John Thomas Cathey

MS, ELS

acexbk@r.postjobfree.com

Current

Interest

Independent

medical

wri2ng

and

edi2ng

over

the

Internet.

Freelance

projects

in

the

past

included

published

reports

of

clinical

trials,

review

ar2cles,

product

monographs,

and

slide

lecture

kits

in

several

therapeu2c

areas,

including

pharmacoeconomics

(detailed

list

of

projects

available

on

request).

Extensive

experience,

primarily

substan2ve

edi2ng

and

rewri2ng,

including

revision

of

the

work

from

non-

na2ve

English-

speaking

authors.

Experience

Managing

Senior

Editor,

King

Faisal

Specialist

Hospital,

Riyadh,

Saudi

Arabia May

2003

to

March

2013

Managed

and

edited

two

journals:

Annals

of

Saudi

Medicine,

Hematology/Oncology

and

Stem

Cell

Therapy.

Ins2tuted

web-

based

manuscript

submission

and

peer

review

system.

Oversaw

applica2on

for

indexing

in

NLM

PubMed.

Worked

closely

with

editorial

board

and

supervised

staff

of

four

editorial

assistants.

Extensive

experience

edi2ng

and

rewri2ng

work

of

non-

na2ve

English-

speaking

clinicians.

!

Scientific

Communications

Consultant,

Eli

Lilly,

Indianapolis,

IN

(USA)

July

2001

to

January

2003

(18-

month

contract)

Prepared

manuscript

draMs

on

clinical

trials

for

publica2on.

Advised

on

wri2ng,

sta2s2cal

presenta2on

and

publica2on

maOers

to

other

members

of

the

Forteo

(recombinant

human

parathyroid

hormone)

team

and

outside

inves2gators.

Contributor

to

Natural

Medicines

Comprehensive

Database,

Stockton,

CA

(USA) 1999

to

2000

Researched

and

prepared

monographs

on

assigned

products

(www.naturaldatabase.com)

Senior

Clinical

Editor,

Drug

Benefit

Trends,

SCP

Communications,

New

York,

NY

(USA) January

1995

to

September

1997

Solicited

and

edited

ar2cles

ar2cles

for

monthly

publica2on

directed

to

pharmacy

managers

and

execu2ves.

Developed

content

for

the

Medscape

website,

then

in

development.

Editor,

Scientific

Therapeutics

Information,

Springfield,

NJ

(USA) July

1990

to

August

1992

Wri2ng

and

edi2ng

of

monographs,

newsleOers,

slide

copy

and

other

material

on

pharmaceu2cal

topics

for

physicians

and

pharmacists.

Involved

review/analysis

of

drug

therapy

literature

and

interac2on

with

medical

professionals

and

pharmaceu2cal

industry

clients.

!

1

acexbk@r.postjobfree.com

May

2014

Educa2on

and

Cer2fica2on

Master

of

Science

(epidemiology),

Graduate

School

of

Health

Sciences,

New

York

Medical

College,

Valhalla,

NY

(USA) 1997

Thesis:

Helicobacter

pylori

infec2on

in

2073

chronic

dyspep2cs

:

a

na2onal

seroepidemiological

survey

(mul2ple

logis2c

regression

analysis)

Bachelor

of

Science

(pharmacy),

University

of

Utah,

Salt

Lake

City,

UT

(USA) 1986

Editor

in

Life

Sciences October

2005

(www.bels.org)

!

Seminars,

Courses,

Conferences,

Professional

Organiza2ons

•

TuMs

University/New

England

Epidemiology

Ins2tute

Summer

Program

in

Epidemiology

(Epidemiologic

Methods

in

Healthcare

U2liza2on

Research,

Pharmacoepidemiology)

(1995)

•“Presen2ng

Data

and

Informa2on,”

one-

day

seminar,

New

York

City,

Edward

TuMe,

author

of

Visual

Display

of

Quan2ta2ve

Informa2on

(1995)

•

American

Medical

Writers

Associa2on

(AMWA)

short

courses

at

annual

mee2ngs

•AMWA,

Pacific

Southwest

Chapter.

Pacific

Regional

Conference,

Asilomar,

Pacific

Grove,

California

(April

1997)

•Na2onal

Conference

on

Medical

Edi2ng,

Army

Medical

College,

Rawalpindi,

Pakistan

(April

2007) Chair-

person

•Short

Course

for

Medical

Editors,

PSP

Consul2ng,

Oxford,

UK

(November

2011)

•Evidence-

Based

Prac2ce

Founda2on

Course,

Riyadh,

Saudi

Arabia

(March

2012)

•Asia-

Pacific

Associa2on

of

Medical

Editors,

Annual

Conference,

Kuala

Lumpur,

Malaysia

(September

2012)

•

HarvardX:

HSPH-

HMS214x

Fundamentals

of

Clinical

Trials

(refresher

course

through

edx.org)

(completed

February

17th

2014)

(Verify

the

authen2city

of

this

cer2ficate

at

hOps://verify.edx.org/cert/8161b6-

ca61eb4056b296a3e1c83da5f7)

•

Member

(current

or

past):

Council

of

Science

Editors,

World

Associa2on

of

Medical

Editors,

Eastern

Mediterranean

Associa2on

of

Medical

Editors

(aOended

and

presented

at

conferences

in

Cairo,

Riyadh,

Bahrain),

AMWA

!

2

acexbk@r.postjobfree.com

May

2014

Publica2ons

Cathey

J,

Al

Hajeri

AA,

Fedorowicz

Z.

A

comparison

of

handsearching

versus

EMBASE

searching

of

the

Annals

of

Saudi

Medicine

to

iden2fy

reports

of

randomized

controlled

trials.

Ann

Saudi

Med

2006

(Jan-

Feb);

26(1):

49-

51.

PMID:

16521876

Marr

JS,

Cathey

JT.

New

hypothesis

for

cause

of

an

epidemic

among

Na2ve

Americans,

New

England,

1616-

1619.

Emerg

Infect

Dis

2010;16(2):281-

286.

PMID:

20113559

Marr

JS,

Cathey

JT.

The

1802

Saint-

Domingue

yellow

fever

epidemic

and

the

Louisiana

Purchase.

J

Public

Health

Manag

Pract

2013

(Jan);19

(1):77-

82.

PMID:

23169407

An

epidemiological

analysis

of

the

ten

plagues

of

Egypt,

John

S.

Marr,

MD.

Prepared

in

iBook

format

(available

on

the

Apple

iBookstore,

plaguescapes.com).

Edited,

updated

ar2cle,

and

prepared

with

iBook

Author.

Cathey

JT,

Marr

JS.

Yellow

Fever,

Asia

and

the

East

African

slave

trade.

Trans

R

Soc

Trop

Med

Hyg

2014;108

(5):

252-

257.

PMID:

24743951

doi:

10.1093/trstmh/tru043

!

Manuscripts

reviewed/edited

at

request

of

author

or

journal

Rossi

L,

Kadamba

P,

Hugosson

C,

De

Vol

EB,

Habib

Z,

Al-

Nassar

S.

Pediatric

short

bowel

syndrome:

adapta-

2on

aMer

massive

small

bowel

resec2on.

J

Pediatr

Gastroenterol

Nutr.

2007

Aug;45(2):213-

21.

Marr

JS,

Calisher

CH.

Alexander

the

Great

and

West

Nile

virus

encephali2s.

Emerg

Infect

Dis.

2003

Dec;

9(12):1599

603.

Marr

JS,

Kiracofe

JB.

Was

the

huey

cocoliztli

a

haemorrhagic

fever?

Med

Hist.

2000

Jul;44(3):341-

62.

Aljurf

MD

et

al.

Special

issues

related

to

hematopoie2c

SCT

in

the

Eastern

Mediterranean

region

and

the

first

regional

ac2vity

report.

Bone

Marrow

Transplant.

2009

Jan;43(1):1-

12.

The

Eleventh

Plague:

A

Novel

of

Medical

Terror,

John

S.

Marr,

John

Baldwin

BMJ/2008/633958:

How

are

safety

results

reported

in

published

reports

of

randomised

controlled

trials?

JPHMP-

D-

12-

00127:

Predictors

for

severity

of

leptospirosis

in

Khon

Kaen

Province:

a

case

control

study.

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