Mark LachsDr. Mark Lachs, author of Treat Me, Not My Age: A Doctor's Guide to Getting the Best Care as You or a Loved One Gets Older, is a physician, scientist, and gerontologist at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. His research has been published in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association, and he has appeared on The Today Show, NPR's All Things Considered, and in many other national and local media outlets. His numerous honors and awards include a National Institute on Aging Academic Leadership Award and a Paul Beeson Physician Faculty Scholarship (the country's preeminent career award in aging). He and his wife, Susan, a nurse practitioner, have three children and live in Connecticut.
Books by Mark Lachs
Treat Me, Not My Age: A Doctor's Guide to Getting the Best Care as You or a Loved One Gets Older
Viking (Penguin)
2010-09-16
