneer in medical education and clinical training, Dr. Drezner has continually been at the leading edge of using technology to deliver innovative learning models to physicians.

Dr. Drezner founded HealthCare Communications Group, LLC (HCG) in 1995 as one of the very first to use the Internet to build an HIV portal to deliver eCME programs to healthcare professionals. At HCG he developed the first eCME models for learning that continue to drive eCME development in the industry today: Next Day Conference Coverage, Clinical Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates, and interactive clinical decision support tools. In 1998, HCG was acquired by Medscape and Dr. Drezner joined Medscape as a member of the Board of Directors and EVP of Marketing and Sales for the professional portal. While at Medscape, he further refined his business model of pharmaceutical sponsorship for eCME that is used by nearly all medical education companies today.

Previously, from 1992 to 1995, Dr. Drezner built disease state management models as Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs for Homedco, Inc., an alternative-site healthcare delivery company. He developed models for payors to effectively manage and support HIV, COPD and asthma patients.

In 1987, Dr. Drezner founded Integrated Care Systems, Inc. an alternate site and home healthcare delivery company. He created specific clinical training, education, and psychosocial support programs for nurses working with critically ill patients and their physicians. Integrated Care Systems was acquired by Critical Care America in 1990 and while with Critical Care America, Dr. Drezner led the roll-out of the national HIV program, founded the Clinical Care Options for HIV program, now in its 18th year, and helped build 40 regional programs with revenues of $250 million.

Dr. Drezner holds a PhD from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, an MD from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and a BA degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis for 15 years in Los Angeles.

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	Chief Executive Officer and Founder Dr. Jeffrey Drezner founded CCO in 2001. An entrepreneur and pioneer in medical education and clinical training, Dr. Drezner has continually been at the leading edge of using technology to deliver innovative learning models to physicians. Dr. Drezner founded HealthCare Communications Group, LLC (HCG) in 1995 as one of the very first to use the Internet to build an HIV portal to deliver eCME programs to healthcare professionals. At HCG he developed the first eCME models for learning that continue to drive eCME development in the industry today: Next Day Conference Coverage, Clinical Management Series, Treatment Updates, Annual Updates, and interactive clinical decision support tools. In 1998, HCG was acquired by Medscape and Dr. Drezner joined Medscape as a member of the Board of Directors and EVP of Marketing and Sales for the professional portal. While at Medscape, he further refined his business model of pharmaceutical sponsorship for eCME that is used by nearly all medical education companies today. Previously, from 1992 to 1995, Dr. Drezner built disease state management models as Senior Vice President of Clinical Programs for Homedco, Inc., an alternative-site healthcare delivery company. He developed models for payors to effectively manage and support HIV, COPD and asthma patients. In 1987, Dr. Drezner founded Integrated Care Systems, Inc. an alternate site and home healthcare delivery company. He created specific clinical training, education, and psychosocial support programs for nurses working with critically ill patients and their physicians. Integrated Care Systems was acquired by Critical Care America in 1990 and while with Critical Care America, Dr. Drezner led the roll-out of the national HIV program, founded the Clinical Care Options for HIV program, now in its 18th year, and helped build 40 regional programs with revenues of $250 million. Dr. Drezner holds a PhD from the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, an MD from the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, and a BA degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He practiced psychiatry and psychoanalysis for 15 years in Los Angeles. Click here to read more about our people.
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