David Spiegel | |
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Occupation | Psychiatrist |
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Alma mater | Harvard Medical School |
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Institutions | Stanford University School of Medicine |
David Spiegel is an American psychiatrist and the Wilson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine,where he is known for his research into psycho-oncology;the neurobiology of therapeutic hypnosis, [1] [2] and the role of the mind-brain-body connection in cancer outcomes and management among other topics. [3] [4] [5] He directs the Stanford Center on Stress and Health [6] and is a recognized authority on hypnosis's clinical utility and neuroscience. [7] [8] [9]
Spiegel received his B.A. in philosophy from Yale College in 1967 and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1971. [10] Following his undergraduate medical training,Spiegel completed his psychiatry residency at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Cambridge Health Alliance in 1974 in addition to a fellowship in community psychiatry the same year. Spiegel has been board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology since 1976.[ citation needed ]
Spiegel is author of more than 480 journal articles,170 book chapters. [11] He has published thirteen books.[ citation needed ]
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