Dr. Siddhartha Mukherjee – Physician, Oncologist, Scientist and Writer.
Awarded Pulitzer Prize for his book, non-fiction category – ‘ The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer’ in 2011
Work:
- Assistant Professor , Department of Medicine, Division of Haematology/Oncology, Columbia University Medical Center
Education:
- B.S – Biology, Stanford University
- D.Phil – Thesis ‘The processing and presentation of viral antigens’
- M.D – Harvard Medical School
- – Fellow at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Harvard Medical School)
- Ph.D – Honorary Doctorate degree – Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland
- Ph.D – Honorary Doctorate degree – University of Southern California
Awards:
- Padma Shri (2014) , President of India
Books:
- The Emperor of All Maladies : A Biography of Cancer (2010) – Pulitzer Prize Winner (2011) and several other awards for the book
- The Law of Medicine : Field Notes from an uncertain science (2015)
- The Gene : An intimate history ( (2016)