New York, USA (Sep 13 2007) - CMPMedica, a leading global provider of healthcare information and education, today announced the promotion of Sally Shankland, formerly SVP of CMPMedica's US promotional business unit to CEO of CMPMedica U.S., effective immediately.

"Sally brings a wealth of enthusiasm and experience to her new role," said Henry Elkington, global CEO of CMPMedica. "She has a great track record in building the promotional side of our business, and she has the skills to develop and execute strategic initiatives that will take CMPMedica's business to the next level in the U.S. market."
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Shankland served as SVP of CMPMedica's U.S. promotional business unit for six years prior to accepting the promotion. She has worked for various United Business Media companies since 1988, when she began working for Miller Freeman. Shankland orchestrated the 2006 launch of SearchMedica (http://www.searchmedica.com/), an innovative series of specialty oriented professional medical search engines that contain only trusted and practical clinical information, including SearchMedica Primary Care, SearchMedica Psychiatry and SearchMedica Oncology.

Shankland replaces Vicki Masseria, who spent 26 years working at CMPMedica and its predecessor companies. Masseria was instrumental in identifying and facilitating many U.S. acquisitions for United Business Media (UBM) and CMPMedica, including the acquisition of CME LLC in 1999 as well as various publishing acquisitions over the last several years.

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