Darcy Lewis

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Specialty Subjects : Clinical Medicine, Oncology, Neurology, Orthopedics, Endocrinology, Medical Education, Patient Education, Patient Experience, Classical Music, Architecture, Architectural History, Frank Lloyd Wright

Enter your professional bio here : Darcy Lewis writes about health and medicine from Chicago, focusing on clinical medicine, the business of health care, and health policy. A former National Cancer Reporting Fellow, she also completed the Medicine in the Media Fellowship at Dartmouth College in Summer 2024. With a focus on helping patients make better health care decisions and helping clinical practitioners stay current on clinical developments, Darcy has gravitated toward writing about oncology. She has written about cancer for patient-facing publications like Everyday Health, Cancer Today and HealthyWomen.org, as well as professional-facing content and articles for ASCO Daily News, Oncology Live, Targeted Therapies in Oncology, Medscape, MedPage Today, McKesson, Cardinal Health, evi-Core and many others. One of her articles for Oncology Live won the 2020 ASJA award for best trade article, while an annual report for the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation won the 2024 ASJA award for long form content. Darcy currently serves as ASJA's president following stints as vice president, secretary and chair of the website task force, a multiyear effort to modernize ASJA's communications with members and the public.

Writing Credits : Medical Organizations: Penn Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, UChicago Medicine, UCLA, UVA Cancer Center, UPMC, various NIH agencies. Associations: American Hospital Association, Association of American Medical Colleges, American Heart Association, American Psychiatric Association, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Clinical Pathologists, Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, AHIP. Pharma: Prolacta, McKesson, Worldwide Clinical Trials, Leidos, Cardinal Health, Bayer in Radiology, Biogen, GSK. Publications: AARP, Chicago Tribune, U.S. News & World Report, MedPage Today, Medscape, Cancer Today, Targeted Oncology, Oncology Live, ASCO Daily News, Scientific American Custom, Nature Research Custom, MedCentral.com, Everyday Health, HealthyWomen.org, Fierce Healthcare.

Awards and Recognition : ASJA Awards (2025) - Best B2B Content, Best Longform Content, Best B2C Content (Honorable Mention); ASJA Awards (2024) - Best Longform Content. ASJA Awards (2020) - Best Trade Article. National Multiple Sclerosis Society Award for Best Consumer Article. Chicago Women in Publishing, Best Article in a Special Category

Skills (Select all that apply) : Advertorials, Annual reports, Blog posts, Books, Brochures, Case studies, Conference coverage, Content marketing, Donor communications, Editing, Feature writing, Ghostwriting, Infographics, Ideation, News, News releases, Profiles, Project management, Q&A, Scriptwriting, Speechwriting, Technical writing, Web copy, White papers, Social media, Conference/meeting coverage, Coaching, Articles, Communications strategy, Copywriting, Fundraising appeals

List any memberships you have with other organizations : Association of Health Care Journalists, American Society of Business Publication Executives, National Association of Science Writers