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
Aortic Disease Guidelines Provide Clinicians With the Latest Knowledge in the Field
This year, the Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines of the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American College of...
Mycotic Aortic Aneurysms Are Rare but Often Dangerous
Rare Aneurysms Caused by Infection Need Special Attention A 30-year study of mycotic aortic aneurysms shows that they are rare...
Preoperative Hyponatremia Predicts Poorer Long-Term Survival in Patients Receiving LVADs
With the constant goal of improving treatment for patients with heart failure, clinical investigators at Texas Heart Institute and Baylor...
