LERNER, Henry M.

PERSONAL:

Male. Education: Harvard Medical School, M.D., 1975.

ADDRESSES:

Home—Newton, MA. Agent—c/o Author Mail, Perseus Books Group, 387 Park Ave. S., New York, NY 10016.

CAREER:

Physician and author. Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Newton, MA, private practice in obstetrics and gynecology; Women's Urinary Continence Center, Newton, director. Member of board of directors, Pro-Mutual Insurance Company.

WRITINGS:

Miscarriage: Why It Happens and How Best to Reduce Your Risks, Perseus Publishing (New York, NY), 2003.

Contributor to New York Times.

SIDELIGHTS:

Henry M. Lerner is an obstetrician/gynecologist with more than twenty years of experience in his field. Lerner's 2003 work, Miscarriage: Why It Happens and How Best to Reduce Your Risks, addresses an emotional issue by fielding "questions about the nature and causes of miscarriage as well as presenting available treatments and supports following it," wrote Sheila K. Vernick on the Massachusetts Psychologist Web site. According to Library Journal critic Linda M. G. Katz, Lerner's work "offers clear and detailed explanations to questions concerning the etiology, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of miscarriage."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Daily News Tribune (Waltham, MA), March 31, 2004, Sasha Brown, "How to Mend a Broken Heart."

Library Journal, March 15, 2003, Linda M. G. Katz, Miscarriage: Why It Happens and How Best to Reduce Your Risks, pp. 106-107.

ONLINE

Massachusetts Psychologist Web site,http://www.masspsy.com/ (October, 2003), Sheila K. Vernick, "Miscarriage: Its Aspects Explored."

OBGYN.net,http://www.obgyn.net/ (April 17, 2004), "A Conversation with Dr. Henry Lerner."

StorkNet.com,http://www.storknet.com/ (April 17, 2004), "StorkNet's Guest Room."*