It's amazing to look back at how many smart and educated folks were laughing at the likes of Peter Schiff while they were telling us the fundamentals of our economy were in disrepair.

I appreciate the insights provided to our members over the past few months from leading financial experts around the country. We hand-picked these experts as ones who operated by the numbers. They left the irrational exuberance to the masses. Now they are sharing their thoughts with physicians in order to help physicians make good decisions about their money,

There is a lot more great content coming after the New Year with the introduction of some new partners and more materials from our existing partners. Make 2009 a prosperous year!!!

I'm so happy to introduce the first speaker in our Financial Crisis Education Series: Michael Ryan . Michael is Head of Wealth Management Research-Americas at UBS.
He directs teams of approximately 70 investment strategists and analysts in the Americas, Asia and Europe who are dedicated exclusively to serving the investment needs of individual investors. With more than 20 years experience in the financial industry, he is widely recognized as an expert on fixed income markets.
Michael has appeared on CNN, CNBC, CNBC Europe, TV Tokyo and Bloomberg Television. He is frequently quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones News Services, Reuters, Financial Times, Nikkei news and Bloomberg.
Michael will speak to iMedExchange members on Tuesday, November 4th at 7pm EST. Members may sign up for this free conference call by emailing info@imedexchange.com.

Today, iMedExchange is launching a groundbreaking set of financial resources to benefit US physicians. iMedExchange's Financial Resource Center has been developed in response to our members' specific requests to share proprietary research, provide access to respected financial experts and to support the collaboration of physicians around financial matters. Money management is always important for physicians, but it's importance has been significantly heightened since world financial matters have been in crisis.

An important part of iMedExchange's physician-focused Financial Resource Center is the launch of the Financial Crisis Speaker Series. The Series kicks off at 7pm EST on Tuesday November 4 with a keynote presentation by Michael Ryan, the head of research for UBS. In addition to UBS, the series will feature nationally renowned financial experts from Abernathy Group, Sinnot Wealth Management, Biotech Monthly, speciality fund managers, research departments of global banks and more.

Each speaker will participate in a live conference call and respond to questions from physicians. The calls will be recorded and posted on the iMedExchange Financial Resource Center for members to review at any time.

In addition to the weekly speaker series, very insightful content, much of it written specifically for iMedExchange members, will be added to the site from the Company's growing list of financial partners. In addition to research from our partners, iMedExchange is also launching a new daily publication, Vital Signs, which will summarize the important financial news story with analysis specially for our physician members.

Vital Signs and the Speaker Series, and the additional resources we will be adding on a weekly basis, will be available only to US physicians who are members of the growing iMedExchange community. iMedExchange is a FREE online place for physicians to connect with one other, great content and now experts. If you are a US physician and not yet a member, please go to www.imedexchange.com to fill out a simple application and join the fastest growing community of physicians in the country.

If you are a financial expert or media and want to talk more about this effort, please feel free to reach me at: info@imedexchange.com.