About Me

I'm a multi-bylined writer and storyteller who helps healthcare and other organizations to tell their best stories via clear, correct and engaging content.

Working independently or collaborating with other subject matter experts or creatives (video, audio, design), I make content easy:

Easy to read
Easy to understand
Easy to find and access supporting sources and resources

Most important, I keep it about you and what you need to say about your translational research, patient care and organizational service lines.

As well as writing and editing, I'm a thoughtful relationship builder who has interviewed many patients, clinicians, donors and healthcare leaders.

My own published bylines include "The Boston Globe Magazine," "The New York Times," "KevinMD," "Best American Essays," "World of Psychology," "The Wisdom Daily," "Salon," "The Huffington Post," "Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine," and "Johns Hopkins Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine."

Oh! And did I mention that I love what I do--even when I wake up at 3 am with the perfect editorial fix for that long- or short-form project on my desk?

Why Work with Me?

- Gracious relationship builder with ability to work with diverse stakeholders at all levels of the organization

- Award-winning writer with multiple bylines (see above)

- High creative standards, ethics and editing (AP and AMA style guides); experience using U.S. and British style guides

- Quick-study researcher with a well-curated library of evidence-based, consumer and peer-reviewed sources

- MA in English; B.Ed in teaching. Training in science writing, narrative medicine, digital marketing, HIPAA and crisis communications

- Delivered over 75 interactive trainings and workshops - in person and across digital platforms, including Canvas and Zoom

Professional Experience

20+ years in healthcare - Population health, dually-diagnosed or complex-needs patients; chronic illness; behavioral health; palliative medicine; telehealth; remote patient monitoring (RPM); health disparities; racism in healthcare; advance care planning; grief counseling, celiac disease, nutrition, microbiome health and health tech.

Bylines: Healthcare, wellness, behavioral health, addiction treatment, psychology, population health, celiac disease and co-occurring conditions, social justice and other topics.

Education and Training:

- MA in English and writing

- B.Ed in teaching

- Certificate in grant writing

- Training in narrative medicine, science writing, digital marketing and the arts in healthcare

-In-service trainings in HIPAA, crisis communications and risk management