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September 2000 to Present
Director, Department of Medical Education Products
American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois

Work with physician executives to ensure the continued viability of existing medical education products ($750,000 annual revenue) and develop new products

• Developed Graduate Medical Education E-letter, a monthly e-mail newsletter with 12,000 subscribers that serves to promote medical education products and increase response rate for annual survey
  
• Developed product to license GME data to physician recruiters, medical schools, and others; revenues $20,000 in 2001, $42,000 in 2002
  
• Negotiated with other medical organizations to solicit content for new book, GMED Companion: An Insider's Guide to Selecting a Residency Program, which sold over 1,200 copies in its first year of publication.
  
• Oversaw development of new version of GME Library CD-ROM that now uses XML-based code to allow for increased user interaction with data
  
• Served as managing editor for new book on the continuing professional development of physicians

July 1997 to August 2000
Product Line Development Manager
American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois

Worked with division director and physician executives to devise, develop, release, and promote publications and products that meet the changing needs of the medical marketplace, such as

• Won AMA Star Performer Award for development of paper and online versions of the Cultural Competence Compendium
  
• Developed Health Professions Career and Education E-letter, a monthly e-mail newsletter with nearly 6,000 subscribers, a 20% increase over initial circulation
• Wrote article for the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) on the growth of specialization in graduate medical education

August 1995 to July 1997
Publication and Product Associate
American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois

Managed annual publication of paper and CD-ROM versions of leading medical education and licensing products, including the Graduate Medical Education Directory and the Health Professions Career and Education Directory

• Worked to collaborate with new health professions accrediting agencies, leading to 75% increase in size and scope of the HPCED
  
• Developed “QuickConsult” insert for Medical Education publications to increase products’ user-friendliness and promote AMA membership
  
• Won Star Performer Award for design and content improvements to State Medical Licensure Statistics and Requirements, leading to $16,000 savings in production costs.

August 1993 to August 1995
Assistant Editor
American Medical Association Alliance, Chicago, Illinois

• Responsible for editorial support of nationwide network of physician spouse volunteers
  
• Helped define the focus of six-member health promotion committee, which directs public-health initiatives supported by the AMA and the Alliance
  
• Developed consumer brochures and wrote and edited articles for two bimonthly publications
  
• Served as press liaison between the Alliance and the AMA and between Alliance national headquarters and its 60,000 members

October 1989 to August 1993
Managing Editor
The EDI Group Ltd, Oak Park, Illinois

• Edited/proofread and produced graphics for quarterly journal of electronic commerce
  
• Attended trade shows and business conferences to solicit articles fromspeakers and attendees; worked with 25 international consulting editors on editorial content
  
• Wrote all corporate press releases and edited all brochures and direct mail

1984 to 1989
The Roustabout Years

Ski reporter, clerk/messenger, reporter, laborer, editorial assistant, sundry other positions