Angela O'Mara, President

Angela O'Mara is President and Owner of The Professional Image, Inc. Established in 1988, The Professional Image, Inc. is a medical-specialty public relations, marketing and meeting planning firm. Under the guidance of Ms. O'Mara, The Professional Image, Inc. has gained national recognition both in the medical industry and with the magazine and television media. Representing physicians and corporations in all specialties, she has positioned her company as a resource for all news outlets, and has allowed the company an all-round knowledge of the medical field.

Angela oversees all aspects of project management from conceptualization to implementation and completion. She holds a solid work ethic that is translated through her employees' commitment to complete client satisfaction and company team spirit. She is a frequent lecturer on how to effectively market a medical practice and has been published in numerous trade journals. In addition, Angela was recently featured as an industry expert on an E! Entertainment Television Special which began airing on June 24, 2001. Born in Manchester, England, Ms. O'Mara graduated the University of Manchester with an equivalent BA in Business Management. After moving to the United States in 1980, Ms. O'Mara served in a business management capacity for legal professionals and physicians before undertaking Public Relations and Communication Arts studies at the University of California, Irvine while building TPI. She maintained an office in Newport Beach for over twenty-two years until relocating to the world famous Irvine Spectrum in 2010. Angela resides with her three children in Orange County, California.

Online articles written by Ms. O'Mara include:

• Article: "Publicity Equals Productivity and Increased Practice Profitability", published in Cosmetic Surgery Times.

• "Educated Patients Are Happy Patients",
  published in Cosmetic Surgery Magazine.

• "Marketing Your Cosmetic Surgery Practice: How Private Practices Will Survive - and Thrive in the 21st Century",
  published in Cosmetic Surgery Times.

• "Considering Surgery? What's Your Motivation?",
  published in Cosmetic Surgery Magazine.

• "How to Evaluate the Success of Public Relations Activity",
  published online at MEDessentials.com.