Education:

American University, MFA in Creative Writing  2010

 George Washington University post-doc         1980–1981

 University of London, Queen Square              1976

 Bowman Gray School of Medicine, MD           1973–1977

 Duke University, Chemistry, cum laude          1970-1973

 

Honors and Awards:

 Pulitzer Prize Nomination                              1982

 “The Long Ordeal of James Brady,”
       NY Times Magazine Cover Story              1981

 Irwin Brody Award for History of Neuroscience
     Duke Medical Center                                 1979

“Aphasia in Maurice Ravel”                             1978

 Who’s Who in the World                               1988–present

 Who’s Who in America                                 1990-present

 

Editing Experience:

• Peer–reviewed articles and made recommendations to editor–in–chief for the journals Brain & Language and Brain & Cognition (1987–1996).
• Editorial Board of the Medical Society of DC (1988–1992); helped shape and approve all official publications of the Medical Society, including its monthly newsletter.
• Submission reader for Folio, the literary magazine of American University.

 

Writing Experience & Published Works:

 Published five books and six book chapters. Books include:

• Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with David
        Eagleman), Foreword by Dmitri Nabokov. 2009, MIT Press
• Synesthesia: A Union of The Senses, 2nd edition. MIT Press, 2002 (1st edition:                 Springer–Verlag, 1989)
• The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology. MIT Press, 1996
• The Man Who Tasted Shapes. Tarcher/Putnam 1993

       (Four foreign translations, Book–of–the–Month Club science selection.)

• Nerve Block For Common Pain. Springer Verlag, 1990

• Wrote articles in publications ranging from Delta Airline’s “Sky Magazine” and Sidney Australia’s “Café Interview,” to the Encyclopedia Britannica.

• Penned eight book reviews in publications such as New Scientist and the Washington Post Book World.

• Wrote “The Love Doctor” columns on relationships and romance for Metro Weekly Magazine, Washington DC (1996–1997).

• Served as Music Critic for the Winston–Salem Sentinel (1979–1980)

• Negotiated directly with agents and publishers.

 

Presentations:

     Given illustrated lectures at venues as varied as the Library of Congress, The Hirshhorn Museum, Smithsonian Institution, MIT’s Media Lab, NASA’s Engineering Colloquium, The Fragrance Foundation (Tokyo), universities, associations, book clubs, and book tours.

 

Television and Radio:

More than fifty media interviews and appearances. Highlights include:

• Good Morning America (twice)

• 60 Minutes

• Primetime

• National Geographic Channel

• NPR shows: “All Things Considered,” “From the Top,” “The Splendid Table,” “Weekend
  Edition,” and “To the Best of Our Knowledge.”

• CNN

• BBC television and radio, including the “BBC Horizons” documentary on Dr. Cytowic’s rediscovery of synesthesia, Orange Sherbet Kisses.

• Fox News

 

Artist Colonies & Grants:

• Three-time Resident Fellow, Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA

• Three time Resident Fellow, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA

• Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, 2009 Artists Colony stipend

• Southampton Writers Conference, 2009 non-fiction scholarship

 

• Academic & Community:

• Point Foundation Mentor, 2007–

• Advisory Board, Williams Institute, UCLA Law School, 2008–

• Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, George Washington University

• Grant review panelist (literature), DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

 

   Short version of academic CV on–line Here. Full version by request.