About Steve Beitler

My work as an historian of medicine focuses on how pain has been understood, treated, experienced, and represented. Before completing a doctorate at UC-San Francisco in 2016, I worked for 27 years as an executive speechwriter, financial communications manager, and government relations director at Hewlett-Packard and Agilent. I'm currently an Affiliated Research Scholar in UCSF's Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.

Steve Beitler’s work in the history of medicine focuses on how pain has been understood, treated, experienced, and represented. His recently published articles examined the history of opiates in American football and surveyed the history of therapeutic drugs. He can be reached at steve@stevebeitler.com

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