Project Manager Medical

Ann Yacono, MA, ELS

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Telford, Pennsylvania 18969

Mobile: 215-***-****

E-mail: ***.******@*****.***

PROFILE

Conscientious publishing professional with extensive editorial and project

management experience in medical, health care, scientific, and technology topics

STRENGTHS

Efficient resource manager and team leader capable of handling multiple critical

paths

Innovative developer of new workflows and pilot programs

Expert in AMA editorial style, competent in APA style and many others

Proficient in Adobe InCopy CS5, QuarkXPress, Microsoft Office, Reference

Manager, and Adobe Acrobat

EXPERIENCE

Senior Editor 2008 – Present

ApotheCom Associates, LLC

Edit medical manuscripts and abstracts and prepare them for submission to

prominent medical journals

Edit slides and posters for domestic and international meetings of key opinion

leaders in fields of pharmacology, anesthesiology, nephrology, immunology,

epidemiology

Senior Editor 2001 – 2008

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins / Wolters Kluwer Health

Managed production of reference books and electronic products (CDs, PDAs,

and Web) for health care professionals, especially nurses

Editorial project manager for annual editions of Nursing Drug Handbook, the

firm’s most profitable title, with an annual total revenue of about $8.5 million

Editorial project manager for 10 to 15 titles per year, always producing titles on

deadline and under budget

Spearheaded the pilot program for new content management system (2005)

Revised monthly drug information for NDHnow.com, eDrugInfo.com, and

NursingDrugGuide.com and developed new Web-based ancillary for

Nursing2009 Drug Handbook

Edited and fact-checked marketing material for assigned titles

Trained and supervised new hires and freelancers, as needed

Senior Associate Editor 2000 – 2001

Springhouse Corporation / Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Edited reference books for health care professionals, especially nurses

Editorial project manager for 6 to 8 titles per year, always producing titles on

deadline and under budget

Revised monthly drug information for NDHnow.com, eDrugInfo.com, and

NursingDrugGuide.com

Freelance Editor 1986 – 2000

Clients included FA Davis, Current Science, W B Saunders, O'Reilly & Associates,

John W iley & Sons / Sybex

Copyedited 18th and 19th editions of Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (FA

Davis)

Performed range of editorial duties: line editing to substantive/developmental

editing and heavy rewriting

Evaluated manuscripts against competition, analyzed reviews

Coordinated with reviewers and authors to develop manuscripts

EDUCATION

MA, English, Lehigh University

BA, English, Lehigh University

AWARDS

2004 – Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Award for Best Revised Edition (for Nursing2004

Drug Handbook)

MEMBERSHIPS AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Editor in the Life Sciences (ELS)

Member of the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS)

Member of American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)

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