Siddhartha Mukherjee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Siddhartha Mukherjee
Occupation	Physician Writer
Date Of Birth	Jul 21, 1970(1970-07-21)
Age	54
Birthplace	New Delhi
Country	India
Birth City	Delhi
Horoscope	Cancer

Siddhartha Mukherjee Biography

Siddhartha Mukherjee is one of the most popular and richest Physician Writer who was born on July 21, 1970 in New Delhi, Delhi, India.

Siddhartha Mukherjee was born to a Bengali family in New Delhi, India. His father, Sibeswar Mukherjee, was an executive with Mitsubishi, and his mother Chandana Mukherjee, was a former schoolteacher from Calcutta (now Kolkata). He attended St. Columba’s School in Delhi, where he won the school’s highest award, the ‘Sword of Honour’, in 1989. As a biology major at Stanford University, he worked in Nobel Laureate Paul Berg’s laboratory, defining cellular genes that change the behaviours of cancer cells. He earned membership in Phi Beta Kappa in 1992, and completed his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in 1993.

Mukherjee won a Rhodes Scholarship for doctoral research at Magdalen College, University of Oxford. He worked on the mechanism of activation of the immune system by viral antigens. He was awarded a D.Phil. in 1997 for his thesis titled The processing and presentation of viral antigens. After graduation, he attended Harvard Medical School, where he earned his Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree in 2000. Between 2000 and 2003 he worked as a resident in internal medicine at the Massachusetts General Hospital. From 2003 to 2006 he trained in oncology as a Fellow at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (under Harvard Medical School) in Boston, Massachusetts.

Siddhartha Mukherjee Net Worth

Siddhartha Mukherjee is one of the richest Physician Writer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Siddhartha Mukherjee 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Siddhartha Mukherjee (born 21 July 1970) 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 that won notable literary prizes including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, and Guardian First Book Award, among others. The book was listed in the “All-Time 100 Nonfiction Books” (the 100 most influential books of the last century) by Time magazine in 2011. His 2016 book The Gene: An Intimate History made it to #1 on The New York Times Best Seller list, and was among The New York Times 100 best books of 2016, and a finalist for the Wellcome Trust Prize and the Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

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After completing school education in India, Mukherjee studied biology at Stanford University, obtained a D.Phil. from University of Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar, and an M.D. from Harvard University. He joined NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital / Columbia University Medical Center in New York City in 2009. As of 2018, he is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hematology and Oncology.

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Ranked on the list of most popular Physician Writer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Siddhartha Mukherjee celebrates birthday on July 21 of every year.

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Did Siddhartha Mukherjee have cancer?

Siddhartha Mukherjee, (born July 21, 1970, New Delhi, India), Indian-born American oncologist and writer celebrated for his effort to demystify cancer with his Pulitzer Prize-winning book The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer (2010).

Which of the following prize was given to Siddhartha Mukherjee?

Siddhartha Mukherjee receiving Padma Shri Award from Pranab Mukherjee, President of India, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 26 April 2014.

Where was Siddhartha Mukherjee born?

New Delhi, India

What does Mukherjee mean?

Indian (Bengal) and Bangladeshi: Hindu (Brahman) name, of which the Sanskrit version, Mukhyopadhyaya, is ostensibly composed of mukhya ‘principal’, ‘chief’ + upadhyaya ‘teacher’. However, in fact the first element relates to a Bengali place name, probably Mukhati.

What does an oncologist?

A clinical oncologist is a doctor who uses chemotherapy, radiotherapy and a range of other treatments to care for patients with cancer.