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David Eric Biro (born 1964) is an American writer and physician.
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| Born | 1964 (age 59–60) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, physician |
| Nationality | American |
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| Period | 2001 to present |
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Education and academic career edit
Biro was born in 1964,[1] and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he attended Poly Prep with his three sisters.[citation needed] He received a BA in Classics from University of Pennsylvania.[2] He went on to receive an MD from Columbia University in 1991,[3] and a DPhil in English Literature in 1993 from the University of Oxford.[4]
Biro is an associate clinical professor of Dermatology and Medical Humanities at SUNY Downstate in Brooklyn,[5] and a clinical assistant professor of Dermatology at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine.[3] He teaches general dermatology with a focus on skin cancer.[citation needed]
In the medical humanities, Biro's main areas of expertise are the expressibility of pain,[6] the psychological dimensions of pain,[7] illness narratives, and the patient experience.[8][non-primary source needed]
Writing edit
In 1996, Biro discovered that he had a rare bone marrow disease, paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria. He was treated by a bone marrow transplant from one of his sisters.[9] He wrote in 2000 about his experience as a patient, and how it changed his work as a physician, in his first book One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient.[10] He also drew on this experience in his second book, The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, Relief, which discusses the use of language to express pain.[11]
His first work of fiction, The Magnificent Dappled Sea, was published in 2020. This was followed by a second novel in 2021.
Personal life edit
Biro married fashion executive Daniella Vitale in 1991.[2][12][better source needed]. The couple live in Manhattan with their sons.[13]
Bibliography edit
Books edit
- Biro, David (2000). One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient. Pantheon. ISBN 0-375-40715-4.[10][12][14]
- Biro, David (2010). The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief. W.W. Norton. ISBN 978-0-393-07063-7.[11][15]
- Biro, David (2020). The Magnificent Dappled Sea. Lake Union. ISBN 978-1542019811.[16]
- Biro, David (2021). And the Bridge is Love. Lake Union. ISBN 978-1-5420-2722-9.[17]
References edit
- ^ Per "Library of Congress authority file".
- ^ a b "About". David Biro. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "David E. Biro, MD". New York University. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ Biro, David Eric (1993). The Rhetoric of Pain: Literary and Theoretical Representations of Bodily Suffering (DPhil thesis). University of Oxford. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "Profile | David Biro, MD, PhD, FAAD". Dermatology Department. SUNY Downstate. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ Biro, David (2013). "Chapter 2: When Language Runs Dry: Pain, the Imagination, and Metaphor". In Folkmarson Käll, Lisa (ed.). Dimensions of Pain: Humanities and Social Science Perspective. Routledge.
- ^ Biro, David (2014). "Chapter 4: Psychological Pain: Metaphor or Reality?". In Bodice, Rob (ed.). Pain and Emotion in Modern History. Palgrave Macmillan.
- ^ Biro, David (March 2008). "An Anatomy of Illness". Journal of Medical Humanities. 29 (1).
- ^ Biro, David. "Silent Bond". The New York Times Magazine.
- ^ a b "One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient (review)". Kirkus Reviews. December 1, 1999. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ a b Ballantyne, Jane C. (2010). "Talking Pain: Review of The Language of Pain. Finding Words, Compassion, Relief". Pain Medicine. 11 (5). Oxford University Press (OUP): 800. doi:10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00847.x. ISSN 1526-2375.
- ^ a b "One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient (review)". Publishers Weekly. March 1, 2000. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "When the Fashion Cycle Meets the Cycle of Life". The New York Times. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
- ^ Additional reviews of One Hundred Days:
- Grigoriades, Vanessa (March 12, 2000). "Review". New York Times. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- Elpern, David J. (2001). "One hundred days: My unexpected journey from doctor to patient". Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 44 (5). Elsevier BV: 881–882. doi:10.1016/s0190-9622(01)70198-3. ISSN 0190-9622.
- ^ Additional reviews of The Language of Pain:
- "The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief (review)". Publishers Weekly. November 23, 2009. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- Tait, R. C. (2010). "Metaphor and meaning in the experience of pain (Review of the book The language of pain: Finding words, compassion, and relief, by D. Biro)". PsycCRITIQUES. 55 (33). doi:10.1037/a0020689.
- Klass, Perri (January 26, 2010). "Pain and dying are explored by doctors in new books". Washington Post. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- Comerci, George D. (2011). "The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief (review)" (PDF). The Pharos. Alpha Omega Alpha. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2016. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
- ^ "This Magnificent Dappled Sea (review)". Publishers Weekly. September 11, 2020. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- ^ "And the Bridge is Love (review)". Kirkus Reviews. August 15, 2021. Retrieved October 15, 2021.