Medical Health

LUKE CURTIS, MD, MS, ***** Portland Ave. S #***, Burnsville, MN

55337

847-***-**** ***********@***.*** /http://lukecurtismdmedicalwriter.com/

Professional Qualifications

Medical Writer- 20 years of experience writing medical publications on

multiple medical/environmental topics and in peer reviewed medical

literature. Wrote 90 papers/ book chapters- about half as first author-

my papers have been cited in peer reviewed literature over 1,000 times.

Also reviewed/ refereed 120 papers for publication.

Successfully - Coordinated publication committee activities, drove

commitment decisions for investigator proposals, provided medical

writing/editing support, and managed individual efforts to final

delivery.

Clinical Trials- Reviewed, analyzed and abstracted data, completed

several projects that involving phase I-IV clinical trials. These trials

included safety, drug tracking, and enrollment.

Patient Safety Narrative Writer- Written and edited about 1,000 patient

safety narratives

Medical and Public Health Researcher- 20+ years experience in a wide

range of medical and public health areas including allergy, asthma,

autism, environmental health, infection control, nutrition,

metabolism/pharmacokinetics, cancer, psychiatry, and gerontology.

Pharmaceutical/ Medical Device Contract Writing Experience- 5 years'

experience, writing clinical study reports, annual safety reports,

investigator brochures, final study reports, phase 1-3 studies, clinical

protocols, labeling, safety monitoring, CTD's, and 505(b)2, 510 (k), and

orphan drug documents.

Broad Medical/Scientific Background- In depth experience and knowledge in

clinical medicine, environmental health, public health, indoor air

quality, infection control, biochemistry and statistics.

Medical Database Experience. Extensive experience implementing medical

databases such as: Pub Med, Google Scholar, Cancerlit, Psychlit, FDA.gov,

and Clinical Trials.gov. SPSS.

Education

Medical Degree, St. Christopher's University, Chicago, IL

Practical student experience:

Glen Elston Retirement Home Chicago, IL, Completed medical exams. Lake

Shore Psychiatric Hospital, Chicago, IL. Completed medical exams on

patients. Chicago Care Asthma Van. Responsible for visiting patients are

their home to identify triggers for their asthma, and completed physical

exams.

Master's Degree, U of Illinois at Chicago

Magna Cum Laude- Public Health/ Environmental & Occupational Health

Sciences

. Master's Degree Thesis: Bacterial & Fungal Modeling in Hospitals. GPA

4.61/ 5.00.

Loyola University of Chicago

Master's Degree Summa Cum Laude- Biology GPA 3.83/4.00

. Master's Degree Thesis: Regulation of Nitrate Reductase Activity in

Soybeans

Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN

. Bachelor's Degree, Biology & Chemistry Double Major GPA 3.04/4.00.

Medical Research and Writing

Corpack - Main Author, freelance

Present 2015

. Responsible for writing, organizing and coordinating several writing

projects on Enteral Nutrition.

. Communicated and guided editors, and reviewed changes to projects.

Writing Assistance- Main Writer, freelance

2014 to present

. Writing articles and blogging for several companies including Harmony

International

Nutritional Supplements (Valley Cottage, NY) and Progressive Spine

(Englewood, NJ).

Life Extension, Book Chapter Writer. contract

2013 to 2014

. Writer for Life Extension protocol books.

. Communicate with medical professionals and management.

. Completed 4 chapters on preventing/ treating cachexia/ sarcopenia, eye

health, chronic fatigue syndrome, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

Environment & Human Health, Researcher / Writer, contract

2013 to 2014

. Completed field research on fracking, wood burning, water quality and air

quality.

. Created and wrote about the environment and health issues from fracking

and wood burning.

Manhattan Health Consultants- Environmental Medicine Clinic

2011 to 2014.

Clinical Assistant and Medical Writer.

. Wrote clinical studies/case series.

. Assisted with patient care, started 200+ patient IV's.

. Successfully Worker's Compensation and SS disability reports.

. Implemented ICD9 codes extensively for diagnosis and insurance.

MMS Holdings, Pharmaceutical Writer and Reviewer

2011 to 2013.

Safety Review and Clinical Study Work.

. Assisted with writing clinical oncology reports and cardiovascular study

reports.

. Wrote and reviewed about 1,000 safety reports for 9 different

pharmaceuticals. .

. Worked with NDAs and preclinical study write-ups.

Data Abstraction and Analysis Work- Cancer Clinical Trials.

2011 to 2013

. Abstracted records of over 600 patients, reviewed patient charts to write

patient narratives and contributed to writing Clinical Study Reports.

. Work involved many different anti-neoplastic drugs, SIRT radiation

therapy and use of monoclonal antibodies and other biological drugs to

treat cancer.

. Used ICD9 codes for cancer clinical trials.

. Completed safety work for phase III clinical trials.

. Received several awards for my cancer abstraction productivity and

accuracy.

Camargo Pharmaceutical- Contract Writer

2010

. Researched and wrote on drug safety-NDR's, PSUR-DSURs, CSR's, CTD's,

505(b)(2), phase 1-3 clinical trials, section 2.7 NDA's, and melanoma

orphan drug documents.

. Extensive studies with taxane oncology drugs, with both preclinical and

clinical studies.

. Completed regulatory writings for diabetes pumps.

Human Ecologist, Senior Medical Writer and Editor

1991 to present

. Main writer and lead editor, wrote over 3,000 abstracts on medical

research.

. Responsible for reviewing medical articles

. Wrote 20 feature length articles.

Mediatrition, Medical Writer and Editor, freelance

2008 to present

. Provided over 100 written medical articles and blogs to be featured on

a Medical Television series .

. Reviewed patients medical information and provided medical information

to viewers .

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