Stephen ("Steve") Palmer, PhD, ELS, is manager and a senior scientific medical writer with the Scientific Publications department at the Texas Heart Institute, where he has worked since 2003. He received his doctorate in Social and Health Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1999 and completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Department of Symptom Research at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center. He is a member and past president of the American Medical Writers Association, and he earned his certification from the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences in 2004.
See PublicationsTexas Heart Institute Positions
- Manager and Senior Scientific Medical Writer, Scientific Publications
Education
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Undergraduate:
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
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Fellowships:
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Honors, Awards and Memberships
- Fellow of the American Medical Writers Association
Publications
Recent News
EXPERT Trial Examines Radiation Exposure for Patients and Doctors During Coronary Angiography
A newly published clinical trial shows that coronary angiography by the transradial approach does not incur more radiation exposure than...
Systematic Review on Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Named One of Wiley’s Most Downloaded Articles
Two years ago, authors at The Texas Heart Institute and several other institutions published a systematic review of the literature...
Unique Transcatheter Valve-Replacement Procedure Helps Patient With Severe Congenital Heart Disease
New, minimally invasive surgical procedures can help even people with severe congenital heart valve disease live a normal life. In...
