Launch event for book release by MD who feels patients’ pain

Mirror Touch, a book by Harvard Pop Center faculty member Joel Salinas, MD, about his experiences as a neurologist who has mirror-touch synesthesia—a neurological trait that gives him heightened empathic abilities—will be released on April 18. A launch event for the book will take place at the Harvard Coop on Friday, April 21 at 7:00 p.m. which is free and open to the public. Dr. Salinas will be giving a reading and signing books.