Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee
Siddhartha Mukherjee (pronunciation: si-dhar-tha muk-her-jee) is an Indian-American physician, biologist, oncologist, and author. He is best known for his 2010 book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, which won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2011.
Etymology
The name Siddhartha is of Sanskrit origin and means "one who has attained enlightenment". Mukherjee is a common Bengali surname, derived from the term "Mukher", meaning "head" in Bengali.
Career
Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and staff physician at Columbia University Medical Center in New York City. He has published articles in Nature, New England Journal of Medicine, and Cell among others.
Works
Mukherjee's first book, The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, was published in 2010. The book was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 2011 and was listed in the "100 most influential books of the last 100 years" by The New York Times. His second book, The Gene: An Intimate History, was published in 2016 and was shortlisted for the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Book Prize in 2016.
Related Terms
- Oncology: The study and treatment of tumors.
- Pulitzer Prize: An award for achievements in newspaper, magazine and online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States.
- Columbia University: A private Ivy League research university in New York City.
- Sanskrit: A classical language of India which is the liturgical language of Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism.
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Siddhartha Mukherjee
- Wikipedia's article - Siddhartha Mukherjee
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