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Neurologist and author Pria Anand's book, The Mind Electric, blends case studies, memoirs, and myths to explore the powerful intersection of storytelling and the brain. From mysterious symptoms to overlooked histories, she reveals how culture, identity, and narrative shape both illness and care. In conversation with Sunjay R. Devarajan, Anand takes us on a luminous journey through neurology’s gray areas that lie between mind and body, patient and doctor, science and story.
Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains. A graduate of Yale University and Stanford Medical School, she is trained in neurology, neuro-infectious diseases, and neuroimmunology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Anand is now an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine.
Sunjay R. Devarajan is a pulmonary and critical care physician practicing at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. His clinical and research expertise includes bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, mycobacterial diseases, and medical education. Outside of the workplace, he is an avid reader, musician, fitness enthusiast, and family man.
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Neurologist and author Pria Anand's book, The Mind Electric, blends case studies, memoirs, and myths to explore the powerful intersection of storytelling and the brain. From mysterious symptoms to overlooked histories, she reveals how culture, identity, and narrative shape both illness and care. In conversation with Sunjay R. Devarajan, Anand takes us on a luminous journey through neurology’s gray areas that lie between mind and body, patient and doctor, science and story.
Pria Anand is a neurologist and the author of The Mind Electric: A Neurologist on the Strangeness and Wonder of Our Brains. A graduate of Yale University and Stanford Medical School, she is trained in neurology, neuro-infectious diseases, and neuroimmunology at the Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Massachusetts General Hospital. Anand is now an Assistant Professor of Neurology at the Boston University School of Medicine.
Sunjay R. Devarajan is a pulmonary and critical care physician practicing at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. His clinical and research expertise includes bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, mycobacterial diseases, and medical education. Outside of the workplace, he is an avid reader, musician, fitness enthusiast, and family man.
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