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Harvey Shapiro, MD

Dr. Harvey Shapiro, born October 28, 1940, is an American physician, author, and expert on the topic of technology or drug based human performance enhancement (HPE). In sports this considers, but is not limited to, blood doping, steroids, HGH, and other hormones. His interests include controversial performance boosting technologies such as Oscar Pistorius' Cheetah running blades and other sports equipment, rendering a possible advantage to those who can afford to buy it.

Retired from medicine in 1997, Dr. Harvey Shapiro devotes his creative energies to writing, public speaking and serving as a subject matter expert on medical panels. He is the author of “Morphed”, a sports thriller, which unveils genetic doping.(A) This novel was inspired by his service as a doping control officer (DCO) for the United States Anti-Doping Association (USADA) and Salt Lake Organizing Committee during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Renowned Professor of anesthesiology and neurosurgery, he pioneered introduction of the “medically induced coma” procedure.

Dr. Shapiro grew up in Philadelphia, attended Cheltenham High School, Franklin and Marshall College, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1966.

Author and Television Personality

Published in 2012, and well timed to coincide with the 2012 Summer Olympics, “Morphed” provides a fictional account of DNA doping in sports and the ubiquitous use of human performance enhancement (HPE) technologies in our own lives. Sport mirrors our society or is it visa-versa? Morphed asks the question, “How far are athletes or individuals willing to go to win, even to the point of altering their own DNA?”

Eric Heiden MD, five-time Gold Olympic medal winner in speedskating and a sports-medicine practitioner believes “DNA manipulation—a likely next step in performance enhancement—amps up the health issues for all of us. It pits parents against their kids who emulate their idol athletes and tempts us with prospects of its fountain of youth effects. Shapiro opens the doors on the locker room’s inner sanctum where sports intermingle with big business and science. His clearheaded page-turner, Morphed, will resonate with readers in all walks of life.”

In reviewing the book Morphed, Kirkus Reviews found: “…The dichotomy between the two medical practitioners, Speak and Whitford, is stunning—while one is ready to endure criticism and a tarnished reputation in his fight against steroids, the other is just as determined to plow through any obstacle that will prevent him from genetic doping. A thrilling, nuanced drama that packs an informational and emotional punch."(B)

As a subject matter expert on doping, Dr. Shapiro actively tracks, researches and responds to current events relating to HPE in his weekly blog and internet article posts.(C)

Dr. Shapiro also wrote “Managed Care Beware: 5 Steps You Need to Know to Survive HMO's and Get the Care You Need,” published in 1997 by Dove Books, providing an extensive user’s guide to using managed care.

From 1986-88, Dr. Shapiro served as Medical Correspondent and Reporter for KNSD, NBC San Diego. In this role, he reported on a wide range general and community medical topics.

Medical Career

Under the mentorship of Thomas W. Langfitt MD, Dr. Shapiro won the 0.H. Perry Pepper prize for medical student research dealing with the brain affects of experimental intracranial mass lesions on the development of cerebral edema and high intracranial pressure.(1-3) As a surgical intern at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Shapiro was privileged to work with an anesthesiology team dedicated to understanding the effects of anesthesia on brain metabolism and blood flow. He then worked as a fellow for two years at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) division of Neurologic Diseases and Stroke and subsequently began a neurosurgical residency at the University of Washington. These insights went with him when he changed to the field of anesthesiology and began his career as a neuro-anesthesiologist, one of the very few who dedicated their academic lives to development of that academic subspecialty.

During his residency in anesthesiology at the University of Washington Shapiro introduced the concept of medically induced coma to control intracranial pressure during acute brain injury. His 1974 publication of “Barbiturate-augmented hypothermia for reduction of persistent Intracranial hypertension” gained him major recognition in his field.(4) It broke the neurosurgical precedent of not giving sedatives to patients with head injury. This groundbreaking step of deeply sedating head injured patients was made possible by diagnostic advances including monitoring intracranial pressure and the introduction of CT scanners. It continues to be used in many major medical centers.

Shapiro returned to his roots at the University of Pennsylvania as associate professor of anesthesiology and neurosurgery and was quickly invited into a leadership position in the head injury trauma group founded by Dr. Langfitt. In 1976 he joined the anesthesiology department at the University of California, San Diego. He produced almost 200 research papers relating to both laboratory and clinical research of the management of acute brain insults. Many of the Fellows who trained in his laboratory have gone off to leadership roles in other major university departments of anesthesiology. In 1986 Shapiro became chairman of the department of anesthesiology, and Dean for clinical affairs. He retired from these positions in 1996.

Introducing Harvey Shapiro as the California Society’s 2004 Forrest E. Leffingwell's Lecturer, Steven Jackson, MD, called him "truly one of the giants in the field of anesthesiology…His research with his colleagues on intracranial hypertension, cerebral blood flow, high dose barbiturate therapy for brain injury, stroke therapy, intra-anesthetic and post-surgical management of cerebral aneurysms, brain function after cardiac arrest, are only some of the extensive list… of clinically important subjects to which he lent his creative and innovative mind…he was a founder and ultimately president of the Society of Neurosurgical Anesthesia and Neurologic Intensive Care… (and) recipient of that Society’s 2003 Distinguished Service Award.”

In the Leffingwell Lecture, Shapiro predicted, “... Doping control always will be behind the high technology leading edge in performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) .... I don’t believe that most sports fans are upset enough to respond by turning off their TV sets or staying away from the professional stadiums and arenas. Until they do so, fans are simply fanning the fire, and doping is here to stay. Sadly, for those looking for real and fair competition in sport, zero tolerance of PEDs and techniques appears to remain an unenforceable concept. As long as elite sports reap big financial rewards and pharmacological research and development make further progress, I believe that there will continue to be elite athletes “juiced” on something new that we cannot detect.” (5)(D)

Civic Service

1967-69 Lt. Cmdr., United States Public health service, assigned to the Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology, National Institute Of Neurologic Diseases And Stroke

1980-84 Mayor and city councilman, Del Mar, CA

1987 Coastal Communities Foundation Award for Outstanding Community Service in the Health Field

1986-88 Medical Correspondent and Reporter, KNSD, NBC San Diego

1988 San Diego Medical Society Award for Medical Journalism

1988 Jules Bergman Award for Excellence in Medical Reporting, Presented by the National Association of Physician Broadcasters

2002 Doping Control Officer, 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics

2001-05 Volunteer Instructor (Waterskiing/Swimming) National Ability Center, Park City, UT

References

1. List item Shapiro HM: Vascular collapse factors in brain swelling. Its role in the pathophysiology of cerebral ischemia. Proc 59th Undergrad Med Assoc Day of the University of Pennsylvania, 1966.
2. List item Langfitt TW, Weinstein JD, Kassell NF, Gagliardi LF, Shapiro HM: Compression of cerebral vessels by intracranial hypertension. I. Dural sinus pressures. Acta Neurochirg15:212-222, 1966.
3. List item Shapiro HM, Langfitt TW, Weinstein JD: Compression of cerebral vessels by intracranial hypertension. II. Morphological evidence for collapse of vessels. Acta Neurochirg15:223-231, 1966.
4. List item Shapiro HM, Wyte SR, Loeser J: Barbiturate-augmented hypothermia for reduction of persistent intracranial hypertension. J. Neurosurg 40:90-100, 1974.
5. List item Shapiro HM, The High Cost of Winning: Substance Abuse in Elite Sports, Leffingwell Lecture, 2004.

Links

• List item A) Morphed by Harvey Shapiro: www.harveyshapirobooks.com
• List item B) Kirkus Review: [1]
• List item C) Harvey Shapiro blog with current articles on the subject of doping: [2]
• List item D) The High Cost of Winning: Substance Abuse in Elite Sports By Harvey Shapiro, MD, 2004 Leffingwell Lecture, [3]