Oakstone's headquarters is set amid the tall pines and rolling hills of suburban Birmingham, Ala., a vibrant Southern city with a high concentration of medical and educational centers and service industries. Our company employs more than 120 associates involved in all phases of publishing and professional education. On-premises capabilities include program development, accreditation, writing, editing, audio and video engineering, CD and DVD duplication, electronic publishing, printing, marketing, and customer service.

ABOUT US

"The mission of the Continuing Medical Education program of Oakstone Medical Publishing is to provide educational activities that supplement and enhance the knowledge and skills of the physician, enabling the physician to provide exceptional quality patient care. These activities will be relevant and meaningful to the physician's practice and allow the physician to learn at a convenient time, pace, and place. continue mission statement

PracticalReviews.com is your one-stop resource for continuing medical education. Together with our CMEinfo division we offer more than 200 titles across 40-plus specialties. Choose from a variety of formats designed to fit your needs and busy schedule.

Alliances with John Hopkins University School of Medicine, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Surgeons, the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the American Association of Orthodontists, the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and other organizations ensure a quality educational experience.We partner with the top six academic medical centers in US News’ 2008 Best Hospitals Rankings Honor Roll.

Our primary product lines include summaries and critiques of journal articles in audio, print, electronic, web, and multimedia formats, as well as video and audio programs that help doctors prepare for board certification and recertification exams and master the latest clinical procedures.

Medical Director
Donald L. Deye, MD, FACP
Donald L. Deye, MD, FACP is a general internist who has practiced for nearly 30 years in Cambridge, Minnesota, where he is immediate past District Medical Director for the North Region of Allina Medical Clinics, as well as, Director of Continuing Medical Education and Chair of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee. He is past president of the East Central Minnesota Medical Society. He serves as Isanti County (MN) Assistant Medical Examiner and is the Isanti County Public Health Physician. He is the current President of the Minnesota Coroners and Medical Examiners Association. He has served on the Governor's Council for the Minnesota Chapter of the American College of Physicians and has served on the ACP Minnesota Chapter Annual Meeting Planning Committee. Dr. Deye also serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Minnesota Medical Association's acclaimed journal, "Minnesota Medicine." He has served as a poster competition judge at both the Minnesota and national meetings of the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Deye hosts Oakstone Medical Publishing's award winning MKSAP Audio Companion, which is sponsored by the American College of Physicians. He was also Founding Editor and Host of Oakstone's audio journal club, Practical Reviews in Hospital Medicine. He attended Valparaiso University where he was in the Charter Class of the Christ College Honors Program, was in the Charter Class of Mayo Medical School, and completed residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine. He serves on the Medical Policy Committee for Medica (of Minnesota) and on the Hormone Replacement and Menopause Working Group for the Institute for Clinical Systems Improvement (ICSI). He is a research consultant for Resolution Health.

Publisher, President and CEO of Oakstone Publishing, LLC
Robert S. Amato
He has spent the majority of his professional life in the publishing and professional education marketplace. He was a principal in the family owned firm Jobson Publishing from 1979 through 2005 and rose to President & CEO in 1997. Jobson remains a leading healthcare publishing, education and information provider to the Physician, Pharmacy, and Eyecare marketplaces. He has considerable managerial and operational experience designing medical education programs, business-to-business publications, industry trade shows & conferences, developing industry information services and industry owned e-commerce hubs.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Georgetown University in 1976. He earned his law degree (J.D.) from Quinnipiac School of Law in 1980.

Vice President & Program Development, CMEinfo
Rich Frankel
Frankel has been a publishing professional for more than 25 years. For most of those years, he focused on marketing with an emphasis on
medical and professional reference publishing. He joined CMEinfo in 2000 as Vice President of Marketing before taking on the responsibilities for program development in 2005. He holds a BA degree from Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and an MBA from St. John’s University in New York City.

INVESTMENT PARTNER
In July 2008, BV Investment Partners became our investment partner. BV Investment Partners is one of the leading private equity firms in the United States. Since its founding in 1983, the firm has invested over $2.4 billion of capital in more than 70 companies across seven funds. BV Investment Partners focuses on middle-market media, information and publishing, entertainment, and communications opportunities.

EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
President & CEO
Robert S. Amato

Chief Financial Officer
Donald (Donnie) C. Parkerson, CPA

Senior Vice President & Operations/Human Resources
Connie Fleming