Medical communications and education: writing, editing, management

Charles A. Meyer, CMPP

Upper Montclair, NJ *****

973-***-**** (home), 973-***-**** (mobile)

*************@*****.***

Summary

An accomplished medical communications professional whose capabilities

include:

. Writing, substantive editing, and research across a broad range of

project types

. Developing communication plans and tactics

. Managing execution of communication plans and tactics

. Identifying, recruiting, and communicating with opinion leaders

. Managing development of content for advisory meetings and roundtables

. Developing content for live and online continuing medical education (CME)

. Directing and managing in-house and freelance editorial and graphic

artists

. Contributing to proposals, pitches, and other new-business development

activity

Experience

Freelance/Consulting 2012-present

. Assist in development of strategic communication plans and tactics

. Provide research, copywriting, editing, PowerPoint slide creation, and

other content development services. Projects have included primary and

review medical journal publications, congress abstracts and

presentations, promotional medical education activities and materials,

and payer communications

. Assist in development and delivery of proposals and pitches

Scientific Director (contract), CAHG New York, NY, 2010-2012

. Conceived live and online medical education activities, in collaboration

with pharmaceutical clients and opinion leaders

. Did copywriting and PowerPoint slide creation for medical education

activities

. Ensured that projects met regulatory and client medical-legal review

standards

Editorial Director, Prime Medica New York, NY, 2009

. Participated in management of strategic publication plans

. Participated in editorial development of publication plan deliverables

. Interacted with members of client cross-functional publication teams and

with opinion leaders

. Developed content for client advisory meetings and drafted internal

client communications

. Collaborated with new-business personnel in pitch development and

delivery

Managing Editor, Hematology/Oncology, Clinical Care Options Reston, VA,

2007-2008

. Managed content of live, online, and print CME programs from conception

to completion

. Participated in development of innovative interactive live and online

programs

. Identified, recruited, and collaborated with expert faculty

. Recruited and directed contributing editors and writers

. Developed grant proposal elements, including needs assessments and

program outlines

Editorial Manager, Editorial Strategist, Adelphi Eden Health Communications

New York, NY, 2000-2007

. Collaborated in development of strategic communication plans and

supporting scientific statements

. Managed execution of strategic publication plans, including liaison with

clients and authors

. Planned and led publication committee meetings, in collaboration with

clients

. Proposed and developed clinical study and review articles, congress

presentations, and other activities

. Directed and managed writers, editors, and graphic artists

. Reviewed manuscripts for clinical and editorial quality and alignment

with scientific statements

. Wrote, and performed substantive editing

. Collaborated with business development personnel on proposals and pitches

Senior Editor, AMM Publications New York, NY, 1998-2000

. Managed execution of strategic publication plans

. Proposed and developed clinical study and review articles and congress

presentations

. Assigned projects to freelance writers and editors and oversaw their work

. Performed writing and substantive editing

. Interacted with client marketing and medical affairs personnel

. Developed content for meetings and recruited meeting faculty

. Monitored post-approval studies and identified publication opportunities

Senior Writer/Senior Editor, American Journal of Nursing, Lippincott-Raven

Publishers New York, NY, 1991-1997

. Solicited and edited feature articles by expert authors on clinical and

professional issues

. Conceived, developed, and wrote feature articles on clinical and

professional issues

. Recruited and collaborated with contributors to columns on legal issues,

ethical problems, and care of dying patients

. Worked with clinician coordinators of infection control and pain control

columns in developing manuscripts

. Wrote departments on new drugs, medical and nursing research, and HIV

infection

Selected Therapeutic Areas

Allergy: allergic rhinitis, chronic idiopathic urticaria

Heart disease: atrial fibrillation, heart failure

Cardiometabolic disease: dyslipidemia, hypertension, metabolic syndrome,

type 2 diabetes

Central nervous system disease: epilepsy, movement disorders, stroke

Gastroenterologic disease: gastroesophageal reflux disease

Infectious disease: hepatitis C, HIV, rotavirus

Inflammatory disease: dermatology, gastrointestinal diseases

Cancer: colorectal cancer, hematologic cancers, melanoma, renal cell

carcinoma, cancer-associated cachexia, cancer-associated thrombosis,

skeletal complications, tumor lysis syndrome

Psychiatric disease: bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, treatment-resistant

depression

Respiratory disease: asthma

Education

BA, Journalism

New York University, New York, NY

Professional Organizations

International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (Certified

Medical Publication Professional)

Charles A. Meyer

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