Steve Barry, ELS

I’m a board-certified medical editor with over 10 years of experience in health and medical communications. I’m highly skilled in substantive editing, line editing, fact-checking, and proofreading. I have a sharp eye for grammar, style, consistency, and accuracy.

Most recently, I worked as a Managing Editor at OPEN Health, a medical communications agency servicing pharmaceutical clients. Other previous roles include Senior Copy Editor at Healthline Media, a digital publisher of consumer health information, and Editor and Proofreader at Public Library of Science (PLOS), an open-access science journal.

I’ve edited a wide variety of health and science content, including:

• medical content for an expert audience: peer-reviewed science manuscripts, congress abstracts and posters, internal and external slide decks, scientific platforms, medical education materials
• consumer health content for a general audience: clinical overviews of health conditions, pharmaceutical campaigns, consumer drug information, health and wellness articles

Education:

Bachelor of Arts in English, San Jose State University, 2009

• GPA: 3.85

Certificates:

• Board-Certified Editor in the life Sciences (ELS), Board of Editors in the Life Sciences, 2022
• Essential Skills Certificate in Medical Writing and Editing, American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), 2022
• Poynter ACES Certificate in Editing, Poynter Institute, 2021

Skills:

• Copy editing
• Medical editing
• Fact-checking
• Proofreading
• Document formatting
• Project management
• Writing

Software:

• Microsoft Word (track changes, comments, formatting, troubleshooting, macros)
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Adobe Acrobat
• Google docs, slides, and sheets
• Content management systems (WordPress, Drupal, Huddle)
• EndNote
• Basic HTML editing
• Slack
• Asana

Style Guides:

• AMA style
• AP style
• Chicago style
• Custom in-house style

Email: stephanbarry@gmail.com

More information: View PDF file

Years in the field: 11
Years freelancing: 6