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 FRED GEBHART             

 

 

Veteran Health Care Consultant

            Fred established the first West Coast presence for Drug Topics Magazine in 1984. He tracks clinical and technology developments, business trends, regulatory affairs and political currents. He produces special special reports on women's health, diabetes, asthma, generic drugs, and other focused topics.

            Other health-care related publications include American Medical News, Dental Economics, Doctor's Guide, Formulary, Genetic Engineering News, HealthWeek, and Oncology News International as well as medical association and medical meeting reports. He has a Graduate Certificate in Regulatory Affairs from San Diego State University.

            Fred became business travel editor for Travel Market  Report ion 2010. His travel industry experience includes Business Travel News, Meeting News, Successful Meetings, Travel Weekly, and TravelAge West in North America, TTG Europa in London, TTG Asia in Singapore, and TravelNews Asia in Hong Kong.

            He has written destination specialist texts on East Asia and Alaska for The Travel Institute, and contributed to books on Thailand, California, the US West, and other destinations.

            Fred also won a Lowell Thomas Gold Award in environmental tourism for an article published in Travel Professional.

 

Consumer Writing

            Fred has covered health and travel for Asia, Inc., Savvy, Time Magazine, the International Herald Tribune, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, and in-flight magazines based in the United States, Hong Kong, and Singapore. He has written on environmental issues, volcanoes, underwater archaeology, aquaculture, computers and computer viruses, food and wine, restaurants, and other topics.

 

Online Exposure

            Fred has reported for ACS News Today, an American Cancer Society daily news site for clinicians, patients, and care givers; Merck Medicus, online information for healthcare professionals; MPoint.com, news and information from the American Society of Association Executives; and WebRN, a former WebMD daily news site for nurses and nurse executives.

Media Training

            Fred helps chief executive officers, top technology and marketing officers, and other executives in biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and travel firms hone their presentation skills. He conducts one-on-one and group coaching sessions for media interviews, road shows, and product launches.

 

Commercial Clients

            Fred has edited and written scientific publications (Carmel Pharma A/B, Sweden), reported daily research conference proceedings (F. Hoffmann-LaRoche Ltd., Switzerland and Ruder Finn Pharma, UK), produced newsletters for health insurers and managed care organizations (The Zitter Group Center for Outcomes Research), written backgrounders (Versaggi BioCommunications), produced brochures (Idexx Corp), and written health care articles for the consumer press.

 

Nonprofit Clients

            Fred has produced newsletters (Pharmacists Planning Services, Inc.), conference summaries (National Pharmaceutical Council), clinical surveys (California Pharmacists Association), and industry/organizational histories (California BioTechnology Center).

 

Other Skills

            Fred is an award-winning location photographer with clients around the world. As a speaker, he focuses on health care, travel, and media relations for professional and association audiences. He has also written financial planning textbooks and computer manuals.

 

Organization Memberships

            American Medical Writers Association, American Society of Journalists & Authors, International Society of Travel Medicine, National Association of Science Writers.

 

Fred is based in San Francisco, CA. He can work locally, telecommute, or travel.  E-mail Fred Gebhart

 

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