Kelly Stein-Marcus, PhD

Industry/Pharma Medical Affairs leadership | Multi-state Licensed Clinical Health Psychologist| PSYPACT Authorization to practice interjurisdictional telepsychology| National Register of Health Systems Psychologists

Columbia, South Carolina Metropolitan Area

About

I'm a fellowship-trained licensed Clinical Health Psychologist in SC, NY, CT with PSYPACT authorization to practice telepsychology in 43 states. I have 20+ years of pharmaceutical/ industry experience; in medical team leadership; field medical affairs, medical strategy and communications with a focus on psychiatry/mental health. My areas of expertise include behavioral medicine, digital mental health, psycho-oncology, mood disorders, anxiety, schizophrenia and pain management utilizing approaches such as CBT, SFBT, DBT, Gottman method for couples therapy, meaning centered therapy, and eclectic, compassionate care. I am also a certified Psychology and Well-Being Coach. I enjoy translating psychological principles and high level science into scalable tools and solutions for both patients and teams to expand access to quality mental wellbeing services. I am part of a number of SIGs, LInkedIn collaborative groups, and organizations that focus on mental health and wellness as well as the intersection of mental health and technology. I'm most recently an "oncology mom" and advocate for pediatric cancer survivorship.

Experience

  • Clinical Psychologist at Self-employed
    Jul 2025 - Present · 1 yr

  • Otsuka Pharmaceutical Companies (U.S.) (13 yrs 4 mos)
    • Sr. National Director, Digital Therapeutics- Field Medical Affairs
      Aug 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs

    • Senior Director, Medical Lead Northeast & Atlantic Field Medical Affairs
      Dec 2022 - Aug 2023 · 9 mos

    • Region Medical Lead/Director
      Oct 2021 - Dec 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Neuroscience Medical Affairs

  • President at KSM Strategic Medical Writing and Consulting
    Aug 2011 - Apr 2012 · 9 mos

    Medical direction/strategic consulting for marketing, promotional medical education and CME activities, pre-launch/product development stage through life cycle management Medical writing for MECCs and pharmaceutical industry (including Needs Assessments, grant development, monographs, slide kits, sales aids) Specialty areas: Neuroscience (Psychiatry, Pain, Neurology); Women's Health, Primary Care

  • Senior Medical Director at OptumHealth Education
    May 2007 - Mar 2010 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Development of business and educational strategy for CME content and proposals for the CNS therapeutic area Review and development of content for certified continuing medical education activities Development and revision of activity content (eg, publication outlines, slide presentations, case studies, etc) based on input from external authors or CME reviewer Validation of medical content and accuracy for all activities, slides, monographs, grant proposals, needs assessments and internal documents Search and analysis of medical literature Conduct needs assessments, identification of educational and practice gaps and develop learning objectives to address gaps Develop outcomes results and executive summaries of educational activities Review outcomes results in order assess activity impact and provde recommendations for future educational activities Consult with partners, thought leaders,expert advisors, and educational panel (including community providers) Oversight and strategic direction for medical writers on key projects Work collaboratively with account teams, business strategy and operations to execute medically accurate and relevant activities and ensure future opportunities

  • Peloton Advantage (11 mos)
    • Senior Medical Director
      Jul 2006 - May 2007 · 11 mos

    • Medical Director
      Jul 2006 - May 2007 · 11 mos

      Design and implement medical communication strategies (publication planning and content development for promotional medical education activities, advisory boards, webcasts, MSL slide kits) for major pharmaceutical companies. Oversight and strategic direction for medical writers on key projects. Collaborate with key opinion leaders/authors on peer-reviewed manuscript development. Primary writer for proposals, pitch presentations, and new business development projects in the area of neuroscience/CNS