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Michelle M. LaPlante adx6ne@r.postjobfree.com • 609-***-****

Michelle LinkedIn Pitman, NJ, 08071

Senior Medical Editor

Dynamic and results-driven professional with extensive experience in editing, managing, and delivering compelling medical content. Areas of Expertise

• Medical Content Editing

• Fact-Checking

• Content Development

• Project Management

• Team Building & Leadership

• Process Improvement

• Information Gathering

• Complex Problem Solving

• Document Management

• Relationship Management

• Matrix Organizations

• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Career Experience

Freelance Medical Editor, Pitman, NJ 2017 – present Working with medical communication companies, edit, fact-check, and proofread journal articles, posters, ads, slide decks, and other deliverables using AMA and AP Style. Create red-box annotations for FDA submission. Clients include PharmaWrite, Axiom, Haymarket Media, BioCentric, Inc, MedVal Scientific Information Services, LLC, 2ndSpark, Pharmacy Times, Aptara, and TrueLearn.

American Board of Surgery, Philadelphia, PA 2020 – 2023 Oral Examination Developer & Logistics Manager Examination Developer Collaborated with cross-functional teams to edit and manage compelling content for oral certifying examinations. Compiled and maintained documentation per latest industry standards. Coordinated with department to identify robust solutions for optimizing all ongoing processes. Edited content and oversaw all routine tasks of various committees to organize ABS oral certifying examinations. Managed development of certification examination committees for various ABS medical subspecialties. Contributed to reviews and meetings with subject matter experts for planning and executing exam content. Assigned cases to subject matter experts for writing and assessments.

• Led department as interim manager for 8 months.

• Led transition of exam materials to cloud-based system.

• Adapted existing exam system to an online platform within 6 months.

• Improved efficiency of systems and processes by digitizing assessment materials for many subspecialty exams within the first year of position.

• Assisted teams in planning modifications in management of certifications during COVID-19 pandemic, such as transitioning from in-person testing to online examinations. P\S\L Group, New York, NY 2018 – 2020

Content Manager

Managed various projects and edited scripts, slides, and other print/digital materials for pharmaceutical customers using heavily formatted Word templates. Collaborated with graphic designers to ensure accuracy of graphics and layout while finalizing deliverables. Communicated with clients to understand requirements and deliver compelling content. Created red-box annotations in Adobe Acrobat. Contributed to medical/legal review processes and incorporated pharmaceutical client modifications to deliverables.

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HMP GLOBAL, East Windsor, NJ 2014 – 2017

Managing Editor, Nutrition411 Features Editor, Consultant360 Interacted with healthcare professionals in specific areas of expertise to create content for nutrition and physician websites. Produced in-depth, long-form, and question-and-answer articles. Reviewed and edited articles submitted by freelance contributors and coworkers to ensure accuracy and appropriateness in compliance with AMA standards, grammar, and style conventions. Evaluated and proposed article topics for freelance and in-house writers. Collaborated with content providers to identify promotional opportunities and share content. Created, edited, and oversaw editorial calendar for all website and social media content.

• Determined and wrote clinical feature articles for website Consultant360 with >338,000 page views per month.

• Composed email marketing communications for a large-scale audience of >43,000 subscribers utilizing HTML.

• Configured and uploaded material to Nutrition411.com website using Drupal content management system and HTML. Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA 2011 – 2014

Content Manager, ClinicalKey (2012 – 2014)

Administered and regulated content delivery across all formats content aggregator ClinicalKey.com with a focus on books and periodicals. Developed and improved existing content processes. Collaborated with internal stakeholders to investigate causes of discrepancies in content delivery.

• Developed novel content pipelines and ascertained translation-specific material to be used for the global versions of ClinicalKey, such as in Australia, Japan, France, and Spain. Content Manager, Medical Education (2011 – 2012)

Examined and evaluated material for a prototype web-based medical educational program. Developed and implemented process to integrate linked data, XML, XHTML, and rich data files to enhance discovery and indexing of content as part of global content team.

• Identified discrepancies in XML tagging of Elsevier US medical educational series and provided ideas on how to improve search discovery.

Additional Experience

Content Steward, Global (Contractor), Aquent Studios, Merck, North Wales, PA Editor/Data Quality Analyst (Contractor through Rose International), Thomson Reuters/Clarivate Analytics, Philadelphia, PA Clinical Projects Manager, Michael J. Hennessey Associates, Inc, Cranbury, NJ Content Manager, Consultant at Comcast (6-month contract through NorthStar Solutions Group LLC), Comcast, Philadelphia, PA Senior Developmental Editor/Senior Product Manager, Wolters Kluwer Health, Philadelphia, PA Editorial Assistant, Medical Books, Little, Brown & Company, Boston, MA Editorial Assistant, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Communications, Boston, MA Education

Bachelor of Arts in English Literature

Boston University, Boston, MA

Professional Development

• Info Access & Resources, graduate course at Drexel University

• Foundations of Information Systems, graduate course at Drexel University

• Copyediting, graduatecourse at Temple University,