Sattar Memon Explained

Sattar Memon
Birth Date:	1947
Birth Place:	Northwestern, India
Occupation:	doctor, literary and medical author
Genre:	Spiritual fiction, medical
Website:	http://www.ashrambooks.com

Sattar Memon (born 1947) is an Indian doctor and author. He has been an Associate Professor of Medicine emeritus at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, US since 1996, holds a medical degree and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He has published five books. The film rights were acquired in 2008 for his first novel, The Ashram.

Published works

• Providence Journal Newspaper - Magazine Section - Fiction Manohar He had made it in America. Then this immigrant from India got a letter from a childhood friend. (1987) ^[1]
• The Ashram (2005)
• Jews, Christians, Hindus, And Muslims- Tell Them The Truth: There Are No Angels. . .No Miracles. And...There Is No God! (2007) An anthology of spiritually based short stories tales of faith.
• Breast Cancer Breakthroughs: Living Longer (2010)^[2]
• Curing Breast Cancer Blues: 150 Latest & Illustrated Questions & Answers (2012)
• Send Me An Angel: Overcoming Cancer with Faith, Medicine & Miracles (2012)^{[3] [4]}

Personal life and philanthropy

• The proceeds from the sale of Breast Cancer Breakthroughs were divided among three charities - Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation,^[5] Crossroads Homeless Shelter,^[6] and Providence Public Library ^[7]

Awards

• Award for outstanding services as Rhode Island Cancer Society's Division's Crusade leader.^[8]
• The Ashram (Spiritual Hermitage, in Sanskrit), won a top award in the Inspirational Category of the 13th Annual Writer's Digest International Self-Published Book Awards (2005).^[9]

External links

• Sattar Memon website
• Sattar Memon's Amazon author page
• The Doctor is in:Interview with Sattar Memon, Author of The Ashram
• Indomitable hope - let's drink to it from time to time

Notes and References

1. Web site: Manohar He had made it in America. Then this immigrant from India got a letter from a childhood friend. . https://archive.today/20130704161443/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/600770271.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=May+31,+1987&author=A.+SATTAR+MEMON&pub=Providence+Journal&edition=&startpage=M-20&desc=Fiction+Manohar+He+had+made+it+in+America.+Then+this+immigrant+from+India+got+a+aletter+from+a+childhood+friend . dead . July 4, 2013 . 1987-05-31 . 2013-04-07.
2. Web site: RI doctor's book pitches in to breast cancer fight . https://archive.today/20130704161324/http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=0385C34A35A1425D8C9091CB282176AA . dead . 2013-07-04 . 2011-02-05 . 2013-04-07 .
3. Web site: Facing death, a WWII veteran asks his doctor: Send me an Angel - When is a scientist allowed to resort to God? . https://archive.today/20130704161420/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/95586340.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Dec+16,+2001&author=A.+SATTAR+MEMON&pub=Providence+Journal&edition=&startpage=L.07&desc=Facing+death,+a+WWII+veteran+asks+his+doctor:+Send+me+an+Angel+-+When+is+a+scientist+allowed+to+resort+to+God%3F . dead . July 4, 2013 . 2001-12-16 . 2013-04-07.
4. Web site: Send me an angel; A dying man's relentless pursuit of life leaves his doctor wondering how to inspire him to let go . 2005-07-16 . 2013-04-07.
5. Web site: Gloria Gemma Breast Cancer Foundation: Welcome/ . 2013-01-07 . 2013-01-07.
6. Web site: Crossroads Rhode Island: About Us. 2013-01-07 . 2013-01-07.
7. Web site: Providence Public Library: Home. 2013-01-07 . 2013-01-07.
8. Web site: R.I. Cancer Society elects Glicksman as president . https://archive.today/20130704161430/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/595639761.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jan+03,+1989&author=&pub=Providence+Journal&edition=&startpage=Z-06&desc=R.I.+Cancer+Society+elects+Glicksman+as+president . dead . July 4, 2013 . 1989-03-01 . 2013-04-07.
9. Web site: Cancer specialist Memon wins award for The Ashram . https://archive.today/20130704161431/http://www.indianewengland.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=Publishing&mod=Publications::Article&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=EF37C06B416C45078B6FBC8ADF720600 . dead . 2013-07-04 . 2005-10-27 . 2013-04-07 .