Steven Lehrer is a physician and writer, known for medical research and for his English translation of
Else Ury
Else Ury (1 November 1877 – 13 January 1943) was a German-Jewish novelist and children's book author. Her best-known character is the blonde doctor's daughter Annemarie Braun, whose life from childhood to old age is told in the ten volumes of th ...
.
Early years and education
Lehrer was born in Los Angeles. He attended
UCLA and graduated from
Johns Hopkins University and
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Career
After training and specialty board certification, Lehrer worked as a
radiologist,
radiation oncologist, and
nuclear medicine physician.
Medical research
Lehrer has published on the topics of breast cancer and the estrogen receptor, prostate cancer,
puberty and pregnancy. He published two medical textbooks, ''
Understanding Lung Sounds
Understanding Lung Sounds 3rd edition (2002) by Steven Lehrer is a book and audio CD that guides the student through the skills of lung auscultation
Auscultation (based on the Latin verb ''auscultare'' "to listen") is listening to the interna ...
'' and ''
Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds
''Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds'' 2nd edition (2003) by Steven Lehrer is a book and audio CD that guides the student through the skills of pediatric heart auscultation
Auscultation (based on the Latin verb ''auscultare'' "to listen") is ...
''.
Writer
Lehrer published the first English translation of the most popular book of German children's writer
Else Ury
Else Ury (1 November 1877 – 13 January 1943) was a German-Jewish novelist and children's book author. Her best-known character is the blonde doctor's daughter Annemarie Braun, whose life from childhood to old age is told in the ten volumes of th ...
, ''Nesthäkchen and the World War''. He has published plays, a novel, books on German history, the
Holocaust, and the history of medicine. He edited a collection of the stories of
Frank Buck and published English translations of
''Tanks Break Through!'' by
Alfred-Ingemar Berndt and
''From Lemberg to Bordeaux'' by
Leo Leixner. Lehrer was interviewed on the History Channel series ''Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine'' about his book
''Explorers of the Body'', as well as by the BBC for their series, ''Medical Mavericks, Beating Infection'' (episode 4).
Medical Mavericks (2005) on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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References
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American nuclear medicine physicians
Writers from Los Angeles
American male writers
Living people
Johns Hopkins University alumni
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine alumni
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
American radiologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai faculty