Our Symphony with Animals by Aysha Akhtar

Feeling abandoned by humanity, it was only when she met Sylvester, a dog who had also been abused, that she found strength for both of them.Īgainst the backdrop of her inspiring story, Dr. Akhtar’s own story of being a young girl who was bullied in school and sexually abused by her uncle. Aysha Akhtar examines the rich human-animal connection and how interspecies empathy enriches our well-being.ĭeftly combining medicine, social history and personal experience, Our Symphony with Animals is the first book by a physician to show how deeply the well-being of humans and animals are entwined. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Patrick, and their ornery feline, Silos.A leader in the fields of animal ethics and neurology, Dr. Akhtar is the author of Animals and Public Health, Why Treating Animals Better is Critical to Human Welfare. She is also a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and is a Consultant Editor for the Journal of Animal Ethics.ĭr. Public Health Service, in which she deploys to assist with national public health emergencies. She is a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Previously, she worked for the Office of Counterterrorism and Emerging Threats of the Food and Drug Administration.

She is the Deputy Director of the Army’s Traumatic Brain Injury Program. She lives in Maryland with her husband, Patrick, a Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H., is double Board-Certified in both Neurology and Preventive Medicine and has a Master’s Degree in Public Health. She is also a Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics and is a Consultant Editor for the Journal of Animal Ethics.

Aysha Akhtar, M.D., M.P.H., is double Board-Certified in both Neurology and Preventive Medicine and has a Master’s Degree in Public Health.

Our Symphony with Animals by Aysha Akhtar