Siddhartha Mukherjee: podcast appearances and interviews

Siddhartha Mukherjee is an Indian physician, biologist, and author renowned for his contributions to cancer research. He is known for his influential books, including The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, which won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction and was recognized as one of the most influential nonfiction books of the last century. His subsequent book, The Gene: An Intimate History, received critical acclaim and was among The New York Times 100 best books of 2016. Mukherjee's work has earned him numerous awards, including the 2019 Lewis Thomas Prize and the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, conferred in 2014. He has an academic background that includes studying biology at Stanford University, earning a D.Phil. from the University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and obtaining an M.D. from Harvard University. Since 2009, he has been affiliated with New York–Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center in New York City, where he is an associate professor of medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology. Mukherjee writes for The New Yorker and contributes columns to The New York Times, playing a significant role in shaping public discourse on health. His research focuses on the physiology of cancer cells, immunological therapy for blood cancers, and the discovery of bone- and cartilage-forming stem cells in the vertebrate skeleton. Featured in the Time 100 list of most influential people in 2011, he is recognized as a leading figure among doctor-writers who have expanded public understanding of science and medicine.