Distinguished Physician Sandeep Jauhar Presents New Book on Alzheimer’s Disease

St. Louis County Library Foundation’s Arthur Gale Medical Arts Lecture Series presents physician and bestselling author Sandeep Jauhar for a discussion of his book “My Father’s Brain: Life in the Shadow’s of Alzheimer’s.”

The event will take place on Tuesday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m. at the Ethical Society of St. Louis, 9001 Clayton Road, St. Louis MO 63117.

The program is free and open to the public. Books will be available for purchase at the event from The Novel Neighbor.

Almost six million Americans—about one in every 10 people over the age of 65—have Alzheimer’s disease or related dementias, and this number is projected to more than double by 2050. What is it like to live with and amid this increasingly prevalent condition—an affliction that some fear more than death? In “My Father’s Brain,” the distinguished physician and author Sandeep Jauhar sets his father’s descent into Alzheimer’s alongside his own journey toward understanding this disease and how it might best be coped with, if not cured.

In an intimate memoir rich with humor and heartbreak, Jauhar relates how his immigrant father and extended family felt, quarreled, and found their way through the dissolution of a cherished life. Along the way, he lucidly exposes what happens in the brain as we age and our memory falters, and explores everything from the history of ancient Greece to the most cutting-edge neurological—and bioethical—research. Throughout, “My Father’s Brain” confronts the moral and psychological concerns that arise when family members must become caregivers, when children’s and parents’ roles reverse, and when we must accept unforeseen turns in our closest relationships—and in our understanding of what it is to have a self. The result is a work of essential insight into dementia, and into how scientists, caregivers, and all of us in an aging society are reckoning with the fallout.

Sandeep Jauhar is the bestselling author of several acclaimed books on medical topics: “Intern,” “Doctored,” and “Heart: A History,” which was named a best book of 2018 by The Mail on Sunday, Science Friday, and the Los Angeles Public Library, and was a PBS NewsHour/New York Times book club pick. A practicing physician, Jauhar writes regularly for the opinion section of The New York Times. His TED Talk on the emotional heart was one of the 10 most-watched TED Talks of 2019.

The Arthur Gale Medical Arts Lecture Series at St. Louis County Library was founded in 2015 by Dr. Arthur Gale with the purpose of increasing the public's knowledge and understanding of medicine and health care.

Program sites are accessible. With at least two weeks' notice, accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities. Call 314-994-3300 or contact us.