Freelance physician medical writer

• Accredited continuing medical education (CME) programs
• CME needs assessments • Journal articles • Product monographs • Manuals • Newsletters
• Patient education material • Powerpoint presentations

Medical writing / editing topics completed

CME programs

• Critical appraisals of clinical trials • Diabetic neuropathy • Diabetes and sexual health • Diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular risk • hsCRP and cardiovascular risk • Lipids and cardiovascular risk • Compliance issues in hypertension management • Heart failure • Pulmonary hypertension • Atrial fibrillation • Drug eluting stents • Stroke • TIA • Anticoagulation • Senile dementia • Dyspepsia • NSAIDs and dyspepsia • Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) • Chronic proton pump inhibitor (PPI) therapy - balancing risks and benefits • Inflammatory bowel disease • Hepatitis A & B • Asthma • Community acquired pneumonia • Invasive meningococcal disease • Corticosteroid-responsive dermatoses • Fungal skin infections • Skin barrier management in atopic dermatitis • Rotavirus infection • Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection • HPV and Aboriginal women • Immunization in Aboriginal populations • H1N1 vaccine • H1N1 and pregnancy • Influenza in infants, children and youth • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation • Antiangiogenic therapy in cancer • Preventing recurrence of breast cancer • Lung cancer • Management of cancer pain • Management of neuropathic pain • Management of moderate pain • Breakthrough pain • Breakthrough cancer pain • Opioid-induced constipation • Complementary and alternative medicine for pain management • Cannabinoids • Migraine • Ankylosing spondylitis • Paget's disease • Osteoporosis • Contraception • Menopausal symptoms and hormone replacement therapy • Thermoregulation and menopausal vasomotor symptoms • Vaginal atrophy • Malaria • Traveller's diarrhea • Nutrition • Sexual abuse • Domestic violence • Ethics in dentistry

CME needs assessments

• Obesity • Lowering LDL, beyond statins • Cardiovascular risk in diabetes beyond LDL-C • Acute coronary syndrome • Cardiac stem cell therapy • Achieving goals in hypertension • Platelets and aspirin resistance • Preventing atherosclerosis progression in high risk individuals • Ablation for atrial fibrillation • Stroke management • Stroke risk reduction • Stroke in atrial fibrillation • Peripheral arterial disease • Heart disease, fluid retention & diabetes • Incretin and incretin mimetics in diabetes • Smoking cessation • Maximizing bronchodilation in COPD • New therapies for COPD • COPD and asthma • Optimizing asthma diagnosis and management • Treating pulmonary hypertension • Bronchiectasis and cystic fibrosis in adults • GINA and alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency (AATD) • Pneumonias in the ICU • Managing sodium abnormalities in the ICU • Epilepsy in the elderly • Attention deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) in adults with depression • Bipolar disorder • Bipolar depression • Major depressive disorder • Depression in the elderly • Depression & dementia • Alzheimer's dementia • Chronic pain management • Myofascial pain syndrome • Rheumatic disease with hepatitis C • Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic diseases • Osteoarthritis pain management • Minimally invasive spine surgery • Cancer and bone • Fracture risk reduction in osteoporosis • Postmenopausal osteoporosis • Osteoporosis in men • Glucocorticoid-induced and other forms of secondary osteoporosis • Pitfalls in reading densitometry reports • Individualizing therapy in osteoporosis • Renal osteodystrophy • Paget's disease • Osteoarthritis treatment • Rheumatoid arthritis • Co-morbidities in rheumatoid arthritis • Ophthalmologic manifestations of rheumatic diseases • Pulmonary manifestations of rheumatic diseases • Emerging biologic therapies in rheumatology • Safety isues in biologic therapy • Malignancy and infection with biologic therapy • Diagnostic and therapeutic use of ultrasound in in rheumatic diseases • Pregnancy and rheumatic diseases • Fibromyalgia • Anti-phospholipid antibody syndrome • CNS vasculitis • ANCA associated vasculitis • Chronic pain management • Chronic insomnia in comorbid states • Treating sleepiness • Irritable bowel syndrome • Clostridium difficile colitis • GERD • Chronic esophagitis • Chronic pancreatitis • Hepatitis C • Management of HIV • Non-systemic management of erectile dysfunction • Genital atrophy and sexuality • Male hypogonadism • Female sexual health • Hypoactive sexual desire disorder • Contraception • Chronic urticaria • Psoriasis • Psoriatic arthritis

Medical journal articles

• Surgical treatment of diffuse osteoradionecrosis of temporal bone in cases with nasopharyngeal carcinoma after radiotherapy • Capillary hemangioma of the middle ear • Incidence and risk factors of neck discomfort • Over expression of stromelysin-1 and matrilysin in primary spontaneous pneumothorax • Suprachoroidal hemorrhage • Prevalence of hearing impairment • Occult ganglion in chronic wrist pain patients detected by ultrasonography • Optimal graft thickness for different sizes of tympanic membrane perforation in cartilage tympanoplasty • APACHE-II, Child-Pugh and MELD Scores for prediction of early mortality after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for intractable acute gastroesophageal variceal bleeding • Tissue-specific immunoglobin E in maxillary sinus mucosa of allergic fungal sinusitis • Resveratrol and large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels in the protection of human retinal pigment epithelial cells • Dynamic MR imaging used in evaluation of female pelvic prolapse • Allergic profiles in bilateral chronic rhinosinusitis with unilateral nasal polyps • Predicting adverse outcomes of cardiac surgery with the application of artificial neural networks • Tardive dyskinesia • CME bias management • Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of carcinoid tumours of the gastrointestinal tract

Pharmaceutical

Products: • Minoxidil • Amlodipine • Atenolol • Nitroglycerin • Ampicillin-sulbactum • Cefoperazone-sulbactum • Cefixime • Sparfloxacin • Gatifloxacin • Moxifloxacin • Salbutamol • Salmeterol • Budesonide • Cetirizine • Metadoxine • Lansoprazole • Hydroxychloroquine • Etanercept • Prednisolone • Fluocinolone • Cannabinoid extract • Tramadol • Piroxicam • Alprazolam • Loxapine • Fluconazole • Erythropoietin • Erlotinib • Capecitabine • Pilocarpine • Oxytocin

Patient/consumer education

• Common aches and pains • Bladder health & sexuality in women • Heart disease • Cholesterol lowering guidelines • Fibromyalgia • Gastro-esophageal reflux disease • Stroke • Glaucoma • Life after a kidney transplant • Weight gain in pregnancy • Exercise in pregnancy • Backache in pregnancy • Leg care during pregnancy • Exercises for labour • Indigestion during pregnancy • Post natal exercises

Specialty publications

• Home oxygen therapy • Biotechnology • Herbal remedies • Approaches to cancer therapy • Colorectal cancer • Newer antipsychotics • Treatments for diabetes • Antioxidants • Sildenafil - misconceptions and facts • Linezolid • Bisphosphonates