Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
Siddhartha Mukherjee is editor-at-large at Tonic.
Mukherjee is the author of The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer, winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction, 2016's The Gene, and The Laws of Medicine. Mukherjee is an assistant professor of medicine at Columbia University and a cancer physician and researcher.
Doctor's Note
The Woman Who Saw Dragonlike Faces
What doctors like me can learn from patients' most bizarre symptoms.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
10.11.18
Doctor's Note
When a Single Choice Is Life or Death for Your Patient
A doctor is faced with a devastating decision.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
10.2.18
Doctor's Note
The Cat Who Could Predict Death
Over several years, Oscar the cat had curled up next to 50 patients. Every one of them died shortly thereafter. How could doctors reproduce this ability?
Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
9.25.18
Doctor's Note
Now That We Can Alter Our Genetic Code, Should We?
Facing a breast-cancer survivor, a doctor grapples with the implications of new gene-editing recommendations.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
2.24.17
Doctor's Note
How Far Can We Push the Limits of Human Life?
Scientists explore the edges of our mortality.
Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD
11.17.16
