Neurologist's Debut Novel: King Lear in SF Hospital

0:00It's April 15th. You're listening to Kansas News today, AI-powered local news. Sean Pauszowski started as a double major in English and Biology at KU back in 2005. Instead of chasing Shakespeare's studies full time, he followed advice to grab a day job and went to med school. Today he's a neurologist in Fort Collins, Colorado, medical director of the Neurorites Foundation, and finally a published author with his debut. novel. That book reimagines King Lear, but swaps ancient kingdoms for a San Francisco hospital where the main character lands in a coma. It pulls from his real experiences with comatose patients and family's desperate for answers, weaving in family regrets, and even an Alaskan murder. Mystery for extra tension. Pauszowski's state connected to his old KU professor for guidance on retellings of the play and drew inspiration from writers like Ian McEwan. He points out Dr. authors are common, from check-off to modern ones like Abraham Brigace,

1:00because medicine and literature both thrive on sharp. Listening and storytelling. The novel spotlights emerging Neurotech, like an ultrasonic device to jolt brains awake from comas, linking straight to his foundation work on. Protecting Neurodata privacy. He helped push a Colorado law-treating brain signals like fingerprints for protection, and this books the first of a trilogy diving deeper into that. Check. Catch Pauszowski reading from the book, Thursday at 7pm, at the Raven bookstore in Lawrence, where he'll sign copies too. It's a fresh mix of classic drama, real medicine, and brain tech on the horizon.