Diana Benzaia, Medical Writer/Editor/Consultant

A Client Comments:
Fast, knowledgeable and amazingly thorough, Diana is a terrific asset as an editor and writer. She gets to the heart of issues and makes complex scientific and medical topics understandable to diverse audiences. Most important, her editing makes me look great, and she made the other writers on our site shine as well.
Bruce N. Cronstein, MD
Paul R. Esserman Professor of Medicine
Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
NYU School of Medicine

BACKGROUND

Awards
2000 National Health Information Silver Award
1996 Arthritis Foundation Russell L. Cecil Medical Journalism Award
1986 ASHA National Media Award/Reporting on Communications Disorders
1985 Council of Writers Organizations Outstanding Achievement Award
1983-84 William Harvey Award for Journalistic Achievement in Writing about Hypertension

Member
American Society of Journalists & Authors, former Vice President
National Association of Science Writers
Editorial Freelancers Association

Prior Affiliations
The Arthritis Foundation / National Office - Associate Director, Communications
New York University Medical Center - Development Writer
National Foundation/March of Dimes - Associate Editor, Public Relations
Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. - Associate Editor, Airline Management & Marketing

Education
BA & MA, Brooklyn College
Postgraduate studies, Fordham University & Wharton School
Introduction to Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine