Bob's resume

Bob Kirsch -- MedEd andsoforth,ltd   
115 Somerstown Rd Ossining,NY 10562  
www.MedicalHealthWriterEditor.com   
info@MedicalHealthWriterEditor.com 

Freelance writer and editor  --  Medicine & Health 

• Past president, Metro NY chapter, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA-NY)
• Published over a thousand articles in more than 45 publications, including The Lancet, Scientific American, The Washington Post, Mayo Clinic Health Letter, AARP Bulletin, The Female Patient, City Limits, Partisan Review
• Experienced in assisting professors and researchers in completing manuscripts 
• Writer of CME, CE, newsletters, websites, blogs, training materials, on-line texts, books, manuals   
• Demonstrated skills in writing, editing, copy editing, interviewing, researching, fact checking, indexing 
• Skilled at adjusting the tone of a text to the needs of a range of audiences -- Including physician experts and allied professionals, patients, business leaders, families, children, internet users, and the general public
• According to people I have worked for, am responsible, careful, detail oriented, supportive, and willing to go out of my way to ensure the quality of projects and to be helpful to the people I am working with 
• Team player who develops strong working relationships with diverse groups on all levels
• Moderate charges --  Ethical practice  --  Determined to be helpful 
• An adaptable self-starter with track record of on-time or ahead-of-schedule submission of work

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTSAS A WRITER

Journalism for the public and patient education
• Scientific American -- Palliative care: “Salve for the body and mind: Profile of Ann M Berger, MD” 
• The Washington Post -- “What happens when doctors turn into patients?”
• The Washington Post -- “Did something you ate make you sick? Here’s how the experts avoid illness”
• City Limits -- “Fighting health inequality with neighbors, not nurses”
• City Limits -- “When new moms get sick”
• Mayo Clinic Health Letter -- “Cancer: Coping with survival” 
• The Female Patient – “ADHD: Much can be done to help”

Articles for physicians
• Journal of Cardiac Failure -- “Heart Failure: Can you think of a better name?” with Betty W Levin 
• The Lancet -- “America takes action on disease prevention” 
• The Lancet -- “Many US cancer survivors still lost in transition” 

Websites 
• Neonatal & Maternity Center website, five screens: Homepage, NICU, Patient-Centered Care, Breastfeeding, Supplementary Resources [for a regional hospital]  
Blog

Writing online
• AARP Bulletin -- “Walking Helps Parkinson’s: Low-intensity walking improves mobility” 
• Medscape -- “Rehabilitation: Key to recovery for many stroke patients” 
Book

Boob and book-length manual
• Compendium of Postpartum Care  (135-page book for nurses) 
Book-length manual on quality improvement methodologies
• For Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) – Lessons Learned from Ghana’s Project Fives Alive!: A practical Guide for Designing and Executing Large Scale Improvement Initiatives (Wrote the entire draft. A team of international content experts then debated and arrived at the final text.)

Newsletters
• “Pain Report,” volumes 1, 2, 3, 4  
• “Career Pathways: Practice Management Newsletter,” volumes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 

Video scripts
• [for emergency physicians] “Diabetic ketoacidosis and mesenteric artery ischemia”
• [for emergency physicians] “Toxic shock syndrome in a 48-year-old male”
Training materials for the sales staff
• Three modules on non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (NHL), focusing on Rituxan 
• Virtual preceptorship: Asthma in the ED: Case studies, staff interviews, glossary: interactive modules

Wrote summaries of medical research  
• Wrote summaries of research supported by the Alliance for Lupus Research, 2014 and 2015

Slide presentations
• “Future trends in outpatient treatment of gram-positive infections”
• Slide set supporting a presentation on diabetes with a focus on Lantus (insulin glargine) 

Medical education [fact based and ethical; not promotional]
• Wrote over a dozen articles for OncLive (http://www.onclive.com/ ) on new cancer therapies 
• [for physicians] Managing hypertension: Tailoring therapy for cost-effective care 
• [for nurses] Compendium of Postpartum Care (135-page book)  

Journalism for physicians and pharmacists
• Oncology Times -- “Special article: Cancer pain treatment ’93: A new push for pain education” 
• Medical Tribune of Japan -- “Gene analysis elucidates reactivation of RA after pregnancy”

Journalism for managed care executives and business leaders
• Managed Care (magazine) -- Series of articles on medical conditions: fibromyalgia, heart failure, etc. 
• Human Resource Executive -- Series of articles on the changing US health care system 

Editing and fact checking 
Assisting physicians and professors of medicine in preparing manuscripts for publication; assisting with Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) capstone projects; Allergan; American Academy of Emergency Medicine; Bausch & Lomb; CSL Behring GmbH; Churchill Communications; Genecom; Harcourt Brace Jovanovich; Health Strategies Group; Infectious Disease News; Merck & Co.; School of Medicine, New York Presbyterian–Queens; Publicis Lifebrands; University of Louisville, School of Medicine; Memorial Sloan Kettering; Slack Inc; Sanofi-Aventis; Takeda

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Medical Tribune of Japan
Full time position as writer        2001-2009
Writer/ Consultant, part time        1995-2001; 2010 – November 2013
MedEd andsoforth, ltd
Principal/Writer, Editor, Researcher, Fact checker    1999-present

Past president, Metropolitan NY chapter, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
Program chairperson, Metropolitan NY chapter, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), 7 years

Certification, medical writing and editing, American Medical Writers Association

Social Worker
Social worker. Group worker with the aged, Bronx, NY. The Jewish Association of Services for the Aged (JASA) (While on leave from grad school; one-and-a-half years)  

VOLUNTEER
Ossining Food Pantry (16 years); Veteran-Civilian Dialogue (4 years); conversation partner for ESL students (4 years); United Farm Workers; American Museum of Natural History (Departments of Anthropology & Paleontology); Ecology Action (urban parklands); publications on Cézanne & Rembrandt; leader of informal poetry & art therapy groups in hospitals; Farm Workers Union; initiated founding of food co-op, Cambridge, MA; civil rights project in Georgia

EDUCATION
MA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA: Full scholarship (3 years) 
BA, Columbia College, New York, NY (and access to Columbia’s medical library)
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Bob Kirsch -- MedEd andsoforth,ltd                                                                              115 Somerstown Rd Ossining,NY 10562  
www.MedicalHealthWriterEditor.com                                                                           info@MedicalHealthWriterEditor.com