Thanks to the American Medical Writers Association for announcing that I will receive one of the organization’s highest awards at its annual conference in Memphis in October.
It is humbling to learn that past recipients include George Lundberg, John K. Iglehart, Anthony Fauci, Art Caplan, Sherwin Nuland, Jerome Groopman and others.
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Elise Eller
March 29, 2014 at 1:39 pmI am new to this site and found it because I am a member of AMWA, which recently announced its award winners for the 2014 annual conference. Congratulations, Mr. Schwitzer, and I look forward to hearing your keynote address at the annual conference’s kickoff session.
And now I’m going to take a look at the rest of your excellent site.
Linda Furlini
April 11, 2014 at 6:09 pmSo pleased that your efforts and tenacity in exposing poor medical journalism is being recognized. Your work has great value.
Linda
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