Jacob M. Appel (born February 21, 1973) is an American author, poet,
bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic. He is best known for
his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the
fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and
euthanasia. Appel's novel The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up won the Dundee
International Book Prize in 2012. He is the director of Ethics
Education in Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New
York City. Appel is the subject of the 2019 documentary film Jacob by
director Jon Stahl.Appel was born in the Bronx to Gerald B. Appel and
Alice Appel and raised in Scarsdale, New York, and Branford,
Connecticut. His family is Jewish. He completed his Bachelor of Arts
at Brown University with double majors in American literature and in
history (1995). He has seven master's degrees from:He holds a Juris
Doctor from Harvard Law School (2003) and a Doctor of Medicine from
the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (2009). He
completed his residency and fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New
York City and is a practicing psychiatrist there.[24] He is also
licensed to practice law in New York and Rhode Island.Appel is a
"prolific" short story writer.
bioethicist, physician, lawyer and social critic. He is best known for
his short stories, his work as a playwright, and his writing in the
fields of reproductive ethics, organ donation, neuroethics and
euthanasia. Appel's novel The Man Who Wouldn't Stand Up won the Dundee
International Book Prize in 2012. He is the director of Ethics
Education in Psychiatry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New
York City. Appel is the subject of the 2019 documentary film Jacob by
director Jon Stahl.Appel was born in the Bronx to Gerald B. Appel and
Alice Appel and raised in Scarsdale, New York, and Branford,
Connecticut. His family is Jewish. He completed his Bachelor of Arts
at Brown University with double majors in American literature and in
history (1995). He has seven master's degrees from:He holds a Juris
Doctor from Harvard Law School (2003) and a Doctor of Medicine from
the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (2009). He
completed his residency and fellowship at Mount Sinai Hospital in New
York City and is a practicing psychiatrist there.[24] He is also
licensed to practice law in New York and Rhode Island.Appel is a
"prolific" short story writer.
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