Ellen Drake

Ellen Drake, CMT, is coauthor of the Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book. Sadly, 2012 is the last edition of this best-selling, highly regarded referene book, which has been updated annually since first published in 1993. She is also author of the Sloane Medical Word Book, 5e. As development editor for Health Professions Institute (HPI) in Modesto, CA, Ellen helped develop the two most highly acclaimed medical transcription training programs: The SUM Program for Medical Transcription Training and Medical Transcription Fundamentals and Practice. The latter title has been changed to Healthcare Documentation: Fundamentals and Practice 4e, and Ellen is one of the three authors. She has contributed to several textbooks and written dozens of articles for Perspectives on the Medical Transcription Profession. Ellen is also an editorial consultant and contributor to the Dorland's Medical Speller and Taber's Medical Dictionary. She has given dozens of presentations to audiences of medical transcription (MT) practitioners and educators in many venues. Ellen worked as an MT in diverse settings, owned an MT service, and taught medical transcription at a community college and online. She also has a degree in Education (English) and taught high school English for 5 years.

Ellen enjoys writing (of course!), being with her large family and many friends, spoiling her four cats-Aristotle, Nefertiti, Chat Noire, and Soft Kitty-(don't worry, their names are not used as passwords!), and working in her yard and garden. Ellen loves to travel and in 2008 went on 9000-mile cross-country road trip alone and lived to tell about it.