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HCG RESOURCES: WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE CONSULTANCY & COMMUNICATIONS
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Heather C. Guidone is a women's health professional with a dedicated interest in reproductive concerns, serving the clinical and consumer health industries. She is also the Surgical Program Director of the internationally acclaimed Center for Endometriosis Care, a prestigious specialty surgical center based in Atlanta, GA that serves patients from around the world. She also serves on the Executive Board of Directors of the Endometriosis Research Center, an international 501(c)3 non-profit foundation.
Her diverse works involve routine attendance in the operating room, health coaching, authorship of extensive clinical and consumer materials utilizing peer reviewed sources; interaction with patient, physician, surgeon, professional and media networks; liaising with industry representatives on various activities and opportunities, including grants, funding, education, research, and lobbying efforts for awareness; operations consulting, and much more. She also attends and reports on various global medical symposia, including the World Congresses on Endometriosis and the International Controversies in GnRH Agonists; networks with medical, biopharmaceutical, medicolegal and related industry professionals to establish research projects, product focus studies and clinical trials; and presents frequently as a guest speaker to advocacy groups, health professionals, and students. Previously, she was among the nominees considered for appointment to the United States Food & Drug Administration's Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER) Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Board.
Ms. Guidone serves as a professional consultant to, and has worked on behalf of, many of the world's leading surgeons and practitioners, biotech, medical device and technology, clinical research, and health care marketing firms, developing original content on a myriad of topics, including presentations, continuing medical education (CME) and health practitioner education materials, slide kits and speaker content, marketing materials, newsletters, website content, substantive edits, proof of concept efforts, book reviews and critiques, sales sheets, press releases, branding development, monographs, white papers, training materials, investigational case studies, and much more. She is also the author of countless Endometriosis, reproductive, and general women’s health education materials in both the consumer-oriented and professional sectors of the healthcare industry. She is often sought after by various media sources and advocacy groups for her expertise in reproductive health, Endometriosis, and chronic pelvic pain conditions, and has authored various additional content contributions and forewords in several prominent books and publications on related health and gynecologic surgery topics. She uses, among others, the MLA, Chicago and AMA styles.
As a Consultant to those providers and organizations specializing in gynecologic surgery and reproductive healthcare, she provides a number of various services ranging from management planning to patient relationship optimization. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to, patient satisfaction measurement and improvement response; development, expansion and improvement upon women’s health programs and services, authoring of original, targeted clinical health education materials; implementation and administration of comprehensive, novel programs designed to improve delivery of care and provide education to both patients and professionals; planning and oversight of industry-related symposia and fundraising events; new business assessments and development; practitioner industry positioning and publicity; and much more. A Health Educator who holds various medical and professional Certifications, including Med-Surg Technology, Anatomy & Physiology, Journalism for Business, and more from such respected institutions as Rutgers University School of Continuing Education and Columbia University School of Professional Continuing Education, she is a member of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the International PAX Society, the American Medical Writers Association, the World Endometriosis Society, and the World Endometriosis Research Foundation, among other acclaimed foundations and organizations. Resources featuring her content include the Journal of Gynecologic & Obstetric Investigation; the Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Endometriosis; the Journal of Informed Medicine; Insider Reports, Life Tools for Women, Bella Gynecology, where she served as Editor; OBGYN.net; America Online's Health Network, where she served as the Women's Health Channel Editor; Galaxy of Health; Discovery TV; the Health Channel, and countless others. Resources with whom she has worked include the Association of Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics, Valeo Medical, Jespersen Associates, Women with Disabilities Task Force, Covidien Corporation, Cytyc Corporation, PortaScience, MammoSite, MedPond, Dr. Jennifer Ritchie-Goodline, the Endometriosis Research Center, Associated Content, Comcast Media, Thrive@Health, Health Frontier, New South Wales Endometriosis Association of Australia, the National Women's Health Information Center, Menses United Kingdom, the Equus Sanctuary, Season Magazine, RedBook Magazine, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Pregnancy Today, Nurses World, and countless others.
Ms. Guidone was also guest editor for, and is the co-author of the foreword in, "Coping with Endometriosis" by Glenda Motta, RN, MPH and Robert Phillips, Ph.D. (Avery Publishing). She is also the author of the foreword and a profiled subject in the best seller "Living well With Endometriosis" by Kerry-Ann Morris (HarperCollins), in which her own works are extensively cited. Her "Letter from Survivors," a poignant insight into the life of the Endometriosis patient, has received international acclaim and been extensively reprinted by innumerable resources, both online and off, and was presented on the steps of the Lincoln Monument in Washington, DC at the country’s first national EndoWalk Event. Additionally, her work concerning healthcare on the Internet was featured in the book, "Real People, Real Stories: How the Internet is Touching Lives."
She has also worked extensively over the years with select non-medical clientele to develop marketing materials and fulfill various communication needs, including reports, grant requests, proposals, business plans, corporate and real estate documentation, start-up materials, and much more. Ms. Guidone has also been included in the 20th edition of "Who’s Who among American Women," and is a former member of OBGYN.net's Women & Patients Advisory Board, as well as the previous Managing Editor of OBGYN.net's EndoZONE and Endometriosis Pavilion. She has served as a nine-term judge by invitation for the National Health Information Resource Centers celebrated "World Wide Web Health Awards" Program. Ms. Guidone continues to be a featured source for articles and interviews about Endometriosis, including in such publications as the New York Times, Health Magazine, Pregnancy Today and others. Recently, she was also the featured guest in multiple segments on Endometriosis for a popular national radio health program. She has also served as a Clinical Coordinator in conjunction with various groundbreaking disease research, including many proprietary studies and protocols. She continues her active involvement in, and fostering of, ongoing research efforts ranging from recruitment for clinical trials on proprietary new treatments to coordinating genetic research studies. She most recently contributed to the best-selling book by leading Endometriosis expert and surgeon, David B. Redwine, "Endometriosis: 100 Questions & Answers."
She is also very active in patient advocacy and lobbying efforts. Her important testimony concerning dioxin exposure as it relates to Endometriosis was read before the California State Legislature at the invitation of Assemblyman Dennis Cardoza in support of AB2820, a consequential bill calling for the independent investigation of toxins in feminine hygiene products. She also co-authored the text contained in various Endometriosis legislative Resolutions passed by local and national lawmakers, including House Concurrent Resolution No. 291, a groundbreaking National Endometriosis awareness Resolution. The Resolution was unanimously passed by the 107th Congress of the United States, and is the first and only such Legislation ever to pass in the United States concerning Endometriosis to date. Since that time, the states of New York, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, California, Wyoming, Pennsylvania and others have also passed one or more subsequent statewide Resolutions.
Having previously led operations within the demanding offices of senior executive partners at the leading global investment banking firms Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Discover & Co., Inc. and the Bank of America (formerly Security Pacific National Bank Corporation) in New York City, her extensive professional background has enabled her to gain significant insight and understanding of both the medical and corporate industries, allowing her to successfully meet client and patient needs - as well as the needs of the businesses serving those clients and patients. She travels frequently to meet the domestic and international demands of the Endometriosis and women’s health communities. read more
