CYTOWIC, Richard E(dmund)

CYTOWIC, Richard E(dmund). American, b. 1952. Genres: Medicine/Health, Psychology, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: North Carolina Baptist Hospital/Bowman Gray, Winston-Salem, intern in medicine, ophthalmology, and neurology, 1977-78, resident in neurology, 1978-79, fellow in neurology, neuropsychology, and cerebral blood flow, 1979-80; George Washington University, Washington, DC, chief resident in neurology, 1980-81; Capitol Neurology, Washington, DC, physician and president, 1981-. Wake Forest University, assistant in neurology at Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 1978-80; Washington Hospital Center, attending physician, 1981-; Capitol Hill Hospital, chief of neurology section, 1985-88; Hambidge Center for Creative Arts and Sciences, resident fellow, 1987-89; Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, resident, 1991-92; Med-Scene Teleconferences, medical adviser, 1984-; guest on television and radio programs. Publications: Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses, 1989, 2nd ed., 2002; Nerve Block for Common Pains: A Manual for Primary Practitioners, 1990; The Man Who Tasted Shapes: A Neurologist Reveals the Illusion of the Rational Mind, 1993, rev. ed., 2003; The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology: Understanding and Assessing Higher Brain Functions, 1994. Work represented in anthologies. Contributor to medical journals, popular magazines. Address: Capitol Neurology, 4720 Blagden Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20011-3720, U.S.A. Online address: richard@cytowic.net