Executive Team
Scientific Advisory Board
A Letter from our CEO
William H. Longley, Chief Executive Officer. In addition to Scientific Compliance, Mr. Longley has led the development of Scientific Intake, a non-invasive bariatric medical device since 2001. Responsibilities include licensing U.S. and European patents, completing clinical research and field testing as well as building the Scientific Advisory Board and heading regulatory efforts. He is also responsible for product development as well as marketing and distribution. Before Scientific Intake, he established two successful companies in the healthcare field. His most recent company was Medcast, an internet based news and information service which emerged with Healtheon/WebMD in 1999 for $215 million. Prior to Medcast, Mr. Longley founded and built the Health Monitor Network, America’s largest in-pharmacy consumer health screening system which generated over $115 million in revenue from 1986 to 1998. Before 1986 he was publisher at Esquire Magazine. Mr. Longley is a Senior Scholar at Thomas Jefferson Medical College in the department of Health Policy.
Marc B. Ackerman, D.M.D., Chief Scientific Officer. Dr. Ackerman is a third generation graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine. He received his certificate from the prestigious University of Rochester-Eastman Dental Center Department of Orthodontics. Dr. Ackerman maintained a private practice in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania for 8 years. In the fall of 2007, he left full-time private practice and assumed the role of Associate Professor and Director of the Fellowship in Orthodontic Clinical Research atthe School of Orthodontics, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL. Dr. Ackerman also serves as Chief Scientific Officer for Scientific Compliance, Atlanta, GA. Dr. Ackerman is a Diplomate of the American Board of Orthodontics, a member of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists and a Fellow in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. He is the co-recipient of the 2004 B.F. and Helen Dewel Award for the best clinical paper of the previous year from the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics. Dr. Ackerman’s textbook, “Enhancement Orthodontics: Theory and Practice” by Blackwell Publishing was released in May 2007. He has lectured extensively in the United States and Europe.
D. Walter Cohen, D.D.S., Chief Scientific Officer Emeritus. Dr. Cohen is the former Dean of The University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, past president of the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Chancellor Emeritus of Drexel University, College of Medicine. Along with many awards, he has received honorary degrees from Boston University, Hebrew University, University of Athens and Louis Pasteur University. Dr. Cohen is one of only 25 dentists who have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies of Science.
Dear Doctor,
Our device is ingeniously simple. A small SMART MicroSensor is embedded in the retainer which measures and stores environmental data. This data can only be uploaded via wireless technology. Our proprietary, encrypted SMART Reader has SMART software that allows the results to be shown on the orthodontist’s computer screen.
At Scientific Compliance, we believe you can’t monitor what you can’t measure. We also believe orthodontists truly want their work to last: not just for the satisfaction, but also to eliminate stress, future marketing considerations and expense that are the negatives of poor retainer compliance.
We also know your patients (or their parents) work hard for the money they have invested in orthodontics and deserve the latest technology to protect their investment from relapse. And, if there is one thing we can count on, kids can always use a little help to monitor their retention at the prescribed doctor levels. When the critical patient cooperation phase begins, the more we can do in those first months to ensure compliance, the better it is for everyone concerned.
We have worked hard to make our technology and marketing support materials appealing and highly affordable to orthodontic professionals and their patients. We are also committed to building awareness of the SMART Retainer with targeted marketing directly to the consumer so your patients will be pre-sold when it’s time for the braces to come off. We started this company because we think there is a better way, through technology, to improve retainer compliance and better retainer compliance is a win for everyone.
We try to be obsessive about customer service. We value your business, and your willingness to join us in this new addition to your armamentarium. We are determined to earn your loyalty in many ways. We provide a wide range of services to you. From responsive employees, a state of the art doctor/staff call center to executives like me reaching out to orthodontists at meetings, symposia or simply calling to see how we are doing. If we are not delivering, please e-mail me directly at wlongley@scicomply.com. As hard as we try, we are bound to make a mistake occasionally. I’d like to hear from you if we do.
We are proud to serve the orthodontic profession and appreciate the opportunity to serve you and your patients. Every patient is an advertisement for your practice and the SMART Retainer will enhance your image throughout your community.
Sincerely,
William Longley CEO