Souhel Najjar, MD, associate professor of neurology, director, electroencephalogram laboratory, NYU Langone Medical Center, New York City, and director, Neuroscience Center, Staten Island University Hospital, New York. His role in diagnosing and saving a patient stricken with anti-NMDA receptor autoimmune encephalitis is described in the new book by Susannah Cahalan, Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness (Free Press).
Date: March 5, 2013
My former neighbor’s daughter, whom I’ll call “Ricki,” had it all—a great job, great little Manhattan apartment, great life. Only…