 Dr. Holly Atkinson has over 20 years experience in medical
information and education, including continuing medical education and consumer
education. She is editor-in-chief of Health News, the consumer newsletter
launched by the Massachusetts Medical Society, publisher of the New England
Journal of Medicine. In addition, she is Assistant Professor of Public Health
(courtesy), Department of Public Health at the Weill Medical College of Cornell
University. She is also an associate in KSR Associates, a privately held
consulting firm.
Dr. Holly Atkinson brings a unique blend of experience and
skill to her work; she has business acumen, media savvy, editorial proficiency,
and medical expertise. She has degrees in both medicine and journalism, and
broad international business experience. She has worked in print, broadcast
television and web-based technologies for both the medical professional and
consumer audiences.
Previously, Dr. Holly Atkinson was a founder as well as
President and CEO of Reuters Health Information, Inc. Within three years of
taking the helm, she led the company to profitability and international
recognition. Prior to joining Reuters, Dr. Holly Atkinson was at Lifetime
Medical Television for 10 years where she oversaw, as Senior Vice President of
Programming, all of the continuing medical education programs aired on the
network.
Dr. Holly Atkinson was a member of the original team who
launched JournalWatch, a monthly summary of important medical research findings
developed for the practicing physician by Massachusetts Medical Society (MMS).
The first issue was launched over 15 years ago, and today, JournalWatch has
grown into several subspecialty newsletters widely distributed throughout the US
and abroad. After writing for JournalWatch for seven years, the MMS asked her to
help launch a consumer health newsletter. She has been Editor of HealthNews for
over 11 years.
Dr. Holly Atkinson is an award-winning medical journalist and
one of the leaders in medical education of the American public. She is a gifted
and noted public speaker who has engaged national audiences on a wide range of
medical topics for 20 years. She has extensive experience as a medical
correspondent, including assignments with NBC and CBS News, Lifetime Medical
Television, and the PBS health show BodyWatch. She is author of the best-selling
book Woman and Fatigue. She has been a columnist for New Woman Magazine, and the
resident physician on iVillage.com, a leading women's health site.
Dr. Holly Atkinson devotes considerable time to a number of
non-profit organizations and charities. She is President of Physicians for Human
Rights, an organization that shared in the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for its
effort to eradicate landmines. In 1995, Dr. Holly Atkinson conducted a medical
mission to Bosnia where she documented the health effects of landmines on the
civilian population.
Dr. Holly Atkinson has a MD from the University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentistry and a MS degree in journalism from the Columbia
University Graduate School of Journalism. She is a Fellow of the American
College of Physicians.
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