[1] A neuroradiologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City,[1] he has also published several works of fiction.
[2] Born in Detroit, Michigan and raised in Windsor, Ontario, where his father was an Orthodox rabbi[1] and professor and chairman of the English Department at the University of Windsor,[3] Stollman studied at Yeshiva University and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.
At the heart of The Far Euphrates lie the vexed questions raised by the Holocaust and its legacy: how we must try to solve for ourselves the riddle of God's existence and cultivate a sense of mercy in an unforgiving age.
[6] Stollman wrote the libretto for Tobias Picker's Awakenings, based on Oliver Sacks' 1973 chronicle of his efforts to help the victims of the encephalitis lethargica epidemic,[7] which premiered at Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, conducted by Roberto Kalb and directed by James Robinson.
[8][9][10][11][12] The East Coast premiere of Awakenings was performed by Odyssey Opera in partnership with Boston Modern Orchestra Project, conducted by Gil Rose and directed by James Robinson, on February 25, 2023 at the newly renovated Huntington Theater.