Loon Lake Design: Portfolio

PORTFOLIO and CLIENT TESTIMONIALS

The proprietor of Loon Lake Design is a professional technical writer, project manager, biomedical engineer and entrepreneur. She formerly worked as a medical grant and manuscript editor at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center before starting Loon Lake Design as an independant company. Loon Lake has expertise in editing manuscripts, book chapters, entire books, grant proposals, and web content - to enhance the academic productivity of clients in the scientific and medical community. Loon Lake also offers project management for larger clients with multiple or long-term publishing projects.

Client Testimonials and Projects are listed below, along with a sampling of recent Publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and books. All of these have been edited and in several instances, as noted, were co-authored as well.

Client Testimonials

I have worked with Robyn Mosher over the past ten-plus years. She is an outstanding editor who is able to organize the material from several contributors into a concise, well-written manuscript in a timely manner. She has played a crucial role in a number of our publications. The overall quality of our publications has been improved significantly by her involvement and the role that she has played as our editor and project manager.

Joseph Rosen, MD
Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) and Engineering
Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth Thayer School of Engineering
Hanover, NH, USA

Robyn is highly intelligent and extremely diligent. Jobs are done very quickly and thoroughly. Once Robyn signs on to a project, everyone can relax in the knowledge that it will be completed efficiently and effectively. In addition, Robyn's background in engineering, information systems and technical writing allows her to be very creative in the production process. On numerous occasions, a few insightful suggestions from her about constructive changes led to much improved final products. Robyn is always professional in every way. Her interpersonal skills are superb. I recommend her with no reservations whatsoever for any position.

Morris Levin, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine (Neurology) and Psychiatry
Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA
Co-Director, Dartmouth Headache Center and
Director, Dartmouth Neurology Residency Training Program
Lebanon, NH, USA

Her attention to detail, editing skills and scientific knowledge [have] helped my R01 grant proposals to achieve higher scores. I needed an experienced editor to help me organize my ideas and express my research aims to their best level of professionalism. In the competitive quest for federal grant funding, an editor gives a researcher a definite competitive edge.

Marvin M. Doyley, PhD
Assistant Professor of Engineering
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, USA

I would not have the number of publications I have were it not for Robyn's efforts. She is able to effectively edit draft manuscripts to meet word count limitations while maintaining the intellectual content. I would simply not have the time to both write and guide manuscripts through the editing, submission, and publication process on my own.

John M. Gemery, MD
Assistant Professor, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA

...a superior medical editor, writer, and editorial assistant, who has been invaluable in my recent publications.

Robert D. Harris, MD, FACR
Professor of Radiology and OB/GYN
Dartmouth Medical School
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA

It is difficult to appreciate how much time goes into submission of these papers to journals like JNS. I am certain that much of this academic work would not have reached the journals without her support.

Alexander C. Mamourian, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania Health System
Philadelphia, PA
(formerly at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center when editing work was done)

She has functioned as an editorial assistant in a number of complex scientific manuscripts that I have co-authored. Robyn is a hard worker; organized, efficient and trustworthy. She has an unusual ability to comprehend complicated scientific data and translate it into understandable concepts and language based on the target audience. Robyn is a great resource. Her participation allows a busy author to focus on the scientific and clinical aspects of the manuscript, rather than the mechanics of editing and submission, which reflects a huge time savings. I recommend her enthusiastically.

Steven Poplack, MD
Associate Professor of Radiology
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, NH, USA

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Projects/Samples

Grant proposal editing: Edit R01-PHS398 research grant proposals, NSF/NCI grants, foundation grants on topics from ultrasound nanotechnology to physics to cellular biology. (Grant accepted after editing: Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) Detection of Rupture-Prone Plaques; part of National Heart Lung and Blood Institute Research Grant; NIH 1R01 HL 088523-01A1).
Grant annual report editing: Assist in writing/editing annual progress reports for multi-year grants, including executive summary editing and editing long and short individual reports. (Armed Forces Institute of Regenerative Medicine (AFIRM) Total Annual Reports 2010 ).
Editing of peer-reviewed articles, chapters and books, with physicians, scientists and engineers. Occasionally write/co-author such publications in collaboration with project team. See Client Publications list just below.
Project management: Manage project work for various research or publications projects that are long-term, have many logistical steps, or many involved team members.
Former work: Scientific and medical writing for Dartmouth Medicine, CenterView, Skylight, Here in Hanover, Tuck Today; Biomedical engineering; web site design (example: www.hacoop.org).
Web content writing: Silver Article for Dartmouth Toxic Metals web site.

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Client publications in peer-reviewed journals, chapters, and books

A sampling of most recent publications, both edited and co-authored, is shown below. Please Contact Us for a complete copy of all publications written and edited by Loon Lake Design.

Articles, chapters and books edited for Dartmouth faculty, 2007-present.

(The primary faculty for whom the editing was done is highlighted in each citation. Manuscripts that were co-authored as well as edited are noted by *)

Rosen JM, Burdette TB, Donaldson E, Mosher R, Katona L, Long S. Robotics, simulation and telemedicine in plastic surgery. In: Plastic Surgery, 3rd Edition, Vol. 1: Principles, Chapter 36, G.C. Gurtner (ed.), London:Elsevier. In Press. (*co-authored and edited)

Geiling J, Poropatich R, Lauria M, Mosher R, Rosen JM. Disaster response: Potential improvement with medical informatics. In: The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 4th edition. M. Slaughter, (ed.), L. Kun, (section ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, (Taylor and Francis Group). In Press. (*co-authored and edited)

Geiling J, Katona L, Rosen JM. Disaster response: Roles of responders, and lessons learned since 9/11. In: The Biomedical Engineering Handbook, 4th edition. M. Slaughter, (ed.), L. Kun, (section ed.), Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, (Taylor and Francis Group). In Press.

Korukonda S and Doyley MM. Axial and Lateral Strain Estimation using a Synthetic Aperture Elastographic Imaging System. Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology. In Press.

Gougelet RM, Geiling J. The National Response Framework – How Will the Nation Support a Local Disaster? In: Garza A, ed., The Oxford American Handbook of Disaster Medicine. New York: Oxford University Press; in press for 2012.

Geiling J, Gougelet R, Mohr L. Planning and organization for emergency mass critical care. In: Irwin RS, Rippe JM, eds., Intensive Care Medicine, 7th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins.In Press.

Nelson W, Gardent P, Shulman E, Splaine M. Preventing ethics conflicts and improving healthcare quality through system redesign. Quality & Safety in Health Care (BMJ Journals) 2010 Dec.; 19(6):526-530.

Nelson W., ed. Handbook for Rural Health Care Ethics: A Practical Guide for Professionals. Dartmouth College Press, 2010. [PDF version. Hardcopy version.] [Note: On this book, my role was to edit and proofread every chapter and assist the book editor, Dr. Nelson]

Rosen JM and Koop CE. Developing a new paradigm for biodefense in the 21st century: Adapting our healthcare response to the biodisaster threat. In: Global Biosecurity, P. Katona, MD Intriligator, JP Sullivan, (eds.) London: Taylor and Francis, 2010.

Geiling J. Critical care of the morbidly obese in disaster. Crit Care Clin. 2010 Oct;26(4):703-714. Review.

Rea ME, Gougelet RM, Nicolalde RJ, Swartz HM. Proposed Triage Categories using High-Accuracy Biodosimetry Methods. Health Phys 2010; 98(2):136-44.

Gougelet RM, Rea ME, Nicolalde RJ, Geiling J, Swartz HM. The View from the Trenches Part 1--Emergency Medical Response Plans and the Need for EPR Screening. Health Phys 2010; 98(2)118-27.

Burdette TB, Long SA, Ho O, Demas C, Bell JE, Rosen JM. Early delayed amputation: A paradigm shift in the limb salvage time line for patients with major upper-limb injury. Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development 2009; 46(3):385-394.

Rosen JM, Long SA, McGrath DM, Greer SE. Simulation in plastic surgery training and education: The path forward. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009; 123(2):729-738; discussion 739-740.

Sabelman EE, Chang W, Nguyen S, Rosen JM. [Chapter] Peripheral nerve repair and regeneration: Historical perspective. In: Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, 2d ed., Gary E. Wnek and Gary L. Bowlin, Eds. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2008. [Note: On this chapter, my role was to track down many permissions for re-publication of images, rather than editing]

Koop CE, Mosher R, Kun L, Geiling J, Grigg E, Long S, Macedonia C, Merrell R, Satava R, Rosen JM. Future delivery of health care: Cybercare. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2008 Nov-Dec;27(6):29-38. (*Co-authored and edited).

Jurmain JC, Blancero AJ, Geiling J, Bennett A, Jones C, Berkley J, Vollenweider M, Minsky M, Bowersox JC, Rosen JM. HazBot: Development of a telemanipulator robot with haptics for emergency response. Am J Disaster Medicine 2008 Mar.-Apr; 3(2):87-97.

Comprehensive Review of Headache Medicine. M. Levin, (ed.) New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. [Note: On this book, my role was mainly to coordinate collection of images from every chapter and assist the editor, Dr. Levin]

Mazurek PM, Silas AM, Gemery JM. Summation of CT scans during radiofrequency ablation for assessing target lesion coverage. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2008;191(3):790-792.

Khan R, Mamourian AC, Radwan T. Utility of multislice computed tomography and reformatted images: Identification of migratory intraventricular clot exacerbating obstructive hydrocephalus. J Neurosurg. 2008; 109(1):156-158.

Mamourian AC, Erkmen K, Pluta DJ. Nonhelical acquisition CT angiogram after aneurysmal clipping: in vitro testing shows diminished artifact. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008; 29(4):660-662.

Mamourian A. The journal formerly known as the American Journal of Neuroradiology. [Letter]. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2008;29(1):5; author reply 5.

Mamourian A, Bird R, Schaefer PW, Atlas SW, Dillon WP, Provenzale JM, Truwit CL, Chakeres DW. Aneurysm Clip [Letter]. J Neurosurg. 2007;107(6):1278-9.

Mamourian AC, Pluta D, Eskey C, Merlis A. Optimizing computed tomography to reduce artifacts from titanium aneurysm clips: an in vitro study. Technical note. J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6):1238-43.

Mamourian AC, Mahadevan N, Reddy N, Marra SP, Weaver J. Prototypical metal-polymer hybrid cerebral aneurysm clip: in vitro testing for closing force, slippage, and computed tomography artifact. Laboratory investigation. J Neurosurg. 2007 Dec;107(6):1198-204.

Forauer AR, Kent E, Cwikiel W, Esper P, Redman B. Selective palliative transcatheter embolization of bony metastases from renal cell carcinoma. Acta Oncol. 2007; 46(7):1012-1018.

Forauer AR. Pericardial tamponade in patients with central venous catheters. J Infus Nurs. 2007; 30(3):161-167.

Gemery JM, Nangia AJ, Mamourian AC, Reid SK. Digital three-dimensional modeling of the male pelvis and bicycle seats: impact of rider position and seat design on potential penile hypoxia and erectile dysfunction. British Journal of Urology BJU Int. 2007; 99(1):135-140.

Popov V, Popov D, Kacar I, Harris RD. The feasibility of real-time transmission of sonographic images from a remote location over low-bandwidth Internet links: a pilot study. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2007; 188(3):W219-22.

Poplack SP, Tosteson TD, Kogel CA, Nagy H. Digital breast tomosynthesis: initial experience in 98 women with abnormal digital screening mammography. AJR AM J Roentgenol. 2007; 189(3):616-623.

Poplack SP, Tosteson TD, Wells WA, Pogue BW, Meaney PM, Hartov A, Kogel CA, Knowlton-Soho S, Gibson JJ, Paulsen KD. Electromagnetic breast imaging: results of a pilot study in women with abnormal mammograms. Radiology. 2007;243(2):350-35-9.