Dr. Sharad P. Paul is a skin cancer surgeon, academic, evolutionary biologist, storyteller, social entrepreneur and an adjunct professor at Auckland University of Technology. In 2008, he was featured in international editions of TIME (“Open Heart Surgeon”).

In 2012, he was awarded the NZ Medical Association's highest award and was a finalist for New Zealander of the Year. In 2015, he received the Ko Awatea International Excellence Award for "Leading Health Improvement on a Global Scale and patient-centred medicine across several countries.”

He is considered the only person to have authored works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and medical textbooks. The Genetics of Health, Skin, a Biography, The Kite Flyers and Dermocracy: The Definitive Asian Skincare Guide are his noted works.