The Face Laughs While the Brain Cries

The Education of a Doctor

De: Stephen L. Hauser M.D.

Narrado por: Stephen L. Hauser M.D.

A doctor’s powerful and deeply human memoir about the mysteries of the brain and his 40-year quest to find a treatment for multiple sclerosis.

Stephen L. Hauser is an acclaimed physician and neuroimmunologist who has spent his career performing cutting-edge research on multiple sclerosis (MS), a devastating brain disease that affects millions of people worldwide. His work has revolutionized our understanding of the genetics, immunology and treatment of MS, and led to the development of B cell therapies―the most effective therapy for all forms of MS and the only therapy currently in place for progressive MS patients.

The Face Laughs While The Brain Cries is a riveting memoir that follows Dr. Hauser from his unorthodox upbringing among the colorful cast of characters responsible for his development into a tenacious and innovative researcher, to the life-changing medical breakthroughs he has made against extremely long odds. Along the way, listeners will learn the incredible stories of many of his patients, whose bravery, strength, and optimism in the face of a debilitating illness were instrumental to the progress that has been made in the fight against MS. This heartwarming book, written in accessible prose and related with equal measures of humor, empathy, and excitement, is sure to inspire.

©2023 Stephen L. Hauser, M.D. (P)2023 G&D Media

Amazing!

Wonderful story, Very well written, edited, and engagingly delivered. Surprisingly understandable and also exciting! Complex scientific and medical topics explained succinctly.

Incredible Story and Man

Narration was great- very fun to hear the story from the author’s voice.

Hauser’s passion, compassion, and ingenuity sparkle in this memoir of his life. The story is unexpectedly fast pace and an easy, quick read. I am completely unfamiliar with the medical world, but the technical aspects of the story are told in a way that is both comprehensible and edifying to a non-specialist reader. It is clear that he has had much practice breaking down these concepts to the lay person, no doubt from his extensive experience as a clinician. He is an inspirational man who nobly turned a personal tragedy into his reason d’etre. We need more people like him on this planet.

Very highly recommend.

His drug has not cured MS

I have m s and it has ruined my life. His drug does not help those of us who have progressed. Insurance companies deny us expensive drugs and tell us to try everything cheaper first. He gives you a happy ending that is so far from the truth. I am in assisted living at age sixty one and I don't have enough money to live here. Where will I go? But he is a good narrator. His story is suspensful but not true.

Great

I have multiple sclerosis (MS), and ocrelizumab has been the only treatment that has truly worked for me. It has kept me healthy, and it feels as though my MS is completely inactive. When I discovered this book, I was thrilled to learn the story behind this incredible medicine. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it and finished it in just one day—I simply couldn’t stop.

Now, I have a deeper understanding of my condition and an even greater appreciation for having access to this life-changing treatment.

Amazing, deep, impactful

I have MS, I have studied the disease and medication as a patient. This book is mind-blowingly informative, eye-opening, and heartening.

Life Changing

I loved listening to this book!! I just finished it for the first time and going to start again today. I can’t be more grateful for the dedication to the profession and the MS community that Dr. Hauser has made.
The story was very interesting, full of great information and composed in a way that it’s understandable.
Keep up the great work Doctor!

A tireless champion for MS patients

Thanks to Dr Hauser and many doctors who led and participated in the studies that demonstrated the effectiveness of B cell targeted treatment for MS. I am especially proud of leading a team to prepare and start the first-in-human study of ocrelizumab, and to have given this name for this antibody at Genentech and Roche. Ocrelizumab is the breakthrough medicine that is mentioned in this book and that is now helping millions of MS patients.

A remarkable memoir by a remarkable doctor!

This memoir by Dr. Hauser reminds one of just how little we frequently know of those whose contributions to society are greatest. His perseverance in trying to identify the myriad mutations that are associated with multiple sclerosis would in and of itself comprise a normal scientist's complete body of work...but, for Dr. Hauser, it was simply one of many key contributions that he has made to understanding this disease. Most inspiring of his work has been his defiance of conventional wisdom to pursue B cells as a target of therapeutic intervention for MS while his contemporaries were focused elsewhere. Those efforts are today benefitting hundreds of thousands of patients. Finally and perhaps most inspiring was to hear this memoir through the words of the author himself from which the listener could sense his modesty, passion and humor directly. if Dr. Hauser's work is not worthy of a Nobel Prize in Medicine, then perhaps he should settle for one in Literature!

Heartfelt

Read by the author, which is usually a concern. (No one can be great at everything.) But that is not at all a bad thing here. No one else could portray the human events with their full meaning and heartfelt impact. Half biography, half medical mystery. Well worth the time to listen, even if the mystery isn't completely solved. Perhaps the story will inspire more to work on such mysteries.

Fantastic story of the changes in medicine

Enjoy the memoirs of this beautiful mind as he tells of his fascinating journey in the field of neuroimmunolgy. As someone afflicted by MS, I'm thankful for his ongoing work and taking the time to tell his story.