Melissa L. Bogen, owner of Bogen Editorial Services, graduated from Wellesley College with a BA in Psychobiology. She has been in medical publishing since 1987 and a full-time freelance editor since 1997. A board-certified Editor in the Life Sciences since 2001, Melissa also holds core, advanced, and composition & publication certificates from the American Medical Writers Association.

Melissa’s expertise is in editing, copy editing, fact checking, and proofreading in a wide range of therapeutic areas, most prominently (but not limited to) cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, obstetrics & gynecology, pain, and urology.

Some of the materials Melissa has worked on include abstracts, journal articles, newsletters, Web sites, multimedia (eg, slide decks, DVDs, iPad apps) promotional & CME programs for physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, patient education, and sales training materials.

Melissa has an in-depth knowledge of AMA style guidelines, FDA guidelines, regulatory guidelines, & editorial production processes. Having worked with pharmaceutical companies and medical communications companies for more than a decade, Melissa has honed exceptional decision-making and problem-solving capabilities, has a talent for juggling multiple projects with shifting priorities, and works successfully in a team environment and independently. She is smart, flexible, and easy to work with.