Paul Kalanithi

Paul Kalanithi
BornApril 1, 1977
DiedMarch 9, 2015(2015-03-09) (aged 37)
EducationStanford University (BA, MA)
Darwin College, Cambridge (M.Phil)
Yale Medical School (MD)
Occupations
SpouseLucy Goddard
Children1
Medical career
InstitutionsStanford University School of Medicine

Paul Sudhir Arul Kalanithi (April 1, 1977 – March 9, 2015) was an American neurosurgeon and writer. His book When Breath Becomes Air is a memoir about his life and illness with stage IV metastatic lung cancer. It was posthumously published by Random House in January 2016. It was on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list for multiple weeks.