EXPERIENCE:

Communications Manager and Editor of Inside Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, N.Y. – April 2006 to present
• Assigns, writes and edits profiles, news, and feature stories for Inside Mount Sinai, The Mount Sinai Medical Center’s primary internal newsletter, and contributed to the publication’s redesign
• Manages a designer and a team of freelance writers
• Assigns photography and manages design and production for newsletters and other publications
• Writes and edits press releases and translates clinical and basic science research for both internal and external audiences
• Works with individual faculty members to help promote their research
• Revises speeches for institutional events
• Contributed research and content for the 2007 Dean’s Report; currently working on the 2008 Strategic Plan
• Writes background information and talking points for faculty and staff
• Conducts video interviews of faculty for the Web

Staff Writer, MedPage Today, Little Falls, N.J. – March 2005 to Feb. 2006
• Wrote medical news and features, which include posttests for continuing medical education credits for physicians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals
• Read and reported on articles from professional medical journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, the Journal of American Medical Association, and the British Medical Journal
• Brainstormed and wrote features specifically for our strategic partners at CNN.com, MSNBC.com, and WSJ.com

Freelance Journalist, Washington, D.C. – Oct. 2000 to Feb. 2005
• Specialized in stories on women's health, medical science, women's legislative issues and health policy, including coverage of major research findings and on-site coverage of conferences
• Wrote travel and general interest feature articles to major publications
• Clients included United Press International, New Physician magazine, Self, More, People, Elle, Health, Women's Enews, The Boston Globe and The (Portland) Oregonian

News Writer, OnHealth.com (later WebMD), Seattle, Wash. – May 1998 to Sept. 2000
• Wrote daily news briefs on health and medical research topics
• Wrote in-depth reports and features on health consumer issues
• Provided on-site coverage of national health conferences

Stringer, Newsweek, Seattle, Wash. – April 1999 to Jan. 2000
• Contributed coverage interviews and research for national news magazine
• Coverage areas included the 1999 World Trade Organization conference in Seattle, court hearings for alleged terrorist Ahmed Russam, and Starbucks Corp.'s international efforts

Freelance Journalist, Seattle, Wash. – April 1999 to Oct. 2000
• Wrote articles for Metropolitan Living, a monthly Seattle magazine, and The Stranger, a Seattle weekly

Newswoman, The Associated Press, Albany, N.Y. – March 1997 to Dec. 1997
• Wrote, edited and tracked state and national news in a nine-month temporary position
• Wrote spot news and enterprise features
• Wrote, edited and transmitted state report and national stories for print and broadcast

Staff Writer, Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, N.H. – Aug. 1996 to Feb. 1997
• Reported and wrote education and general assignment stories