Siddhartha Mukherjee with Dhruv Khullar: Revisiting The Emperor of All Maladies | LIVE from NYPL

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Pulitzer Prize–winning author and physician Siddhartha Mukherjee discusses the updated edition of his groundbreaking book on cancer. For event details and more, visit https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2025/12/08/siddhartha-mukherjee READ THE BOOK NYPL Catalog: https://borrow.nypl.org/search/card?id=14e9c6e9-3534-5480-a359-1811f0a7ec88&entityType=FormatGroup The Library Shop — proceeds benefit The New York Public Library: https://shop.nypl.org/collections/events-books/products/the-emperor-of-all-maladies-a-biography-of-cancer LIVE FROM NYPL Upcoming Events: https://nypl.org/live Sign up for our newsletters: https://pages.email.nypl.org/updates Originally published in 2010, The Emperor of All Maladies is a humane “biography” of cancer, tracing the disease from its first documented appearance thousands of years ago through the 20th century’s battles to cure, control, and understand it. Siddhartha Mukherjee expands on his Pulitzer Prize–winning book in an updated edition, including four new chapters that illuminate extraordinary developments in cancer detection, prevention, and what the future may hold in the fight against this complex disease. Mukherjee discusses the latest edition of his book with physician Dhruv Khullar. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, DPhil, is a physician, researcher, author, and entrepreneur. He is the Co-Founder and CEO (with Reid Hoffman) of Manas AI, a biotechnology company pioneering the use of AI to accelerate the discovery of new medicines. Dr. Mukherjee is also an Associate Professor of Medicine from Columbia University Irving Medical Center (currently on leave). His widely lauded books and articles have made a vast contribution to the public discourse of human health, medicine, and science. He is the founder of multiple biotechnology companies throughout the globe, a co-inventor of several life-saving medicines, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine. Dhruv Khullar, MD, MPP, is a physician and associate professor of health policy and economics at Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a writer at The New Yorker, where he covers medicine, health care, and politics. He serves as Director of the Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership, and Associate Director of the Cornell Health Policy Center. His academic research focuses on value-based care, health care consolidation, and medical innovation. His writing has been featured in The Best American Science and Nature Writing. The New York Public Library welcomes your comments and invites you to participate in conversations on NYPL social media platforms. To make the experience better for all of our social media followers, we ask that you keep your comments relevant to the original post. Off-topic comments may be removed to ensure that the conversation remains productive.