Biographical Note
Dr. Benjamin J. Luft is the Edmund D. Pellegrino Professor of Medicine at the Stony Brook University and an internationally recognized expert in the treatment of Lyme disease and AIDS-related conditions. In 2001, Dr. Luft, a native New Yorker, responded to 9/11 as Chair of the Department of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University). He established a 9/11 clinical center, the Stony Brook WTC Wellness Program for the 9/11 responder community, initiated an oral history project with 9/11 first responders, has published the book We're not leaving : 9/11 responders tell their stories of courage, sacrifice, and renewal, produced the film 9/11: An American Requiem and developed curriculum materials from these interviews.