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Rob Garver started doing respiratory clinical research studies as an offshoot of his outpatient pulmonary practice in 2013. SEC Clinical Research (SECCR) was established in 2016 as an entity independent of the pulmonary practice as efforts were initiated to diversify the research beyond respiratory disease. The breadth and activity of SECCR has rapidly grown with offices in Dothan AL and Pensacola FL. Multiple board-certified investigators now work with SECCR on protocols in cardiology, women’s health, vaccines, pediatrics, dermatology, and yes – we still do respiratory studies!
Dr. Andreas Muench is a boarded Interventional Cardiologist with a large, varied, cardiology practice. He has served as a highly effective Investigator with SECCR since 2017 on cardiology trials addressing heart failure, dyslipidemias, and atrial fibrillation.
Dr. Rob Garver, a boarded Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician, spent the first half of his career in academic medicine, entering private practice in 2008. He started doing clinical research studies in 2013, founding SECCR in 2016. He continues working part-time as a Medical Intensivist, but his primary focus now is serving as the CEO of SECCR. Rob continues to serve as PI on some of the respiratory studies, and is a Sub-Investigator on almost all of the other studies ongoing at SECCR at both Dothan and Pensacola locations.
Janeetra serves as a full-time, onsite, Sub-Investigator/CRC. She has served on a wide variety of past and ongoing protocols, with both adult and neonatal experience.
Dr. Guy Middleton is a boarded OBGYN with his large practice skewed towards the obstetrics end of the OBGYN spectrum. Dr. Middleton has served on multiple local and state maternal/fetal health advisory boards. He has been one of our most productive Investigators with SECCR for several years, serving as PI on maternal vaccine trials. More recently, he has served as PI on influenza and CMV vaccine
studies.
Ashley serves as a full-time, onsite, Sub-Investigator/CRC. Ashley has has served on wide variety of past and ongoing protocols, with both adult and neonatal experience, including neonatal phlebotomy.
Dr. Donavon Wewers MD is a well-established Internist in a large multi-specialty group in Dothan. He has served on multiple local boards and committees, including Chair of Medicine at Southeast Health Hospital. A recent addition to our Investigator lineup, Dr. Wewers is focused on vaccine and primary care studies.
Dr. Carol Andrews is a boarded Pediatrician, a professional partner of Dr. Reese and a member of the largest pediatrics group in Northwest Florida. She is a PI on the pediatric covid vaccine trial and Sub-Investigator on several other pediatric trails.
Dr. Sean Branch is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology, the founding partner of a rapidly growing dermatology practice.
Dr. Rob Garver, a boarded Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Physician, spent the first half of his career in academic medicine, entering private practice in 2008. He started doing clinical research studies in 2013, founding SECCR in 2016. He continues working part-time as a Medical Intensivist, but his primary focus now is serving as the CEO of SECCR. Rob continues to serve as PI on some of the respiratory studies, and is a Sub-Investigator on almost all of the other studies ongoing at SECCR at both Dothan and Pensacola locations.
Dr. Randy Reese is a boarded Pediatrician, and a member of the largest pediatrics group in Northwest Florida. Dr. Reese has served as an Investigator on multiple pediatric research studies, and is presently
the PI on two vaccine studies ongoing at SECCR.
Angela serves as a full-time, onsite, Sub-Investigator/CRC. She has served on multiple past and ongoing protocols with extensive pediatric experience. Angela also has worked extensively in infusion therapy, providing strong support for infusion protocols and phlebotomy from subjects of all ages.
Dr. Justin Reis is boarded in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and is a member of the largest pulmonary group in Pensacola. He serves as a Sub-Investigator on obstructive and interstitial lung disease protocols.
Rob has led SECCR since 2016. His career began as a basic science investigator, but subsequently transitioned to an academic clinician role before leaving UAB as Professor of Medicine in 2008. Having started a new pulmonary practice, Rob started doing COPD protocols in 2013 before founding SECCR in 2016. With the rapid growth of SECCR, the pulmonary practice was closed and clinical activity is now limited to working several weeks a year as a medical intensivist. Rob now spends the majority of his time growing and managing SECCR with a great deal of support from all members of the management team.
Cindy held a variety of executive administrative positions prior to joining SECCR in 2020. Upon joining SECCR, she has provided invaluable support to management, as the number of employees quadrupled, and the size of offices doubled.
Stephanie has worked in several medical practice settings as office manager or managing finances. Since joining SECCR in early 2022, she has expertly managed the complexity of pharmaceutical contract finances. Her efforts are complemented by an outside healthcare accounting firm.
Michelle worked as a critical care nurse before helping to manage Rob Garver’s pulmonary practice. Once SECCR was founded, Michelle evolved to direct recruitment efforts, the success of which has been a major growth driver of the company.