Mr. Deepak Chopra
M.D., chairman and co-founder of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California.
Acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind-body medicine, Deepak Chopra continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through his creation of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in California in 1996, Dr. Chopra established a formal vehicle for the expansion of his healing approach using the integration of the best of Western medicine with natural healing traditions. Dr. Chopra serves as the Director of Education at The Chopra Center, which offers training programs in mind-body medicine, such as the Perfect Health life management program and the Journey into Healing workshop, which fuses modern science and Ayurveda. Through his partnership with David Simon, M.D., and numerous health care professionals in both conventional and complementary medicine, Chopra's work is changing the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and social wellness.
What prompted Deepak Chopra to expand his view of conventional medicine to embrace complementary treatments from around the world? Formerly the chief of staff at Boston Regional Medical Center, Dr. Chopra built a successful endocrinology practice in Boston in the 1980s. As he worked with patients, he realized that there was potential in Western medicine for the establishment of a new life-giving paradigm, one which encompassed the fundamental principle that perfect health is more than just the absence of disease. He began to envision a medical system based upon the premise that health is a dynamic state of balance and the integration of body, mind, and spirit. He is widely credited with melding modern theories of quantum physics with the timeless wisdom of ancient cultures. In 1992 he served on the National Institutes of Health Ad Hoc Panel on Alternative Medicine.
Deepak Chopra is known as the prolific author of over 50 books and more than 100 audio, video, and CD-ROM titles, which have been translated into 35 languages. His book Peace Is the Way (Harmony Books) won the Quill Award, and The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of your Life was awarded the Nautilus Award. His best-sellers include The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence; Buddha: A Story of Enlightenment; How to Know God: The Soul’s Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries, Perfect Health; Ageless Body, Timeless Mind; The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success; Grow Younger, Live Longer: 10 Steps to Reverse Aging; The Path to Love; and Kama Sutra: Including the Seven Spiritual Laws of Love. Chopra has published numerous books focusing on health and wellness, including Magical Beginnings, Enchanted Lives: A Holistic Guide to Pregnancy and Childbirth; The Chopra Center Herbal Handbook: Forty Natural Prescriptions for Perfect Health; Perfect Weight: The Complete Mind / Body Program for Achieving and Maintaining Your Ideal Weight; Restful Sleep: The Complete Mind/Body Program for Overcoming Insomnia; Quantum Healing: Exploring the Frontiers of Mind-Body Medicine; and Creating Health. Popular audio books and CD-ROMS include Magical Mind, Magical Body; The Higher Self; Journey to the Boundless; and The Wisdom Within. His most recent book is The Third Jesus.
Many know Deepak Chopra from his regular television presentations for PBS, which include The Happiness Prescription, The Soul of Healing: Body, Mind, and Soul; Body, Mind and Soul: The Mystery and The Magic, one of the most highly viewed and successful fund-raisers in the history of the network; The Way of the Wizard; Alchemy; and The Crystal Cave.
Deepak Chopra's popularity as an international presenter and keynote speaker is exemplified in an impressive list of honorariums. As the keynote speaker, he appeared at the inauguration of the State of the World Forum, hosted by Mikhail Gorbachev and the Peace and Human Progress Foundation, founded by the former president of Costa Rica and Nobel Peace prizewinner, Oscar Arias. Esquire magazine designated him as one of the top ten motivational speakers in the country; and in 1995, he joined the distinguished company of President Nelson Mandela, Congresswoman Barbara Jordan, Tom Peters, and Garrison Keillor as a recipient of the Toastmasters International Top Five Outstanding Speakers award. Dr. Chopra is also the recipient of the Einstein Award through Albert Einstein College of Medicine in collaboration with the American Journal of Psychotherapy.
Along with Nobel Peace Laureates Oscar Arias, Betty Williams, and others, Deepak Chopra is a founding director of and president of the Alliance for a New Humanity. The Alliance is committed to creating a critical mass of consciousness in the world for social justice, economical freedom, ecological balance, and conflict resolution. Chopra joined The Gallup Organization as a Senior Scientist in 2005. He regularly mentors corporate and political leaders through his Soul of Leadership workshops.
Through The Chopra Center, Dr. Chopra is revolutionizing common wisdom about the crucial connection between body, mind, spirit, and healing. His mission of "bridging the technological miracles of the West with the wisdom of the East" remains his focus as he and his colleagues conduct public seminars and workshops and provide training for health care professionals around the world. Dr. Chopra is a fellow of the American College of Physicians. He completed his medical degree at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, and his internship at Muhlenberg Hospital in Plainfield, New Jersey. He then completed various residencies and fellowships at university-affiliated medical centers in Boston.
With his colleague, David Simon, M.D., Deepak Chopra founded The Chopra Center for Wellbeing more than a decade ago, with the vision of creating a place where individuals from around the world could come to balance, heal, and transform. In addition to the Center in Carlsbad, California, there is a Chopra Center & Spa at Dream NY in Manhattan.