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David Woods, PhD




As founder and CEO of Healthcare Media International (HMI), I publish periodicals on management, communication, risk management, and managed care ... and provide consulting and editorial services in these areas, as well as on healthcare policy.

Recent activities include:

  • CEO of the US arm of a UK full-service medical communications company
  • Senior Fellow, School of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University
  • Editorial Board member, Jefferson's Health Policy journal.
  • Member, Ethics Committee, International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP)
  • Publisher of Philadelphia Medicine
  • Producer of 140 abstracts of online CME lectures for physicians
  • Adjunct faculty, College of Graduate Studies, Thomas Jefferson University, teaching scientific writing and communications
  • Fellow, College of Physicians of Philadelphia
  • Editor of an online newsletter for health economists





  • What they're saying

    “David Woods conveys humor and insight into the craft of writing”
    -- The Lancet.

    “{Woods’s} contributions are straightforward sensible lessons on writing. His incisive observations on the use of ‘we’ as in 'How are we today?' should embarrass us all"
    -- British Medical Journal.

    Note: See his review of the bestseller How Doctors Think for the British Medical Journal.

    “He's, like, cool"
    -- Stepdaughter Amanda.


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