RESUME
FREELANCE EDITORIAL AND WRITING
Print and Internet editorial
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Consulting Writer/editor
American College of Physicians, Philadelphia, PA
Contributing Editor
AOL/Digital City
Healthcare Editor
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Wrote daily medical news briefs and articles for Philadelphia market. Managed Q&As, graphics, links and other components of web site. Interviewed University of Pennsylvania and other physicians nationwide on topical issues. Also wrote articles for national Digital City market (150+cites.)
InteliHealth, subsidiary of Aetna/U.S. Healthcare, Blue Bell, PA
Consulting Editor
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Provided content for start-up of web site created as a joint venture with Johns Hopkins University and Aetna/U.S. Healthcare. Worked with medical director, editors, writers, and web page designers.
Publications and other media:
Articles have appeared in more than 90 national and regional publications including the Annals of Internal Medicine, Consumer's Digest, Physicians' Financial News, MedHunters, Newsday, Philadelphia Inquirer, Chicago Tribune, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal, Woman's Day, Women's World, Travel & Leisure and Travel/Holiday.
Web sites include CBS Healthwatch (Medscape), MediConsult, KidsHealth and others. Provides web content for hospital web sites including The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania and Albert Einstein Medical Center (Philadelphia)
Books:
100 Ways to Live to 100. People's Medical Society/Walker and Co.: New York. April 1999.
Nonprofits With Hard Hats: Building Affordable Housing in Chicago. Center for Urban Ethnic Affairs, Washington, DC, 1988. Second printing, 1995.
Staff editorial positions
Alfred I. duPont Children's Hospital, Wilmington, DE
Content Editor, KidsHealth.org
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Responsible for all written content for KidsHealth.org, the major children's health site on the Internet. Planned editorial, hired and worked with free-lance medical writers, wrote features and corollary materials. Assigned articles and supervised activities of two staffers working part-time on the web project; solicited and edited articles from staff physicians and other health professionals. Edited all materials; worked with production editor and staff photographer; acquired art.
InfoScan, Horsham, PA
Publications Coordinator
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Responsible for all editorial and production for this educational publisher of physician information. Researched, planned production, wrote and edited articles, hired freelance writers and copy editors (including physicians); worked with typographer, printers, list processors and mail handling company.
Merion Publications, King of Prussia, PA
Managing Editor for ADVANCE for Health Information Professionals, a national allied-health, bi-weekly newsmagazine.
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Responsible for all aspects of this publication from yearly editorial plan to final printer-ready copy. Developed national editorial board. Planned editorial content and four-color covers. Wrote articles and editorials; edited staff copy. Supervised associate editor and editorial assistant; worked with artists and graphic designers. Solicited and edited freelancers, including experts in the field. Covered conferences. Worked closely with sales staff and advertisers to enhance advertising revenue. Successfully positioned publication to become the premier publication in the field.
Associate Editor, ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals,, a weekly newsmagazine for the field.
American Medical Association
Publications Editor
--Produced a monthly newsletter, Environmental and Public Health News.
AWARDS
"Best Regular Department" for ACP Observer series of articles, 2002
EDUCATION
University of Wisconsin Madison. BA in International Relations.
LANGUAGES
French
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