Indian-American Siddhartha Mukherjee Wins Pulitzer for non-fiction Book

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)