The Lobomist: A Maverick Medical Genuis And His Tragic Quest To Rid the World Of Mental Illness

Length-45 minutes, 51 seconds

Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Mr. Jack El-Hai, author of The Lobomist: A Maverick Medical Genuis And His Tragic Quest To Rid the World Of Mental Illness, published by Wiley.

Mr. Jack El-Hai

Jack El-Hai is a widely published writer of nonfiction who has contributed to The Atlantic Monthly, American Heritage, The Washington Post Magazine, the History Channel Magazine, and many other publications. The most recent of his seven books is The Lobotomies: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness (Wiley paperback, 2007) Also, this year, El-Hai began collaboration with the American Experience history series to produce a television documentary based on the book. It is scheduled for broadcast in the fall of 2008.

El-Hai's work has been awarded the Annual Book Award of the Medical Journalists Association of the United Kingdom, the Minnesota Book Award of the Minnesota Humanities Commission, and the June Roth Memorial Award for Medical Journalism. He has also received a McKnight Foundation Fellowship in Creative Prose and grants from the Jerome Foundation and the Center for Arts Criticism. Currently serving as president of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, El-Hai has taught at the University of Minnesota, the Loft Literary Center, and the Minnesota Historical Society. He lives in Minneapolis with his wife, Ann Aronson, and their two daughters. Visit his website.