{{Short description|American physician and writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Steven Lehrer | image = Steven lehrer.jpg | image_size = 190px | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1944}} | birth_place = Los Angeles | death_date = | death_place = | other_names = | known_for = Medical research | occupation = [[Physician]], writer, translator | awards = | spouse = Pamela Dunn (married 1971) }}
'''Steven Lehrer''' (born 1944) 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#Endocrine perspective|puberty]] and pregnancy.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=steven%20lehrer%20not%20lehrer-sf&sort=date&page=1 Steven Lehrer on PubMed]</ref> He published two medical textbooks, ''[[Understanding Lung Sounds]]'' and ''[[Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds]]''.<ref>Loudon, Robert. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''[[The New England Journal of Medicine]]'' 311:1388-1389, 1984</ref><ref>Rees, John. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''British Medical Journal'' 289:824825, 1984</ref><ref>Lillington, Glen. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''Annals of Internal Medicine'' 101:885, 1984</ref><ref>Capel LH. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''British Journal of Diseases of the Chest'' 80:203–204, 1986</ref><ref>Greenberg HB. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''JAMA'' 253:2585, 1985</ref><ref>Harris JP. Review of Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''The New England Journal of Medicine'' 327 (10):741–742, 1992</ref><ref>Diehl AM. Review of Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''JAMA'' 268(23):3380, 1992</ref><ref>Allan L. Review of Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds by Steven Lehrer. ''The Lancet'' 340:1147, 1992</ref><ref>Rudd RM. Review of Understanding Lung Sounds, 2nd edition. ''The Lancet'' 342:1225, 1993</ref>
== Writer == Lehrer published the first English translation of the most popular book of German children's writer [[Else Ury]], ''Nesthäkchen and the World War''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/adult/else-ury/nesthakchen-and-the-world-war/ |title=Kirkus Review of Nesthäkchen and the World War |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-04}}</ref><ref>[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]</ref><ref>[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]</ref> He has published plays, a novel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/fiction/carmen-and-steven-lehrer-rodriguez/twelve-wounds/ |title=Kirkus Review of Twelve Wounds |publisher=Kirkusreviews.com |date= |accessdate=2012-02-04}}</ref> books on German history,<ref>Blaine Taylor review of [[Hitler Sites]] (Militaria International Vol 8 No. 6. p 64, June 2004).</ref> the [[Wannsee House and the Holocaust|Holocaust]],<ref>Steve Lipman. [[Wannsee House and the Holocaust]] by Steven Lehrer. Hadassah Magazine Review. January 2002</ref> and the history of medicine.<ref>Selwyn, Sidney. review of [[Explorers of the Body]] by Steven Lehrer. Nature 281:323, 1979</ref><ref>Strom, Elliott. Review of [[Explorers of the Body]] by Steven Lehrer. Library Journal p 1151, May 15, 1979</ref><ref>Sokolov, RA. review of [[Explorers of the Body]] by Steven Lehrer. The New York Times Book Review June 3, 1979</ref><ref>John Crellin. Review of [[Explorers of the Body]] by Steven Lehrer. Journal of the History of Medicine. January 1980 pp 97–98</ref><ref>Dolly Katz. Review of Explorers of the Body. Detroit Free Press 30 Sept 1979 p 26</ref> He edited a collection of the stories of [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]]<ref>[http://stevenlehrer.com/bruning.pdf "Frank Buck Stopped Here: Revived interest in a hero of the wild"] by Fred Bruning. ''[[Newsday]]'' 28 September 2000, page B3</ref> 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]]'',<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2358063/ Mavericks, Miracles, and Medicine on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)]</ref> as well as by the BBC for their series, ''Medical Mavericks, Beating Infection'' (episode 4).<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074tgf Medical Mavericks (2005)]</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0818405/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Medical Mavericks (2005) on the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)]</ref>
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
== External links == * {{official website|http://stevenlehrer.com/}} {{Authority control}}
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