Unconditional Write

Dr William T. Hatzidis

MBBS (Hons), BA (English) · Medical writer and editor
Brisbane, Queensland

I am a practising general practitioner of thirty-two years who also writes and edits for a living.

My non-clinical background is in pharmaceutical medical information and national drug-information publishing. I was Assistant Editor of MIMS, and ran medical information and Therapeutic Goods Administration liaison for Organon Australia. I hold a second degree in English, am trained in systematic review and meta-analysis methodology, and am published as lead author in the peer-reviewed literature.

The practical value is that I can read primary evidence accurately and write it in the register the audience actually needs — prescriber, regulator, patient or student — without the accuracy being supervised back in afterwards.

Services

Medical and drug information — standard response documents, enquiry handling material, product information review.
Regulatory and pharmacovigilance support — adverse event reporting processes, TGA-facing documentation, compliance review.
Medical education and CPD content — clinician-facing modules, case-based learning, assessment material.
Clinical content and evidence summaries — literature review, guideline synthesis, plain-language translation for non-clinical readers.
Editing and clinical review — accuracy, currency and consistency review of material written by non-clinicians.
Patient-facing material — health information written at an appropriate reading level and compliant with advertising rules.

Background

MediMedia Australia (MIMS) 2004

Assistant Editor

MIMS Bi-monthly and MIMS Annual, and MIMS New Ethicals for the New Zealand market. Editing and verification of TGA-approved prescribing information for a national prescribing reference.

Organon Australia 2004 – 2005

Medical Information Associate

Sole point of scientific and technical drug information for internal and external enquirers. Designed the adverse event reporting process flow, with ongoing pharmacovigilance liaison to head office in the Netherlands. Direct liaison with the TGA, specialists, general practitioners and pharmacists, and internal staff training.

International SOS, Sydney 2011 – 2012

Coordinating Doctor

Clinical updates and evidence summaries for the Alarm Centre medical team.

University of Western Sydney 2008 – 2013

Casual Tutor, Medical Education Unit

Tutorial facilitation in Personal and Professional Development, Safety and Ethics in Healthcare, and Problem Based Learning.

The Good Doctor 2015 – present

Writer and editor

Eleven years of clinical writing for practitioner and patient audiences.

Qualifications and standing

MBBS (Honours Class II), University of Sydney, 1994. Thirty-two years in clinical practice; currently in general practice in Queensland.
BA (English), University of Sydney, 2020.
Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis, Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Sydney.
AHPRA registered, MED0001167492, current.
Member, Australasian Medical Writers Association.

Hatzidis W, Solomon M, et al. Does the caseload of the pathologist influence the minimum and extended data set of pathology variables reported for rectal adenocarcinoma? Colorectal Disease 2000;2(1).

Working arrangements

Available for project and retainer work. Quotations per project following a brief; day and half-day rates for advisory and review. Samples and references on request.

Emailunconditionalwrite@outlook.com
Phone0400 450 749
LinkedInwilliam-hatzidis

Unconditional Write · Brisbane, Queensland · Australian ABN held, GST registered.