Katherine Dietzen-Najjar is the founder of MedEdNow and owner/president
of HealthmattersCME and Meeting Essentials. She has been in medical education for her entire career, which began in 1987. Her most recent experience includes three years with AM Medica Communications Group where she was the Chief Operating Officer. Prior to that, Katherine was with NCM Publishers for nine years where she was Executive Vice President during the last several years and supervised the Eli Lilly and Company account among others. Prior to that, Katherine was Senior Program Director at NCM and implemented a large number of medical education programs (both CME and promotional) and reported directly into the two owners.

Katherine has experience in several therapeutic areas such as CNS, women’s health, infectious disease, cardiology, and bone density. She has extensive international experience implementing symposia, spin-offs, publications, advisory boards, and investigator meetings for several Global Teams at Lilly, including Prozac, Zyprexa, and Evista. Also in Katherine's career she has created and implemented hundreds of CME activities with a team of healthcare professionals that she has pulled together and supervised.

Mrs. Dietzen has a BA in Business Administration from Stephens College and an MBA from Southern Methodist University. She recently completed 10 years of service as a member of the Board of Trustees at Stephens College. Her hobbies include taking care of her four children, tennis, and water skiing.