InteliHealth's Editors and Writers

InteliHealth Staff

Brian Berkenstock has been a writer/editor with InteliHealth since 1998. Prior to joining InteliHealth, he was an editor with SmartHealth, a custom-publishing firm, and prior to that with Bullfrog Films, a distributor of educational media.

Toby Brener joined the InteliHealth staff in 2006 as a writer/copy editor. She coordinates and edits the Harvard Commentaries and manages content throughout the site. Before joining InteliHealth, she was a senior editor and researcher at Prevention magazine (Rodale, Inc.) for 12 years. She earned a doctorate in Health Education from Temple University.

Lisa Ellis is news director of Aetna InteliHealth, responsible for news content, Harvard news reviews and the home page. She also is the dental news editor, overseeing the consumer website Simple Steps to Better Dental Health (www.simplestepsdental.com) and the Aetna Dental professional site (www.aetnadental.com). Before joining InteliHealth in 2000, she was a newspaper journalist, including 14 years as a writer and editor for The Philadelphia Inquirer.

Amanda George is a project manager for InteliHealth. She oversees HTML e-mails and interactive tools, as well as various content areas on the site. Before joining InteliHealth in 1998, George was on the editorial staff of the medical journal Clinical Orthopaedics & Related Research. She has a bachelor's degree in journalism and a minor in English from Temple University in Philadelphia.

Larry McGrew is head of editorial operations for InteliHealth. Prior to joining InteliHealth in 2000, Larry worked for 15 years as a medical editor with Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and W.B. Saunders, acquiring and developing textbooks and electronic products for the medical and health professions.

Michael Shaw has been a writer and editor with InteliHealth since 2000. Before joining InteliHealth, he was an editor with Springhouse Publishing for more than a decade, developing and editing books for nurses and allied health professionals.

Nancy Volkers joined InteliHealth in 2000, and has worked for the National Cancer Institute, the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions and the University of Maryland. Past freelance clients have included the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Nancy writes and manages information on a variety of health topics, including dental health, pharmacy and allergies.

Harvard-Affiliated Writers

Gardiner Morse has developed and launched numerous publications for physician and general audiences, most recently serving as executive editor of Hippocrates magazine and the consumer newsletters HealthNews and Heart Watch. His articles have appeared in the Boston Globe, Technology Review, Science News and other publications.

P.J. Skerrett is a senior editor for Harvard Health Publications and editor of the Harvard Heart Letter. He was senior editor for the Division of Preventive Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, news editor for HealthNews and a high-school science teacher. He is co-author of "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy: The Harvard Guide to Healthy Eating," and other books on health and science.

Other Writers And Freelancers

Susan Arns has contributed to InteliHealth since 1998. She writes the monthly breast cancer Research Review and has covered a variety of other topics. She has 10 years of experience in medical publishing.

Caren Benjamin, who began contributing to InteliHealth in 2000, frequently writes health-related articles for Self magazine. She also worked as the medical reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nevada's largest daily newspaper.

Ken Winston Caine is a writer specializing in wellness issues. He is the former managing editor of the Men's Health and Daybreak book imprints for Rodale Press and has written, coauthored or edited more than 20 health and self-help books. He first contributed to InteliHealth in 1997.

Judith L. Capar has been contributing to InteliHealth since 2000. A health writer and editor for the last eight years, she worked for a newspaper and the Associated Press. She has received the Arthritis Foundation's Russell Tyson national health-writing award for coverage of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis and was honored by the Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association for her work on breast cancer.

Kevin Davis is a freelance writer who covers health, business and legal issues. He is based in Chicago and is a regular contributor to USA Today and Crain's Chicago Business.

Marc Davis has written on medical subjects for Encyclopaedia Britannica's Medical and Health Annuals, Rodale Press, Johns Hopkins University Health Newsletter, Budlong Press and Midwest Cancer Research Group. He has contributed to InteliHealth since 2000.

Robin F. DeMattia selects and compiles features and news stories for InteliHealth's Professional Network. DeMattia has been a freelance editor, writer and public relations consultant for 10 years. She began contributing to InteliHealth in 1997.

Ty Eggenberger began contributing to InteliHealth in 2000. A freelance writer and editor, he has worked for Springhouse Corporation and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins in the medical and health fields.

Sara Nielsen Gambrill has an M.F.A. from Emerson College in Boston in Creative Writing. She has written for the Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide Web site, as well as for Harvard Women's Health Watch. She also has written about a wide range of health topics for various custom-published HMO newsletters.

Debra Gordon has contributed to InteliHealth since 2000. She is a health care journalist with more than 15 years experience. She has worked as a medical reporter for newspapers and as an executive writer and editor for Rodale Inc., where she coauthored the book, Maximum Food Power for Women and edited a series of women's health books.

Bill Gottlieb has been writing and editing in the fields of health and food for 25 years. He was the managing editor of Prevention Magazine and, recently, wrote Rodale Press' self-care encyclopedia, "Alternative Cures: From 300 of America's Top Doctors and Natural Healers, The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems."

Rhonda B. Graham was formerly a writer and editor for InteliHealth. Prior to joining InteliHealth, she worked for 15 years as a newspaper reporter. She's also been a freelance writer for Heart and Soul, a health, beauty and fitness magazine for African-American women and Emerge magazine.

R. Morgan Griffin is a freelance writer who has been contributing to InteliHealth since 2001. He has written dozens of health-related articles for Web sites such as GayHealth.com and ZapHealth.com on HIV, hypochondria, domestic abuse, alternative medicine and many other topics. He has a Masters in English from the University of Massachusetts.

Heather Hatfield is a medical journalist with a master's degree in health communication from Tufts University School of Medicine and Emerson College. She is currently the managing editor of Stuff Magazine Online. Previously, she worked for CBS HealthWatch and Medscape.

Randi Henderson has written and edited articles for InteliHealth's featured health areas since 1998. A freelance medical writer, she also has co-authored two health-related books. Before becoming a freelancer in 1992, she worked for 20 years as a features reporter for The Baltimore Sun.

Matthew Hoffman has contributed to InteliHealth since 1999. A freelancer writer specializing in health and fitness, he was managing editor for Prevention Health Books at Rodale Press. Hoffman has written or edited more than a dozen books about health, fitness and cooking. He also has contributed health stories to several newspapers.

Elizabeth Howard is an editor with Broad Run Consulting Inc., which provides editing services to InteliHealth. She selects and edits consumer health news, edits Ask the Doc and Ask the Pharmacist features, compiles This Week in Health and manages the Daily Health, Men's Health and This Week in Health e-mails. Before joining Broad Run, she worked as an editor and reporter for a Washington-based Middle East news wire service.

Stacy Kennedy, M.P.H., R.D., L.D.N., C.N.S.D., is senior clinical dietician at Dana-Farber Cancer Care/Brigham and Women's Hospital. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in dietetics and a minor in psychology from Indiana University. She completed her dietetic internship at Massachusetts General Hospital and received her Master of Public Health in Nutrition from the University of North Carolina.

Julie Kostecky was formerly a writer, editor, copy editor and project manager at InteliHealth, overseeing the content and organization of various areas on the site. Kostecky came to InteliHealth in 1999 as a veteran editor with experience handling medical textbooks, professional journals and various medical articles.

Sue Landry was formerly a writer and editor for InteliHealth. Before joining InteliHealth in 1999, she was a newspaper journalist for 16 years, most recently as the medical reporter for the St. Petersburg Times in St. Petersburg, Fla.

Jeanne Lenzer is a freelance medical writer and practicing emergency medicine physician associate. Her writing has appeared in the Journal of Family Practice, Primary Cardiology, Hospital Physician, Praxis Post, Clinician Reviews and Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News. She also writes about medically related issues in lay magazines and newspapers.

Kim McKiernan is an editor with Broad Run Consulting Inc., which provides editing services to InteliHealth. She serves as back-up for general editing duties. She is the lead editor for other Broad Run client sites involved in health and education issues. Before joining the Broad Run staff, McKiernan worked as a writer and editor in corporate- and small-business operations.

Christian Millman began contributing to InteliHealth in 2000. A full-time health and fitness writer and editor since 1997, Millman also has experience in newspaper journalism.

Arden Moore has been a contributing writer for InteliHealth since 1999. A former newspaper reporter and senior book-publishing writer, she is a freelance writer and editor specializing in health topics. Moore coauthored a book titled Nature's Virus Killers.

Sarah E. Moran has written for InteliHealth since 1999, contributing to various features on the site. She is a newspaper reporter who has covered the health-care and pharmaceutical industries. Moran has worked as associate editor of the Kiplinger Washington Letter, as a financial writer for the Chicago Sun-Times and as Chicago bureau chief of Advertising Age.

Eileen Nechas is a freelance writer specializing in health and medical issues. Nechas is the former executive editor of Children magazine, a health and lifestyle publication for parents from Rodale Press. She also coauthored four health-related books.

Anne Novitt-Moreno, M.D., has been a writer for InteliHealth since 1996, responsible for content in various areas on the site. She is a graduate of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, with a background in both internal medicine and pharmaceutical research. She has published two health books and written extensively for the Internet, the pharmaceutical industry and popular health magazines.

Kathleen Payne began contributing to InteliHealth in 2000. A freelance health writer and medical editor based in New York City, she also serves as an associate editor for a professional Web site for ophthalmologists, optometrists and opticians and previously worked as an editor of a clinical journal for pharmacists.

Laurene Powers, D.D.S., began writing for InteliHealth in 2000. She was the director of clinical quality for Aetna Dental Management. Her responsibilities included writing member educational articles, outcomes measurement and evaluation, satisfaction surveys and quality-improvement studies. She also maintains a small private practice as a general dentist.

Marlene A. Prost is a freelance writer and editor specializing in health. Prost writes frequently for magazines for health care providers and hospital publications. She also has worked in public relations for several major health care providers. She began contributing to InteliHealth in 2000.

Elizabeth Smith is a freelance writer and medical editor who has contributed to InteliHealth's dental area since 2000. She writes health-related material for health care organizations, consumer Web sites and health/medical companies. She previously worked as a senior medical writer for Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and as a public relations specialist.

Carol Svec has contributed to various areas of InteliHealth since 1997. She is a freelance consumer health writer who holds a masters degree in psychology from the University of Toronto, where she studied the psychology of health, with a specialty in eating disorders. Svec is a member of the National Association of Science Writers and the American Medical Writers Association.

Rick Vernaci is president of Broad Run Consulting Inc., which provides editing services to InteliHealth. Vernaci oversees all work performed by Broad Run's editors for InteliHealth. Before founding Broad Run in 1996, Vernaci was national health and medical writer on the staff of the Associated Press in Washington, where he worked for 10 years. Before that he worked as a reporter and supervisor for AP bureaus in Michigan and North Dakota.

Peter Wehrwein began contributing to InteliHealth in 2000. He is editor of the monthly Harvard Health Letter of Harvard Medical School, where he has worked in health information since 1994. Prior to that, Wehrwein covered medical and other issues for several newspapers.

Stephanie Whyche was formerly a writer and editor for InteliHealth. She spent 18 years as a newspaper reporter and copy editor for the News Journal of Wilmington, Del. concentrating on health and related subjects. Trained in psychiatric nursing, she holds a master's degree in public health/mental health from Tulane University.

Lyn Yonack has written for InteliHealth since 1998 on such topics as mental health, arthritis, sleep disorders and diabetes. She also has contributed to a number of mass-market books on health subjects. In addition, Yonack is a licensed social worker and practicing psychotherapist.

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