Meet Our Ultra-Talented Team of Results-Focused Healthcare Marketing Experts

Darlene Dobry

Strategic Advisor, Pharmaceutical and Device

For more than 30 years, Darlene has worked with healthcare clients across nearly every therapeutic category and has launched an impressive roster of brands in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and device spaces. She has held executive positions at some of the top global healthcare agencies in the pharma industry, including Ogilvy and McCann. She has received the SmartCEO Brava Award, Medical Marketing & Media Hall of Femme Award, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Rising Star Award and the prestigious PharmaVoice 100 award, which celebrates the top 100 most inspiring people in the life-sciences industry.

Gabby Villegas

Account Manager

Gabby Villegas is an account manager at Healthcare Success. Gabby has over three years of digital marketing experience, particularly in the areas of paid search, social, and email marketing in an agency setting. She has worked with many clients to generate successful campaigns, increase website visitors and overall revenue while helping guide and teach clients in all aspects of digital marketing. Gabby graduated with a B.A. in Communication, with an emphasis on Societal Communication from Point Loma Nazarene University. When she is not working, she is reading one of the hundreds of books on her shelves or perusing TikTok to find the next food hotspot.

Andrew Ta

Digital Marketing Specialist

Andrew is a digital marketing specialist who partners with clients to reach their target audience by optimizing their website and social media platforms. After five years of digital marketing experience working with both in-house and agencies, he believes in using data to help drive marketing decisions. Andrew has trained dozens of clients on the importance of SEO, reputation management, and social media presence. He holds a degree in Communications from Cal State Fullerton. When he’s not working he enjoys binging on Food Network and keeping up with the latest NBA news and games.

Mark Tager, MD

Medical Advisor

Mark J Tager, MD is Chief Enhancement Officer (CEO) of ChangeWell, Inc., a San Diego organization that trains and coaches healthcare practitioners to enhance their presence in person, on camera and online. A veteran of more than 1,000 presentations, Mark shares his skills and passion to empower those who attend his trainings. As a physician, he is well grounded in aesthetic, lifestyle, regenerative and integrative medicine. A highly sought-after speaker and consultant, he has lectured and trained extensively in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Mark is active with many of the functional, integrative, and anti-aging medical associations. He received his undergraduate and medical degrees from Duke University and trained in Family Practice at the University of Oregon Helath Sciences Center. He has authored or co-authored ten books on disease prevention, health promotion and practice management, as well as produced more than 100 educational videos.

Barbara Weeks

Director of Project Management

Barbara has over 25 years of experience in interactive project management, software development and marketing. She earned her degree in Computer Science at the University of California at Irvine where she also received the Distinguished Student Scholar award for her research in Natural Language Processing.

Naghmeh Jafarzadeh

Senior SEO Specialist

Naghmeh is responsible for technical search engine optimization (SEO) and developing ongoing SEO strategies to improve our clients’ organic traffic and presence. She has over eight years of experience working with national and international clients across various industries, including enterprise-level healthcare businesses, multilocation practices, retail, and e-commerce. She always strives to deliver excellent work that is in-depth, thorough and meets the highest standards. What’s more, she always takes a proactive approach to her projects, continually searching for ways to drive more organic growth.

Before joining Healthcare Success LLC, Naghmeh worked for two of the nation’s leading SEO firms: first as SEO Analyst for the venerable Bruce Clay, Inc, and then as SEO Architect Manager, Earned Media, for ForwardPMX (aka The Search Agency). She has optimized websites for many nationally known brands including eBay.com, Century 21.com, Realtor.com, WeatherChannel.com, Redbull.com, GRAMMY.com, CapitalOne.com and Pacific Dental (SmileGeneration.com). Naghmeh received her BS in Computer Science from the University of Tehran-Iran. Her industry certifications include GoogleAnalytics, Amazon SEO, and SEOToolSet.

Ryan Boghosian

SEO Analyst

Ryan has spent nearly a decade as an SEO specialist in a wide range of industries in addition to healthcare including legal, travel, and e-commerce. He spent 3 years doing doctoral work in History at UC Santa Barbara before working for multiple high-profile digital marketing agencies.

When not at work he enjoys reading, playing music, and spending time with his wife.

Melanie Saxe

Director of Content

Melanie comes to Healthcare Success with 15 years of professional experience in content production and marketing. With a strong organic search and SEO background, her specialty lies in producing quality content that aligns search, brand, and performance objectives across all consumer touchpoints.

Among various in-house positions, she’s worked as Senior Content Writer for two major digital marketing agencies, including Submit Express, where she wrote for small to medium-sized businesses, and Bruce Clay, Inc., considered the “father of SEO.” At Bruce Clay, she honed her SEO copywriting skills and had the opportunity to write for larger, enterprise brands.

As Director of Content at HS, Melanie leads a strong team of senior copywriters who write for the Healthcare Success blog, website, and the agency’s health and wellness clients. She holds a B.A. in journalism from California State University Northridge.

Sara Romero

Senior Copywriter

Sara has more than 15 years digital and content marketing experience. She specializes in writing engaging, educational, and on-brand content for healthcare clients across the nation. Sara enjoys distilling complex topics into relatable, readable content whether she’s taking a new product to market, promoting emerging technologies, or explaining complex medical concepts.

Sara is also a wife, mother of 5 (3 human, 2 furry), gardener, author of the children’s book, “Banana Island,” and volunteer VP of Communications for her children’s elementary school PTA, where she manages all inbound marketing.