Diana Benzaia, Medical Writer/Editor/Consultant

A Client Comments:
It was a monumental effort, but you helped pull together a very fine supplement for Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. All your hours of hard work really paid off in this definitive monograph on psoriatic arthritis.
Robin Shapiro
President
Health Advocacy Strategies

PROFESSIONAL JOURNALS

I have edited and written for a variety of professional medical journals, both in print and online.

Editor

Annals of Rheumatic Diseases
The Group for Research and Assessment on Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (GRAPPA), an international group of rheumatologists and dermatologists, developed 31 articles, ranging from pathophysiology through clinical management, as a supplement to this international journal. I worked with their publications committee on peer review, with 49 authors, and edited the supplement, which was published in March 2005, both in hard copy and online—and my work is credited at the end of the Prologue.

Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, Psoriatic Arthritis & Psoriasis

Author

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
Author of consensus report that formed the underlying basis of an article now in review.

Medscape
I have written clinical updates for physicians (CME), including osteoporosis and Alzheimer's disease. Sample bylined article:

Rapid Fracture Protection in the Treatment of Osteoporosis

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
My report of a consensus conference formed the basis for an article in this leading academic journal, and credit is given at the end of the acknowledgments.

Jensen PS, Youngstrom EA, Steiner H, et al. Consensus report on impulsive aggression as a symptom across diagnostic categories in child psychiatry: implications for medication studies. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2007;46:309-322.

Journal of the National Medical Association
In 2005-6, I wrote short articles, on such topics as obesity, lupus, HIV, and pregnancy, for the "Tidbits" section of this journal aimed at minority physicians.

HSS.edu/Rheumatology.asp
I ghosted numerous articles for this Hospital for Special Surgery physicians website to educate their peers about developments in the field, particularly about new research presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual scientific sessions.