David BiroDavid Biro is a physician with a medical degree from Columbia University and a PhD in English Literature from Oxford University. He is an Associate Clinical Professor at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in the Dermatology and Medical Humanities departmets. He is the author of two non-fiction books: One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient and The Language of Pain: Finding Words, Compassion, and Relief; and two novels: This Magnificent Dappled Sea and And the Bridge is Love. His articles and essays have appeared in numerous medical journals as well as in Slate, The New York Times Magazine, The Times of London, and the Philadelphia Inquirer.  Read More Read Less