Victor C. Strasburger
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Victor C. Strasburger is a noted American pediatrician, an adolescent medicine expert, and the Chief of the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine.
[edit] Education
Strasburger graduated from the Baltimore City College (high school) in Baltimore, Maryland in 1967 where he was the editor of the high school's year book. He attended Yale University, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,[1] where he studied fiction writing with Robert Penn Warren, and from Harvard Medical School. He trained at the Children's Hospital in Seattle, St. Mary's Hospital Medical School in London, and the Boston Children's Hospital.[2]
[edit] Professional life
Dr. Strasburger has authored more than 120 books, chapters, and original articles in the pediatric literature. He is the author of Adolescent Medicine: A Practical Guide, 2nd edition, 1998, Lippincott-Williams & Wilkins. He is also the author of Adolescents and The Media: Medical and Psychological Impact, 1995, Sage. In his work with the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr. Strasburger has authored or co-authored many of their position statements regarding children, adolescents, and the media. He has also appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, CBS This Morning, has been featured several times in Newsweek, and has been heard numerous times on NPR (National Public Radio) and in local media.[3]In 2000, Dr. Strasburger was honored by the American Academy of Pediatrics with the Adele Delenbaugh Hofmann Award, for outstanding lifetime achievement in Adolescent Medicine, and was the first receipient of the Holroyd-Sherry Award, given for media Advocacy work.[4]
[edit] Related studies
- Victor C. Strasburger and Edward Donnerstein, 1999. “Children, Adolescents, and the Media: Issues and Solutions”, Pediatrics, volume 103, number 1: pp. 129-139: Open Access Copy
- Victor C. Strasburger and Barbara J. Wilson (2002). Children, Adolescents and the Media. Sage Publications, 122–123. ISBN 0761921257
