Medical College
Resume:
John Thomas Cathey
MS, ELS
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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.
!
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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
!
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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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2014
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