Bharat S. Shah, MD, is the author of An Introduction to Jainism and other books to teach Gujarati, English, and Sanskrit. He is also the author of the memoirs Dawn at Midnight (about his wife's liver transplant) and My Life with Panic Disorder. He has served as president of the Gujarati Literary Academy of North America. He specializes in pulmonary medicine, and lives with his wife of more than forty years in Long Island, New York.