Writing & Editorial Consulting

Freelance Writer for Trade and Consumer Magazines

• Better Homes & Gardens
• Energy For Women
• Fitness Magazine
• Heart and Soul
• IDEA Health and Fitness
• New Jersey Monthly
• New Jersey Tech News: Journal of the New Jersey Technology Council
• Pharmaceutical Executive
• Pregnancy Magazine
• STRONG Magazine
• Women's Health and Fitness
• Woman's World

Freelance agency work (pharmaceutical marketing and clinical writing)

• Areas of experience: Allergy, Alzheimer's disease, antibiotics, "best practices", BPH, CNS, diabetes and metabolic disorders, digital imaging, "diseases of denial", hemophilia, HIV/AIDS, hyperlipidemia, impotence, infectious disease, infertility, osteoporosis, pain-management, post-marketing surveillance, pregnancy, schizophrenia, SERMs, stem cells, virology, women's health
• Products: Web sites, monographs, slide kits, scripts, CD-ROMs, custom publications, advertorials, guides
• Print samples and client references are available upon request.

Project Work

2004

• Write content for a best practices magazine for neuroscience specialty sales force
• Wrote osteoporosis newsletter
• Write copy for pharmaceutical compliance audit guides
• Write advertorials for healthcare communications agencies and trade publications

2003

• Wrote content for a best practices magazine for neuroscience specialty sales force
• Developed content for Treatmentonline.com in the area of women's reproductive health
• Developed content for consumer allergy Web site
• Wrote all content for an interactive sales-training CD-ROM for fluoroquinolone sales force
• Wrote all content for an interactive sales-training CD-ROM for neuroscience sales force

2002

• Developed site map and content for university-affiliated fertility Web site
• Wrote clinical content for a pharmaceutical site developed to communicate specialized information about dyslipidemia to general practitioners

Editorial Staff Experience

July 2000-June 2001

Producer, Medicine Vertical, Office.com (a service of Winstar), New York, NY

• Was responsible for management of the medicine vertical at Office.com (ODC), an online business center that provided content for small-/mid-sized businesses.
  • Identified and developed top freelancers to provide content for daily online publication
  • Managed 5 special subject areas (healthcare policy, pharmaceutical development, epidemiology, medical equipment, e-health care)
  • Increased coverage of clinical topics for general practitioners (e.g., hepatitis C, HIV, diabetes, CVD in women, pancreatic cancer in African American men, etc.)
  • Wrote articles for site on selected key topics
  • Hired high-profile physician to cover the FDA approval of mifepristone
  • Covered issues related to economic downturn and the health sector (e.g., maintaining insurance for employees)
  • Implemented cost-savings measures

May 1999-December 2000

Senior Editor/Writer, NCM Publishers, Inc., New York, NY

• Wrote CME monographs directed at specialist and generalist audiences. Additional services provided included editing existing documents, research, proposal writing, strategic planning, information analysis and configuration, work on slide kits, and onsite meetings.
  • Part of 4-person team responsible for successful education/publication strategy for major pharma company. NCM received contract based on this strategy
  • Provided full editorial coverage for meetings nationwide
  • Acted as in-house editor for all CNS-related material
  • Writer for Eli Lilly-sponsored SERMS: Therapeutic Options for Long-term Health Management of Postmenopausal Women

August 1997-May 1999

Associate Managing Editor, Impact Communications- New York, NY

• Project-based job included writing, editing, and macro- and micromanaging various aspects of production. Projects included annotated slide kits, workbooks for healthcare professionals, multi-component projects, direct-to-client slide kits in English and Spanish, monographs, and numerous training and marketing programs for pharmaceutical companies.
• Promoted from Editorial Assistant/Medical Proofreader

1996-1998

Medicaid--New York County Health Services--Review Board- New York, NY

Medical Interpreter/Translator of Russian and Spanish

• Provided interpreting and translating services
• Also provided service on a freelance basis in following places/situations:
  • Immigration and Naturalization Service
  • On-site interpreting
  • Document preparation (NYU-based training in Immigration Law terminology)
  • Academic Translations

1995-1998

Proofreader/Editor- New York, NY

• Proofread and edited in various large law firms, financial institutions, and healthcare communications companies

Other Experience

1991-1995

• Series 7 Registered Representative

Education

• M.S., Publishing. New York University
• B.A., Russian/Soviet Area Studies / Latin American Studies. Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
• Russian Language & Literature Certificate. Pushkin Institute, Moscow, Russia, USSR
• Secondary Education. Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.

Languages

• English, Russian, Spanish, French

Affiliations

• Member, American Medical Writers' Association
• Member, Author's Guild
• Member, WNYC, National Public Radio
• Member, Mediabistro

Additional Skills

• HTML, Vignette Storyserver, Photoshop

Volunteer History & Internships

• Literacy Volunteers of America, Chicago, IL.
• Chicago Cares, English Instructor, Temple Sholom
• International Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C.