Shawn Flemming
Medical Copyeditor and Proofreader
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Medical Copy Editor, Proofreader, EQA Specialist
Elsevier • Freelance
Apr 2021 - Present • 5 yrs 6 mos
40+ published titles. Multi-author manuscripts reconciled into a single coherent voice — the author's voice, cleared of the grammatical errors, awkward transitions, and structural noise that trip readers and erode credibility. The kind of errors that pass every automated check — transposed medical terminology, contradicted clinical claims, broken cross-references — caught before they reach print. AMA and APA style compliance across US and UK English editorial standards. Pharmaceutical name verification. Citation integrity. Heading hierarchy and figure/table reference compliance. Project-specific style guide development across medical, nursing, pharmacology, health education, ethics, and STEM publishing.