David Spiegel is an American psychiatrist and the Wilson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine, where he is known for his research into psycho-oncology; the neurobiology of therapeutic hypnosis,^[1][2] and the role of the mind-brain-body connection in cancer outcomes and management among other topics.^[3][4][5] He directs the Stanford Center on Stress and Health^[6] and is a recognized authority on hypnosis's clinical utility and neuroscience.^[7][8][9]

Spiegel received his B.A. in philosophy from Yale College in 1967 and his M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1971.^[10] Following his undergraduate medical training, Spiegel completed his psychiatry residency at Massachusetts Mental Health Center and Cambridge Health Alliance in 1974 in addition to a fellowship in community psychiatry the same year. Spiegel has been board-certified in psychiatry by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology since 1976.^{[citation needed]}

Spiegel is author of more than 480 journal articles, 170 book chapters.^[11] He has published thirteen books.^{[citation needed]}