Siddhartha Mukherjee, M.D.

Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, DPhil, is a physician, scientist, author, and entrepreneur at the forefront of applying artificial intelligence to medicine. He is the Co-Founder and CEO (with Reid Hoffman and Ujjwal Singh) of ManasAI, a biotechnology company pioneering the use of advanced AI and machine-learning–driven platforms to dramatically accelerate the discovery and development of new medicines. At Manas AI, Dr. Mukherjee leads efforts to integrate large-scale biological data,computational models, and experimental science to transform how human therapeutics are designed and brought to patients.

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Dr. Mukherjee is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (currently on leave). As a medical scholar, he has conducted research that has reshaped modern understanding of cancer biology and enabled the development of novel biological and cellular therapies. He was among the earliest leaders to apply AI-based algorithms to the discovery of human medicines and to translate these computational insights into clinical development. His work has led to a record number of concurrent clinical trials worldwide, spanning innovative treatments for ovarian, breast, and endometrial cancers, as well as leukemias and lymphomas. He is aco-inventor of several life-saving medicines, the founder of multiple biotechnology companies globally, and a member of the National Academy of Medicine.

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In parallel with his scientific and entrepreneurial work, Dr. Mukherjee is an acclaimed author whose writing has shaped public understanding of medicine and science. The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer won the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and The Gene: An Intimate History was a #1 NewYork Times bestseller and one of the most influential books of 2016, as recognized by The Washington Post and The New York Times. Both books were adapted into PBS documentary series by filmmaker Ken Burns, and The Emperor of All Maladies was named among Time magazine’s and The NewYork Times’ 100 best nonfiction books of the past century.

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Dr. Mukherjee writes regularly for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, and other leading publications, and has published original scientific research in journals including Nature, Cell, and The New England Journal of Medicine.

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A native of India, Dr. Mukherjee earned his bachelor’s degree from Stanford University, was a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, and received his MD from Harvard Medical School. He completed his internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and his hematology-oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.