Below you can see some of my feature articles, conference reports, and research news stories. I write other kinds of content as well, so if you’re seeking a writer and want to see something different than what’s here, please contact me.
Specialized Medical Writing
Pediatric ENT Saves Baby With a Rare Saccular Cyst
At 5:30 in the morning, Amal Isaiah, M.D., Ph.D., answered his phone. Just that week, he had been
... Read more about the babyA Better Way to Care for Heart Patients on Ventilators
Driven to improve treatment for heart patients with breathing problems, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine had an idea: If
... Read more about the ideaOnly at UMGCCC: GammaPod Offers Stereotactic Radiotherapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer
A stereotactic radiotherapy device developed specifically to treat early-stage breast cancer is making its worldwide debut
... Read more about the new deviceCommon Threads Seen in Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers studying what goes wrong in autoimmune diseases now have a road map to guide future work, thanks to two ambitious
... Read more about what goes wrongICOSR 2011: Back to the Prenatal Environment
What happens in the womb may hold clues to what causes schizophrenia, according to a symposium
... Read more about schizophrenia cluesDrug Treatment of Schizophrenia Patients Sounds Alarms
Two studies in the January Archives of General Psychiatry sound alarms about the treatment provided to psychiatric patients.
... Read more about what’s alarmingThe Double-Edged Sword: Gauging Competency of Patients to Decide Treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
Advances in the early detection of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) raise challenges for health-care professionals who must determine whether patients remain capable of giving informed consent
... Read more about informed consent and Alzheimer’s diseaseFeature Articles for the General Public
At a Loss for Words: Doctor, I Can’t See What You’re Saying
After Alice Rodrigues, of Somerset, had shoulder surgery last year, she had to bang on the walls of the recovery room to summon a nurse.
... Read more about why she had to pound walls
