Editing Samples
I provide a variety of editing services backed by ELS certification and more than 20 years of experience. Projects involve various therapeutic areas, with editing typically in AMA style. Jobs and formats include abstracts, annotating, blogs, books, CME, copyediting, executive summaries, fact checking and annotating, journal articles, laboratory manuals, marketing documents, monographs, newsletters, patient education, posters, sales training modules, slides and notes, substantive editing, tables and figures, technical manuals, web content, and white papers.
The following samples indicate my role on each project. Proprietary material is not listed because of confidentiality requirements.
Books • CME • Fact checking • Journals • Monographs • Proofreading • Sales training • SlidesBooks
Kudsi OY, Carbonell AM, Yiengpruksawan A, eds. Atlas of Robotic Surgery. Woodbury, CT: Ciné-Med Inc; 2018. [copyediting of entire book]
Pass HI, et al, eds. The IASLC Multidisciplinary Approach to Thoracic Oncology. 1st ed. Aurora, CO: International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer; 2014. [copyediting of chapters]
CME
Challenging cases in the management of bipolar depression: what would you do? Released on June 29, 2020. https://www.mycme.com/courses/challenging-cases-in-the-management-of-bipolar-depression-what-would-you-do-7140 [full editing of activity] See online
Patient considerations when selecting disease-modifying therapy in multiple sclerosis. Released on October 21, 2020. https://cmscscholar.org/patient-considerations-when-selecting-disease-modifying-therapy-in-multiple-sclerosis/ [full editing and fact checking of activity] See online
Fact checking
Articles edited before journal submission are styled to author guidelines and often involve fact checking. See sample page
Journals
Practical approaches in the management of bipolar depression: overcoming challenges and avoiding pitfalls. J Fam Pract. 2015;64(6 Suppl):S1-S24. [editing and fact checking for entire supplement] See online
Simoncini T, Panattoni A, Aktas M, et al. Robot-assisted pelvic floor reconstructive surgery: an international Delphi study of expert users. Surg Endosc. 2023 Mar 23. Epub ahead of print. [editing for journal submission] See online
Monographs
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Clinical Updates in Women's Health Care. [several monographs edited] See PDF
Proofreading
Winters ME, et al, eds. Emergency Department Resuscitation of the Critically Ill. Dallas, TX: American College of Emergency Physicians; 2011. [250 pp; proofreading of entire book] See PDF
Sales training
Projects involve editing, fact checking, and annotating e-learning modules for pharmaceutical sales training; material is proprietary.
Creation of electronic PDF reference binders (with bookmarking) for medical-legal review; a sample page is given. See PDF
Slides
Clinical Lung Cancer. Cancer-related hyponatremia: enhancing recognition and improving management. 2015. [full editing]
Shifting the treatment paradigm for multiple sclerosis: advances in pathophysiology and emergence of novel disease-modifying therapies. 2015. [full editing and fact checking] See online