Yessenia Wheeler
Gardena,CA
Summary
Yessenia Wheeler has served as a Senior Educator covering South Los Angeles /Long Beach territories for the last 14 years. She first started her career in the pharmaceutical industry as a diabetes educator with Practice Therapeutics. At Novo Nordisk her work included working directly with internal medicine, endocrinology, clinical pharmacist, nurses within medical groups and health systems. She has been dedicated to shaping the market by raising awareness of Novo Nordisk insulin's, and GLP-1 diabetes/obesity products. Her work has included driving sales with strategic actions and directly supporting sales colleagues, with unbranded virtual and in-person interface programs, and covering clinical product data. Her work at Novo Nordisk has also included supporting customers to gain access to Novo Nordisk resources and positioning Novo Nordisk as a leader in diabetes/obesity care. Her work has also included raising awareness of current obesity/diabetes guidelines, and helping providers identify strategies to reach their quality initiatives. Yessenia's work at Novo Nordisk has included direct patient education to have a successful start/stay on Novo Nordisk products. In her time with Novo Nordisk, she has been honored with 3 COE wins.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cardiometabolic Educator
Novo Nordisk
01.2025 - Current
- Driving sales through implementing strategic actions. Supporting offices to implement current treatment guidelines for diabetes/obesity/MASH
- Collaborated with sales colleagues, leverage customer insights to drive results
- Established strong relationships providers, GI, Cardiology, Endos, clinical pharmacist, health system/medical groups providers. Leveraging relationship for high attendance for interface programs
- Implemented of Novo Nordisk strategies into clinic office flows. Challenging customers to take active approach to new treatments strategies. leveraging of customer relationships for virtual and in person interface program attendance
- Extensive Novo Nordisk Product knowledge: Insulin/GLP-1's, clinical data, and disease state knowledge: Diabetes/Obesity/CKD/ASCVD/MASH
- Extensive knowledge of payer landscape for Obesity products. Analyzing territory using connex data
Senior Bilingual Diabetes Educator, Los Angeles
NOVO NORDISK
01.2019 - 01.2025
- Clinical development for, physicians, pharmacist, nurses, educators, and case managers on Novo Nordisk products
- Impacted product sales by discussing product clinical studies, patient affordability programs and product trainings; GLP-1's
- Collaborated with sales counterpart to develop strategies and target needs of providers/remove barrier and improve access to Novo Nordisk GLP-1's
- Increased product sales by leveraging presentation on: medication adherence, motivational interviewing, updated guidelines, pop health, overview of diabetes medications
- Worked with physicians to help identify diabetes patients with high A1Cs and supported offices to implement population health management strategies
- Focused on increasing awareness of Novo Nordisk virtual resources to help support product use
- Integrated NNI Diabetes Education curriculum throughout large health systems such as Optum, HealthCare Partners, Applecare, UCLA, and UC Irvine, Prospect, Altamed, Kaiser, Wesley, LA County, LA Care, Providence,
- Proven track record to influence key decision makers, successful at gaining commitment, strategic planning, and customer engagement
- Worked with local diabetes organizations to increase product awareness; long beach/OC diabetes educators
- Collaborated with internal counterparts, such as medical liaison, regional account manager, RAMS, PEMS, develop strategies to influence key health system, and medical groups
- Educated health professionals at Novo Nordisk Symposiums/conventions
Senior Diabetes Educator South Los Angeles
NOVO NORDISK
01.2011 - 2019
- Increased days on therapy from 129.6 to 134.7 by training over 60 Health System care coordinators at Optum AppleCare on “Patient Adherence” and “Motivational Interviewing”
- Integrated NNI Diabetes Education curriculum throughout Optum HealthCare Partners and Pioneer Medical Group as gold standard for diabetes patient care
- Proven track record to influence key health-system decision makers, such as Family Care Specialists Medical group, Martin Luther King Hospital System decision makers and the vast majority of all the Los Angeles territory targets, ensuring the implementation of population health management and ADA treatment guidelines
- Secured access for Novo Nordisk Diabetes Education Program, Presbyterian Integrated Health (PIH), by leveraging professional relationship with key stakeholder (Medical Director) resulting in increased customer access to HCPs for entire NNI organization
- Conducted Diabetes training for large employers including Metro Corporation, Ralphs Pharmacy, through-out the greater Los Angeles area
- Helped launch Novo Nordisk Ozempic (2014), Victoza (2011), Saxenda (2015) by training medical staff on injectable devices and needles
Bilingual Diabetes Educator, California Territory
PRACTICE THERAPEUTICS
02.2009 - 12.2010
- Facilitated educational sessions
- Targeted medical offices which included medical doctors, medical assistants, medical directors, case managers, pharmacist
- Demonstrated ability to influence and engage customers
- Mastered Diabetes product knowledge
- Tailors educational approach based on customer type and customer needs to ensure that business objectives
Education
Bachelor Degree - Science of Nutrition
San Diego State University
San Diego, CA01.2002
Skills
- Knowledge of diabetes care protocols
- Familiarity with scientific principles
- Proficient in medical terminology
- Proficient in delivering clear and engaging presentations
- Manage budget resources with Concur
- Proficient in Microsoft Office
- Utilizing Connex for market insights
- Strategic business planning
- Facilitating account access
- Proficient in performance-based healthcare models
- Account relationship development
- Clinical experience in diverse settings
Accomplishments
- 3 COE wins
- Rising Star
- Acceptance into West coast mentee/mentor program
- West Coast Directors Council (Patrick Reed)
-Pharmacy lead for team: providing clinical updates
Certification
- ADCE Telehealth and EMR Certificate Program (2020) American Association of Diabetes Educator
- AADE Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Certificate Program (2018) American Association of Diabetes Educator
- AADE Applied Population Health Certificate Program (2019) American Association of Diabetes Educator
- Certified Diabetes Educator (Since -2007) Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Educators
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Awards
2016, 2014, 2023 Circle of Excellence,
2011, 2014, 2016 “Exceeds Expectations” year-end ratings
Publications
Publications- Effects of Soy protein supplemented with methionine on blood lipids and adiposity of rats. Nutrition. 2002 July-Aug;18(7-8)684-6
Timeline
Cardiometabolic Educator
Novo Nordisk
01.2025 - Current
Senior Bilingual Diabetes Educator, Los Angeles
NOVO NORDISK
01.2019 - 01.2025
Senior Diabetes Educator South Los Angeles
NOVO NORDISK
01.2011 - 2019
Bilingual Diabetes Educator, California Territory
PRACTICE THERAPEUTICS
02.2009 - 12.2010
Bachelor Degree - Science of Nutrition
San Diego State University
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