Steven Lehrer
Encyclopedia
Steven Lehrer is a physician and writer, known for medical research and for his English translation of Else Ury
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and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
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, and nuclear medicine
physician.
and pregnancy.
, Nesthäkchen and the World War. He has published plays, a novel, books on German history,
the Holocaust
, and the history of medicine as well as two medical textbooks, http://books.google.com/books?id=LURrAAAACAAJ&dq=steven+lehrer&hl=en&ei=malkTa32IIa8sQOZ9e2dBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQclass='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("37867",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("37867")' href="/topics/Understanding_Lung_Sounds">Understanding Lung Sounds
] and http://books.google.com/books?id=sCRtAAAAMAAJ&dq=steven+lehrer&hl=en&ei=malkTa32IIa8sQOZ9e2dBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBwclass='greylink1' onMouseover='ShowPop("87238",this,"noimage.gif", event)' onMouseout='HidePop("87238")' href="/topics/Understanding_Pediatric_Heart_Sounds">Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds
]. He also published a new collection of the stories of Frank Buck
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Else Ury
Else Ury was a German writer 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 the highly successful Nesthäkchen series...
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Early years and education
Lehrer was born in Los Angeles. He attended UCLA and graduated from Johns Hopkins UniversityJohns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine , located in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., is the academic medical teaching and research arm of Johns Hopkins University. Hopkins has consistently been the nation's number one medical school in the amount of competitive research grants awarded by the National...
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Career
After training and specialty board certification, Lehrer worked as a radiologist, radiation oncologistRadiation oncologist
A radiation oncologist is a doctor who specializes in the treatment of cancer patients, using radiation therapy as the main modality of treatment. Radiation can be given as a curative modality, either alone or in combination with surgery and/or chemotherapy. It may also be used palliatively, to...
, and nuclear medicine
Nuclear medicine
In nuclear medicine procedures, elemental radionuclides are combined with other elements to form chemical compounds, or else combined with existing pharmaceutical compounds, to form radiopharmaceuticals. These radiopharmaceuticals, once administered to the patient, can localize to specific organs...
physician.
Medical Research
Lehrer is known for studies of breast cancer and the estrogen receptor, prostate cancer, pubertyand pregnancy.
Writer
Lehrer published the first English translation of the most popular book of German children’s writer Else UryElse Ury
Else Ury was a German writer 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 the highly successful Nesthäkchen series...
, Nesthäkchen and the World War. He has published plays, a novel, books on German history,
the Holocaust
Wannsee House and the Holocaust
Wannsee House and the Holocaust by Steven Lehrer tells the story of the elegant suburban Berlin villa where the Wannsee Conference took place on January 20, 1942. At that meeting, Reinhard Heydrich announced the plans for the deportation and extermination of all Jews in German-occupied territory...
, and the history of medicine as well as two medical textbooks, http://books.google.com/books?id=LURrAAAACAAJ&dq=steven+lehrer&hl=en&ei=malkTa32IIa8sQOZ9e2dBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ
Understanding Lung Sounds
Understanding Lung Sounds 3rd edition by Steven Lehrer is a book and audio CD that guides the student through the skills of lung auscultation. It provides a complete overview of lung examination, anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The audio CD presents and explains normal and abnormal lung...
] and http://books.google.com/books?id=sCRtAAAAMAAJ&dq=steven+lehrer&hl=en&ei=malkTa32IIa8sQOZ9e2dBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBw
Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds
Understanding Pediatric Heart Sounds 2nd edition by Steven Lehrer is a book and audio CD that guides the student through the skills of pediatric heart auscultation. It provides a complete overview of pediatric heart examination, anatomy, physiology, and pathology. The audio CD presents and...
]. He also published a new collection of the stories of Frank Buck
Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
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