David Biro

David Biro
David Biro, MD, PhD
Born 1964 (age 53–54)
Brooklyn, New York
Occupation Medical doctor, writer
Nationality American
Alma mater BA from University of Pennsylvania, MD from Columbia University,PhD from Oxford University
Period 2001 to present
Notable works One Hundred Days, The Language of Pain
Website
www.davidbiro.com

David Biro is an American physician and writer.

Background and education

Biro grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended attended Poly Prep with his three sisters, Lisa, Debbie and Michelle. He received a BA in Classics from University of Pennsylvania, an MD from Columbia University, and a PhD in English Literature from Oxford University. He married fashion executive Daniella Vitale in 1991. They had twin boys in 2002, Luca and Daniel.

Academic work

Biro is an Associate Clinical Professor of Dermatology and Medical Humanities at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn. He teaches general dermatology with a focus on skin cancer. In 2012 he was awarded the Alpha Omega Alpha Award for excellence in teaching.

In the Medical Humanities, Biro's main areas of expertise are the expressibility of pain,[1] the psychological dimensions of pain,[2] illness narratives, and the patient experience.[3]

Bibliography

Books

  • One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient[4]
  • Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief[5]
  • Psychological Pain: Metaphor or Reality? in Pain and Emotion in Modern History, edited by Robert Boddice[6]
  • When Language Runs Dry: Pain, the Imagination, and Metaphor in Dimensions of Pain: Humanities and Social Science Perspectives, edited by Lisa Folkmarson Käll[7]

Key articles

  • An Anatomy of Illness, Journal of Medical Humanities, 2011[8]
  • Redefining Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care, 2011[9]
  • Is There Such a Thing as Psychological Pain? and Why It Matters, Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 2010[10]
  • The Importance of Describing Pain to Your GP, The London Times, 2010[11]
  • What Health Care Reform Forgot, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 2010[12]
  • Personalizing Medicine: The Need for a Companion to Gray’s, International Journal of Dermatology, 2010[13]
  • Silent Bond, The New York Times Magazine, 1998[14]

References

  1. ↑ Biro, David (2013). "Chapter 2: When Language Runs Dry: Pain, the Imagination, and Metaphor". In Folkmarson Käll, Lisa. Dimensions of Pain: Humanities and Social Science Perspective. Routledge.
  2. ↑ Biro, David (2014). "Chapter 4: Psychological Pain: Metaphor or Reality?". In Bodice, Rob. Pain and Emotion in Modern History. Palgrave Macmillan.
  3. ↑ Biro, David (March 2008). "An Anatomy of Illness". Journal of Medical Humanities. 29 (1).
  4. ↑ Biro, David (2000). One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient. Pantheon. ISBN 0-375-40715-4.
  5. ↑ Biro, David (2010). The Language of Pain. W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-07063-7.
  6. ↑ Biro, David (2014). "Chapter 4: Psychological Pain: Metaphor or Reality?". In Bodice, Rob. Pain and Emotion in Modern History. Palgrave Macmillan.
  7. ↑ Biro, David (2013). "Chapter 2: When Language Runs Dry: Pain, the Imagination, and Metaphor". In Folkmarson Käll, Lisa. Dimensions of Pain: Humanities and Social Science Perspective. Routledge.
  8. ↑ Biro, David (March 2008). "An Anatomy of Illness". Journal of Medical Humanities. 29 (1).
  9. ↑ Biro, David (2011). "Redefining Pain". Palliative and Supportive Care. 9: 107–110.
  10. ↑ Biro, David (September 13, 2010). "Is There Such a Thing as Psychological Pain? and Why It Matters". Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry (34): 658–667.
  11. ↑ Biro, David (August 31, 2010). "The importance of describing pain to your GP". The London Times.
  12. ↑ Biro, David (January 22, 2010). "What Health Care Reform Forgot". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
  13. ↑ Biro, David. "Personalizing Medicine: The Need for a Companion to Gray's". The International Society of Dermatology (49): 849–850.
  14. ↑ Biro, David. "Silent Bond". The New York Times Magazine.
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