Deepak Chopra, M.D.

Deepak Chopra's Key Accomplishments Include . . .
Acknowledged as one of the world's greatest leaders in the field of mind/body medicine, Deepak Chopra, M.D. continues to transform our understanding of the meaning of health. Through his creation of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing in California, Deepak 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. Through his partnership with numerous health care professionals in both conventional and complementary healing arts, Deepak Chopra's work is changing the way the world views physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and social wellness.

Formerly the Chief of Staff at Boston Regional Medical Center, Deepak Chopra built a successful endocrinology practice in Boston in the 1980's.  Dr. Chopra's teaching affiliations included Tufts University and Boston University Schools of Medicine. Dr. Chopra realized in his medical practice 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. Dr. Chopra began to envision a medical system based upon the premise that health is a lively state of balance and integration of body, mind and spirit. Deepak Chopra 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 49 books and more than 100 audio, video and CD-ROM titles which have been translated into 35 languages. His book, Peace Is the Way won the Quill Award and The Book of Secrets: Unlocking the Hidden Dimensions of your Life was awarded the Nautilus Award. Some of his best-sellers include The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire: Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence., 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; and The Path to Love and Kama Sutra: Including the Seven Spiritual Laws of Love. Deepak Chopra has published numerous books focusing on health issues that include 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. Many know Deepak Chopra from his regular work with PBS, which includes 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; and The Way of the Wizard, Alchemy and The Crystal Cave.

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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 participates annually as a lecturer at the Update in Internal Medicine event sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Deepak Chopra has been a keynote speaker at several academic institutions including Harvard Divinity School, Harvard Business School, and serves as an Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management and University of Nebraska. Dr. Chopra is 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 for a New Humanity is committed to creating a critical mass of consciousness in the world for social justice, economical freedom, ecological balance and conflict resolution. Deepak Chopra joined The Gallup Organization as a Senior Scientist in 2005. He regularly mentors corporate and political leaders through his Soul of Leadership workshops.

• Peace is the Way
  

  Deepak Chopra's passionate new book was inspired by a saying from Mahatma Gandhi: "There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” In a world where  every path to peace has proved futile, the one strategy that hasn’t been tried is the way of peace itself. “We must not bring one war to an end, or thirty," Chopra tells us, “but the idea of war itself.” How can this be done? By facing the truth that war is satisfying, and then substituting new satisfactions so that violence is no longer appealing.  “War has become a habit. We reach for it the way a chain smoker reaches for a cigarette, promising to quit but somehow never kicking the habit” But Chopra tells us that peace has its own power, and our task now is to direct it and multiply it one person at a time. Behind the numbing headlines of violence running out of control, there are unmistakable signs of a change—Chopra believes that a majority of people are ready to see an end to war.  "Right now 23 million soldiers serve in armies around the world. Can't we find ten times that number who will dedicate themselves to peace? A hundred times?" Peace Is the Way challenges each of us to take the next leap in personal evolution. "You aren’t asked to be a saint, or to give up any belief. You are only asked to stop reacting out of fear, to change your allegiance from violence to peace." In a practical seven-step program, Chopra shows the reader how to become a true peacemaker. "Violence may be innate in human nature, but so is its opposite: love. The next stage of humanity, the leap which we are poised to take, will be guided by the force of that love."  This is more than a hope or an aspiration. It is a new way of being in the world, giving each individual the power to end war in our time.

• The Spontaneous Fulfillment of Desire:
  Harnessing the Infinite Power of Coincidence
  

  According to Dr Chopra, beyond your physical self, beyond your thoughts and emotions, there lies a realm within you that is pure potential; in this place anything is possible. This part of you is interwoven with everything else that exists, and with everything yet to come. Coincidences are messages from this place, precious clues about areas of our lives that require attention. When you live your life with an appreciation of coincidences and their meanings, you connect with the underlying field of infinite possibilities. This is when it becomes possible to achieve the spontaneous fulfillment of all desires. At a time when events in the world have left many feeling especially insignificant and vulnerable, Dr Chopra gives specific principles and exercises that we can use as tools for catering the magnificence, miraculous life that is our birthright. Blending scientific theory and ancient wisdom that is his best selling trademark, this exciting workshop will discuss: Why coincidences are miracles in disguise how they’re happening more often than we’re aware How to live a life that will bring forth more magical coincidences How a random series of coincidences created the universe What science is learning about coincidences occurring at the molecular level and in nature

• Quantum Healing: How the Mind Directs the Body Towards Sickness or Health
• Unconditional Life: The Power of Human Consciousness
• The Higher Self: Awakening the Inner Intelligence

My country has been enriched by the contributions of more than a million Indian Americans, which includes Dr. Deepak Chopra, the pioneer of alternative medicine.

---President William Clinton
March 21, 2000, State Dinner, India

A renowned physician and author, Deepak Chopra is undoubtedly one of the most lucid and inspired philosophers of our time.

--- President Mikhail Gorbachev
Citation of the Medal of the Presidency of the Italian Republic

One of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century," and “The poet-prophet of alternative medicine.

--- Time magazine
June 1999