Steven Lehrer Explained

Steven Lehrer
Birth Place:	Los Angeles
Known For:	Medical research
Occupation:	Physician, writer, translator
Spouse:	Pamela Dunn (married 1971)

Steven Lehrer is a physician and writer, known for medical research and for his English translation of Else Ury.

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.^[1] He published two medical textbooks, Understanding Lung Sounds and Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

Writer

Lehrer published the first English translation of the most popular book of German children's writer Else Ury, Nesthäkchen and the World War.^{[11] [12] [13]} He has published plays, a novel,^[14] books on German history,^[15] the Holocaust,^[16] and the history of medicine.^{[17] [18] [19] [20] [21]} He edited a collection of the stories of Frank Buck^[22] 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,^[23] as well as by the BBC for their series, Medical Mavericks, Beating Infection (episode 4).^{[24] [25]}

Notes and References

1. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=steven%20lehrer%20not%20lehrer-sf&sort=date&page=1 Steven Lehrer on PubMed
2. Loudon, Robert. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. The New England Journal of Medicine 311:1388-1389, 1984
3. Rees, John. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. British Medical Journal 289:824825, 1984
4. Lillington, Glen. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. Annals of Internal Medicine 101:885, 1984
5. Capel LH. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. British Journal of Diseases of the Chest 80:203–204, 1986
6. Greenberg HB. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. JAMA 253:2585, 1985
7. Harris JP. Review of Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds by Steven Lehrer. The New England Journal of Medicine 327 (10):741–742, 1992
8. Diehl AM. Review of Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds by Steven Lehrer. JAMA 268(23):3380, 1992
9. Allan L. Review of Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds by Steven Lehrer. The Lancet 340:1147, 1992
10. Rudd RM. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds, 2nd edition. The Lancet 342:1225, 1993
11. Web site: Kirkus Review of Nesthäkchen and the World War . Kirkusreviews.com . 2012-02-04.
12. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/obituaries/else-ury-overlooked.html Melissa Eddy. Overlooked No More: Else Ury's Stories Survived World War II. She Did Not. NY Times July 10, 2019
13. https://forward.com/culture/427867/else-ury-nesthakchen-german-childrens-author-auschwitz-holocaust-victim/ PJ Grisar. Remembering Else Ury, Famed Children's Writer and Victim of the Holocaust. Forward July 17, 2019
14. Web site: Kirkus Review of Twelve Wounds . Kirkusreviews.com . 2012-02-04.
15. Blaine Taylor review of Hitler Sites (Militaria International Vol 8 No. 6. p 64, June 2004).
16. Steve Lipman. Wannsee House and the Holocaust by Steven Lehrer. Hadassah Magazine Review. January 2002
17. Selwyn, Sidney. review of Explorers of the Body by Steven Lehrer. Nature 281:323, 1979
18. Strom, Elliott. Review of Explorers of the Body by Steven Lehrer. Library Journal p 1151, May 15, 1979
19. Sokolov, RA. review of Explorers of the Body by Steven Lehrer. The New York Times Book Review June 3, 1979
20. John Crellin. Review of Explorers of the Body by Steven Lehrer. Journal of the History of Medicine. January 1980 pp 97–98
21. Dolly Katz. Review of Explorers of the Body. Detroit Free Press 30 Sept 1979 p 26
22. http://stevenlehrer.com/bruning.pdf "Frank Buck Stopped Here: Revived interest in a hero of the wild"
23. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358063/ Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
24. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074tgf Medical Mavericks (2005)
25. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818405/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Medical Mavericks (2005) on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)