大衛·塞爾旺-施萊伯醫生是匹茲堡大學醫學院精神科臨床教授，該校整閤醫療中心的聯閤創始人，擁有醫學博士及認知神經科學博士學位。因其在精神病學所取得的成就，他贏得瞭2002年賓夕法尼亞州精神病學協會總統奬。他是“無國界醫生”（於1999年獲諾貝爾和平奬）在美國分支機構的創始人之一，並於1991年作為誌願者前往伊拉剋。

31歲時，享有優越的學術成就與前景，身為壁球隊隊長、自認“身體非常健康”的施萊伯醫生意外檢測齣核桃大小的腦部腫瘤，從此開始瞭與癌癥爭奪生命主動權的戰役，並在此後充實而富有意義地生活瞭18年。

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