POWER OF ATTORNEY

	Know all by these presents, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Beth Jacobson, Kerry Skolkin and Joseph Faber, or
either of them signing singly, and with full power of
substitution, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	prepare, execute in the undersigned's name
and on the undersigned's behalf, and submit to the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form
ID, including amendments thereto, and any other
documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and
passwords enabling the undersigned to make electronic
filings with the SEC of reports required by Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
"Exchange Act") or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as a director of PDI,
Inc. (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules
thereunder;

(3)		do and perform any and all acts for and
on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or
desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4,
or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments
thereto, and timely file such form with the SEC and
any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4)	take any other action of any type whatsoever
in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion
of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the
best interest of, or legally required by, the
undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be
in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and
powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has
caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this
11th day of June 2004.

/s/ Larry Ellberger
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Larry Ellberger
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