Writer/Owner

Buckley/Swartz is a Boston-based medical and healthcare communications firm providing writing and editing services to authors of books and articles, professional societies, journal publishers, university and independent publishing houses, pharmaceutical companies, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and clients in academic medicine.
 

Writing and Editing Services

Buckley/Swartz specializes in the delivery of publication-ready manuscripts that typically involve some combination of research, writing, editing, and proofreading services. These include:

• Conference and symposium coverage and reporting

• Development of book proposals and manuscripts

• Book chapters

• Original research articles

• Journal Supplements

• Manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals

Current and Recently Completed Projects

• Editing, Obesity Epidemiology (Oxford Press, 2008), by Frank B. Hu, M.D., Ph.D. Professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology Harvard School of Public Health

• Research, writing and editing, What to do about High Cholesterol, A Harvard Medical School Special Health Report (Harvard Health Publications, 2009).

• Research, writing and editing, The Lehman Series: Updated Evidence-based Recommendations for Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery (Obesity, May 2009).

• Research, writing and editing, From Harvard Medical School, The 9 Medical Advances That Can Change Your Life (Harvard Health Publications, 2008).

• Writing and editing, Commentary, The Low-Fat Imperative (Obesity, 2008), by George L. Blackburn, M.D., Ph.D., S. Daniel Abraham Associate Professor of Nutrition, Harvard Medical School; author of Break Through Your Set Point: How to Finally Lose the Weight You Want and Keep It Off (Collins, 2008).

• Research and writing, Fat in America, a nonfiction book on severe obesity.

Samples

The Lehman Series: Updated Evidence-based Recommendations for Best Practices in Weight Loss Surgery (Obesity, May 2009)
www.nature.com/oby/journal/v17/n5/index.html

Medscape CME – The Obesity Epidemic and Metabolic Syndrome
www.medscape.com/viewprogram/2015

AHRQ – National Guideline Clearinghouse – Expert Panel on Weight Loss Surgery
www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?ss=15&doc_id=5949&nbr=3918

Representative Clients

Harvard School of Public Health (Boston, MA)
www.hsph.harvard.edu

Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA)
www.hms.harvard.edu

AstraZeneca (Wilmington, DE)
www.astrazeneca.com

Vox Medica (New York, NY)
www.voxmedica.com

Dairy Management, Inc. (Rosemont, IL)
www.dairyinfo.com

Council of State Governments (Lexington, KY)
www.csg.org

Porter Novelli (New York, NY)
www.porternovelli.com

National Black Caucus of State Legislators (Washington, DC)
www.nbcsl.com

National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (Washington, DC)
www.nhcsl.com

Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety (Boston, MA) www.mass.gov/dph/betsylehman/index.htm

Massachusetts Department of Public Health (Boston, MA) www.mass.gov/dph/

Innovix/Quintiles Transnational (Durham, NC)
www.quintiles.com

Caudex Medical Ltd/McCann Erickson (New York)
www.mccann.com

BBK Worldwide (Newton, MA)
www.bbkworldwide.com

Harvard Health Publications (Boston, MA)
www.health.harvard.edu

Demand Media Inc. (Los Angeles, CA)
www.demandmedia.com