Jan Neruda was born in the hometown of the famous Czech-American author, Franz Kafka. His mother, Eugenie Franck was a teacher and his father, Igor Neruda, a professor of mathematics at the Charles University in Prague. Neruda spent his childhood in various Czechoslovakian cities, before immigrating to America. He attended Yale University where he earned a B.A
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cum laude in chemistry. He then earned his M.D. at Harvard Medical School and completed his internship at New York Hospital–Cornell Medical Center before spending five years as an infectious disease specialist at St.
Francis Hospital in Manhattan. After earning his M.D., he became a medical officer for the United States Public Health Service in Puerto Rico. Jan Neruda is also the author of several books including "The Code" (1984), "The Code: A Workbook for Health Professionals" (1999), "American Code" (2005), "Healthy Living for Healthy People" (2006).