About Ron Harman King, JD, MS
Since founding Vanguard Communications in 1994, Ron Harman King has combined the disciplines of online and offline public relations, strategic marketing and information technology into the comprehensive MedMarketLink and LawMarketLInk programs, bringing new patients and clients to physician specialists and attorneys throughout the U.S. and Canada.
A lawyer and 30-year-plus veteran of professional-services marketing, practice improvement consulting, PR and communications technology, Ron is the author of The Totally Wired Doctor: Social media, the Internet & marketing technology for medical practices (available at Amazon.com).
Ron has degrees from three universities in journalism, engineering and information technology and a juris doctor degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law (with a focus in healthcare law), as well as a certificate in French studies from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland. Outside work hours, he is an avid skier, hiker and cyclist; a student of four foreign languages; and enjoys playing classical piano.
Thought leadership by Ron Harman King
Ron is a monthly video blog contributor to the website MedPage Today and writes frequently for Vanguard’s blog, The Wired Practice – a free encyclopedia of digital marketing, public relations and advice for medical and legal practice marketing and management.
Blogs, articles & videos
CEO Ron King's MedPage Today video on U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) eroding public trust in healthcare.
Our CEO Ron King, J.D., M.S., explains his call to law late in life after a successful medical marketing career was highly influenced by the Civil Rights Movement.
In our 30-year history of working with medical & legal practices, we've learned solid marketing principles.
Video blogs for MedPage Today
- CEO Ron King's MedPage Today video on U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) eroding public trust in healthcare.
Restrictions by Google Ads, Meta, X & others on reproductive health terms threatens public health access.
Video for MedPage Today brings up the potential for healthcare insurance reform following the murder.