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Montreal, Canada
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Work Experience:
7 years in print and online publishing within multimedia teams. Focus on
educational programs for the medical community (CME/CE*) and pharmaceutical
industry
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Researching, medical writing and editing (AMA style
guide), copy editing, medical transcription and translation
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Interviewing and digitally recording interviews with
physician experts, sound editing, narrating/voice over for medical webcasts,
also featured as podcasts on iTunes
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Team management and corporate training; distinguished
leadership qualities
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Academic degrees: Science, Journalism, Languages,
Management and IT (in progress)
* CME/CE: Continuing Medical
Education (educational programs for physician accreditation)/Continuing
Education (educational programs for nurse/nurse practitioner accreditation)
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Written and verbal fluency in English, French, Greek, Spanish
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Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Audition, Cumulus,
Filemaker Pro, Visio, Photoshop Elements
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Graduate Diploma in Management, e-Business (in
progress)
McGill University – Montreal,
Canada, 2005-2006
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Certificate, Voice Training
Montreal Radio and Television School - Montreal, Canada,
2005
Concentration: Broadcasting,
Medical/Scientific News and Narration, Radio Spots
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Certificate of Proficiency, Spanish, with Distinction
Concordia University - Montreal,
Canada, 2001-2002
Continuing
Education Language Institute (CELI)
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Certificate, Journalism, with Distinction
Concordia
University – Montreal, Canada, 1998-1999
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Bachelor of Science, Specialization Biology, with
Distinction
Concordia University – Montreal,
Canada, 1994-1998
Honors thesis: The effects of
HIV-1 VPR on differentiation under a variety of conditions in a
rhabdomyosarcoma cell line
Supervisor: Dr. R.
Germinario, Lady Davis Institute, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Canada
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Diplôme d’Études Collégiales (DEC), Health Sciences
Marianopolis College – Montreal,
Canada, 1992-1994
Senior Audio Specialist,
P\S\L CONSULTING GROUP – Montreal, Canada (October 2003- present):
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Overall goal: Developing and mastering
the audio component of CME webcasts, featuring coverage of pharmaceutical clinical trial findings presented by
researchers at international medical and scientific conferences. Webcasts
available at http://www.peerviewpress.com/and
http://www.pvupdate.com/diab11
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Accomplishments: Hosting over 700 international teleconference
interviews between journalists and physician experts in oncology/hematology,
HIV/HBV/ID, neurology, gastroenterology, endocrinology; narrating and
producting audio components resulting from these interviews
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Main
tasks: Digital interview recording, audio editing physician sound bites,
narrating and splicing medical and industry news scripts for CD-ROMs, webcasts,
and podcasts
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Corporate
training, designing training manuals and procedure manuals
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Organizing
and assigning work load to transcriptionists and production personnel
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Medical
copy editing and transcription
Medical Editor, P\S\L
CONSULTING GROUP – Montreal, Canada (October 2002-October 2003):
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Overall goal: Editing and
publishing educational newsletters for print media, featuring coverage of
pharmaceutical clinical trial results presented at international medical and
scientific conferences
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Accomplishments: Meeting each
publishing deadline promptly for distribution to target audience
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Main tasks: Editing,
fact-checking, and copy editing print and online scripts (AMA style guide).
Topics included pharmaceutical clinical trial findings in oncology, HIV/ID, GI,
neurology, hematology
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Securing
participation of medical experts, journalists
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Project
planning and management
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Coordinating
production: graphics team, mailing house representative and senior editors
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Coordinating
accreditation of print and web-based articles with CME bodies in the US
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Developing
editorial style guide, layout/graphics templates, and documentation for the
editorial team’s production processes
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Verifying
medical accuracy of Spanish-English and French-English translations
Medical Writer, I.C. AXON
INC (Now MedCases Canada) – Montreal, Canada (October 1999-June 2002):
a)
mypatient.com: Case-based learning system for physicians
· Overall goal: Content development of case-based learning system for physicians. This program was a collaboration between physicians at the University of Virginia Office of CME (Charlottesville, Virginia), CME specialists, and a multimedia team. Available at www.mypatient.com
· Main tasks: Interviewing and corresponding with over 100 physicians in the US for the development of clinical case content (AMA style guide)
· Acting as the liaison between the University of Virginia Office of CME and the company
· Writing and editing cases and scripts for online navigation
· Demonstrating prototypes to clients via teleconference and during tradeshows
· Researching and developing medical content for pharmaceutical sales force training manuals (CD-ROM and online) (AMA style guide)
· Contributing to instructional design of training manuals
· Translating medical text (English to French)
· Fostering client relations (pharmaceutical and academic)
· Coordinating product development within a team of graphic artists, programmers, producers and editors
Private
Instructor, NCJ Educational Services –
Westmount, Canada (June 1996-June 1999):
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Teaching elementary and high school students (individuals
and groups of 4)
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Courses included algebra, biology, ecology, geography,
physics, chemistry, English, French, arts, and music
References available upon request.
“All limitations are self-imposed. Carpe
Diem.“
© 2006
Katherin Vasilopoulos