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Dr Dinah Parums | Medicine and Life Sciences Writer and Editor
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Dr Dinah Parums is a British M.D./Ph.D. who now works from home as a writer, editor, and consultant, since becoming physically disabled.

Dinah received her undergraduate medical degrees from the University of Cambridge (B.A., M.A) and her clinical medical degrees from Oxford University Medical School (B.M., B.Ch.). Her Ph.D. is in experimental pathology from the University of Cambridge.

During her postgraduate medical career, she has been awarded research fellowships from the British Heart Foundation, Wolfson College, Oxford and Darwin College, Cambridge. Dinah has also held visiting fellowships in the USA at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Stanford University Medical School.

Dinah did her postgraduate specialist training in surgical and anatomic pathology at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford where she held the positions of Clinical Lecturer and postgraduate Clinical Tutor at the University of Oxford. She was awarded Membership of the Royal College of Pathologists (MRCPath) in 1991 and was elected to the Fellowship (FRCPath) in 1999. In 1999, she was awarded the Fellowship of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP).

Dinah has held senior clinical and academic positions at the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, University of London and University of Cambridge. She has more than ten years of experience working as a consultant to the pharmaceutical industry and as a principal pharmaceutical physician.

Dinah has more than 40 peer-reviewed publications. She has more than 20 years of experience in postgraduate medical teaching and has worked as a Clinical Editor for the British Medical Journal (BMJ).
 
Dr Dinah Parums continues to peer review for several biomedical journals. In support of her ongoing role as medical journal peer reviewer and editor, Dinah is currently a Member of the Editorial Board of Medical Science Monitor
 
In support of her current role, Dinah is a member of the following professional organisations:
National Union of Journalists (NUJ)
American Medical Writers Association (AMWA)
International Society for Medical Publication Professionals (ISMPP)
European Medical Writers Association (EMWA)
Association of British Science Writers (ABSW)
MedComms Networking Group
 

 
Dr Dinah Parums has further details about her freelance writing and editing services
on her Freelance Writing Services website and can be found on LinkedIn.
 
Contact:
Email: dvparums@gmail.com
Academic email: dinah.parums@oxon.org
 

 
 

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