Steven Eisenberg


Steven Eisenberg is a San Diego, California based specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology and Oncology. He is known as the "Singing Doctor", having written over 100 songs for his patients tailored to their own situations.

Education

Eisenberg attended Pennsylvania State University. After receiving his B.A. in 1992 he attended Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, where he earned his doctoral degree in Osteopathic Medicine. He continued his postgraduate education by serving a Fellowship in hematology/oncology at Georgetown University Hospital, at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Career

Much of Eisenberg's work in the early-2000s involved the clinical use of chemotherapy in the adjuvant and metastatic settings. During this period Eisenberg published studies on Colorectal cancer, and the use of a new chemotherapy technique for colon cancer patients using Irinotecan, 5-Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin.
Since 2005, Eisenberg has focused his practice on compassion and empathy in clinical oncology.
In 2011, Eisenberg founded Chemotopia, a social networking community for cancer patients, their families and caregivers. A year later, Eisenberg was one of 12 healthcare entrepreneurs accepted into the incubator program Startup Health.

Singing doctor

After winning a contest when he was undergoing a period of illness, Esenberg had a song written for him. Because the song made him feel better, he started writing songs for his patients. In early 2008, Eisenberg started Lyrical Life, an organization which writes songs for patients battling cancer. Later that year, Grammy nominated singer-songwriter and composer Peter Himmelman wrote a song about Eisenberg's work.
In 2011, His efforts were featured on NBC's The Today Show with Jenna Bush Hager. By 2016, Eisenberg had written more than 100 songs.

Personal life

Eisenberg married Julie Shapiro in 2000 and has two daughters and a son.