Kelly Willenberg

Dr. Willenberg has owned Kelly Willenberg & Associates for nearly fifteen years. Kelly has extensive knowledge in clinical trials management and research compliance, including all aspects of clinical trial billing compliance. She has nearly 40 years of clinical research experience. She has a Bachelor?s Degree in Nursing, with a Masters and a Doctorate in Business Administration. She is an experienced oncology nurse with experience in healthcare management, physician practices, and academia. Kelly worked for over twelve years at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and established the enterprise wise billing compliance program in 2002. She also served as the Director of the Clinical Trials Office for the Cancer Center managing a Community Oncology Research Program (CCOP) and an affiliate network throughout the southeast while at Vanderbilt and was an active member of the nursing committees in the cooperative groups with NCI.
Kelly is a frequent presenter and speaker at ONS, AHIA, MAGI, SoCRA, ACRP, SCRS and other professional organizations. She is serving as the managing editor for the 4th Edition of the Research Compliance Professionals Handbook for HCCA. She served as an editor for the 3rd Edition of the Manual for Clinical Trials Nurses for ONS. She has a bi-monthly column in Compliance Today titled "Research Reflections". She is certified as a Healthcare Research Compliance Professional (CHRC) and Certified in Healthcare Compliance (CHC). She is a faculty member of the Research Compliance Academy and serves on the Board of Directors for SCCE & HCCA. She was appointed by the Governor of SC on the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee and is the Legislative Chair for the SCNA.