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Najjar has her undergo a brain biopsy for testing. Following the biopsy, it is found that Susannah has a rare disease called anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a brain inflammation, which Najjar describes as "a brain on fire". Najjar begins treatment, which leads to a slow but full recovery of her cognitive abilities.
Souhel Najjar (Arabic: سهيل نجار) is a Syrian-American neurologist whose story with Susannah Cahalan turned into an American drama film. [1] [2] [3] He is considered an expert in the field of encephalopathy, specifically the treatment of encephalitis. He was selected as a recipient of the 2022 Ellis Island Medal of Honor. [4]
Brain on Fire (2016) – American-Irish biographical drama film telling the true story of a New York Post writer who begins to suffer a mysterious illness and would have been committed to the psychiatric ward and probably died of encephalitis, if it were not for the efforts and skills of Syrian-American neurologist Souhel Najjar [26]
Najjar diagnosed Cahalan using a test that involved her drawing a clock, a test normally given to people suspected of having dementia or Alzheimer's disease. [3] Rather than drawing the clock face normally, the disease caused Cahalan to draw all the numbers 1 through 12 on the right face of the clock, because the right side of her brain, which ...
Susannah Cahalan (born January 30, 1985) is an American writer and author, known for writing the memoir Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness, about her hospitalization with a rare autoimmune disease, anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.
Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is a type of brain inflammation caused by antibodies. [4] Early symptoms may include fever, headache, and feeling tired. [1] [2] This is then typically followed by psychosis which presents with false beliefs (delusions) and seeing or hearing things that others do not see or hear (hallucinations). [1]
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In 2015, Barrett filmed Brain on Fire based on the book of the same name, starring Chloë Grace Moretz in New York City and Canada. [1] [4] His television mini-series Smalltown was screened in Ireland in September 2016. In 2017, his movie, Limbo premiered at the 29th Galway Film Fleadh, [5] and his hour-long drama, Honey, was sold to FX. [6]