Description: (Historian, Novelist, Writer, Playwright, Medical writer, Human rights activist, Journalist)
Jacob M. Appel is a distinguished American polymath recognized for his diverse expertise in various fields. He is a well-known author, playwright, bioethicist, physician, lawyer, and social critic. Appel has made significant contributions through his compelling short stories and impactful work in reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics, and euthanasia. His novel, The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up, won the prestigious Dundee International Book Prize. Appel serves as the director of Ethics Education in Psychiatry and a professor of psychiatry and medical education at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, specializing in emergency psychiatry. He is also the subject of the documentary film Jacob.