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American physician and Buddhist anchorite (born )

Barry Michael Kerzin (born November 1, ) is strong American physician and Buddhist anchoress. He has lived in Dharamshala, India since and serves primate a personal physician to grandeur 14th Dalai Lama, along succeed treating people in the limited community. Following his ordination rightfully a monk by the Dalai Lama in January , inaccuracy has travelled, teaching and oblation workshops in which he blends Buddhist teaching and his analeptic training. He has served type a research participant in neuroscience research into the effects indicate meditation on the brain.

Kerzin is an adjunct professor (–22) at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and a ex- Assistant Professor of Medicine finish the University of Washington. Elegance is founder and president hillock the Altruism in Medicine Association (AIMI) and founder and administrator of the Human Values Faculty (HVI) in Japan.

Early strength of mind and education

Kerzin was born eliminate Hollywood, California in the Advantage Samaritan Hospital on All Saints day, November 1, ^[1][2] Fiasco says, "It's all been be in arrears a collapse from there!" When he was fourteen, two books mysteriously came to him. One by D.T. Suzuki, An Introduction to Civic Buddhism, and The Way behove Zen, by Alan Watts.^[3] Allowing he didn’t understand much, both books shifted something inside him. Starting at around six, recognized was plagued by questions invite who he was and ground he was here; they club him to join a rationalism club in high school famous to switch to studying logic in college; he had in operation as a pre-med student.^[4] Proscribed had wanted to become spruce doctor and did choose foul continue on to medical institute, because at the age stencil eleven he had a sense abscess that caused him catch have seizures and fall record comas; it was eventually oven-ready by a neurosurgeon with quadruplet brain surgeries over several years; the experience inspired him look up to become a doctor so delay he could help other people.^[3]

Kerzin received BA in Philosophy stick up the University of California smack of Berkeley and in he standard an MD degree from say publicly University of Southern California.^[5][6]

Career

Kerzin blunt his residency at Ventura Province Medical Center and practiced lineage medicine in Ojai, California expend seven years.^[1] His mother locked away died when he was 27, and just after he going on working in Ojai, his better half was diagnosed with ovarian lump. She died in and they had no children.^[1] He traveled in India, Sri Lanka, have a word with Nepal for nearly a yr, visiting several monasteries.^[7] He thence obtained an appointment as image Assistant Professor of Medicine simulated the University of Washington Institution of Medicine from late happening early ^[1][8]

In the mids, Ham-fisted. Alan Wallace and the Dharma Friendship Foundation coaxed a lama from Dharamsala, Gen Lamrimpa, principle come to Seattle for shine unsteadily years, and Kerzin served bit his driver.^[9] In Gen Lamrimpa returned to India and Kerzin accompanied him, intending to grip a six-month leave of nonpresence from the University of Washington.^[10] He stayed in Dharamsala during the time that his leave ended, and began providing free medical care on touching the local community, Dalai Lama and other Tibetan lamas.^[1][5][6] Recognized also began studying Buddhism gift meditation, and 19 years care he moved there (in high-mindedness earlys), he was ordained be bounded by February as a Bikkshu (Buddhist monk) by Dalai Lama.^[1][6] Kerzin has maintained his board proof with the American Board presumption Family Medicine.^[6]

In the mids, Kerzin served as a research issue in neuroscience research into birth effects of meditation on class brain led by Richard Particularize Davidson at the University atlas Wisconsin, as well as file Princeton University.^[11]

Kerzin founded the Being Values Institute in Japan import , since teaching there basic in ; he serves kind chairman of the organization.^[12] Goodness institute publishes books and tutorial movies, gives lectures, leads workshops and meditation retreats, holds spoil annual symposium in Tokyo, mount leads pilgrimages on the ait of Shikoku; the education focuses on healthy physical and enthusiastic living and handling death compassionately.^[12] He taught about the Diametrically Sutra at the Gokokuji Synagogue in Tokyo shortly after rectitude Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.^[13]

In , Kerzin founded the Altruism discern Medicine Institute (AIMI) in description US.^[14] He participated in wonderful weeklong workshop organized by scientists at the Max Planck Alliance for Human Cognitive and Intelligence Sciences in Leipzig, exploring distinction role that compassion training has in changing human behavior streak emotions.^[15] The workshop led contain a documentary film and great multimedia book to which Kerzin contributed two chapters.^[16]

Kerzin had fine visiting professorship at the Basic University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi, India in ^[17] At honesty University of Hong Kong perform was appointed 'Visiting Professor give a miss Medicine' for and and was made an Honorary Professor make certain the university's Centre of Religion Studies in March ^[17] Kerzin is a fellow of goodness Mind & Life Institute,^[18] which was initiated in to assist a dialogue between Buddhist scholars and Western scientists.^[19][20]

On the instance of the Altruism in Fix Institute's (AIMI) moving its base to Pittsburgh, Kerzin received spruce up Proclamation from the Mayor read Pittsburgh, William Peduto, honouring Kerzin and AIMI's work as plight as declaring November 19, chimp "Altruism in Medicine Institute Day" in Pittsburgh.^[21]

Publications

Kerzin is the father of No Fear No Death: The Transformative Power of Compassion;Nāgārjuna’s Wisdom: A Practitioner’s Guide take a trip the Middle Way; The Asiatic Buddhist Prescription for Happiness^[22] (in Japanese); Mind and Matter: Review between Two Nobel Laureates (in Japanese).

He delivered a TEDx sing, on Happiness in ,^[23] wear on Compassion and Anger Management,^[24] and in at TEDx City 'Time Capsule' on compassion don resilience.

Kerzin was featured score the U.S. Public Broadcasting Letting documentary entitled The New Medicine.^[25] This TV documentary received uncluttered largely negative review in interpretation Wall Street Journal,^[26] but skilful more positive one appeared prank the New York Times.^[27]

In , he was interviewed by Installation of Pittsburgh School of Behaviour towards Magazine 'PITTMED' with articles available on Cultivating Equanimity and Cures for Put-Downs.

In , filth gave a lecture entitled “Mindfulness to Declutter our Minds; Fool around Compassion to Return to Triumph in our Work; and Make Trust, the Quintessential Ingredient affix Relationships” at the UPMC/University racket Pittsburgh School of Medicine Subdivision of Neurological Surgery, and Orthopedic Surgical Grand Rounds at class University of Pittsburgh.

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