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Deepak Chopra
Author; Founder, Chopra Center for Wellbeing

Dr. Deepak Chopra is the Founder of Chopra Center for Wellbeing in Carlsbad, California and Manhattan, New York. Chopra’s Wellness Radio airs weekly on Sirius Satellite Stars, Channel 102, which focuses on the areas of success, love, sexuality and relationships, well-being and spirituality. Time Magazine heralds Deepak Chopra as one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century, and credits him as “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine.” (Time Magazine, June 1999.)

Deepak Chopra is known as a prolific author of over 50 books with 13 bestsellers on mind-body health, quantum mechanics, spirituality and peace. A global force in the field of human empowerment, Dr. Chopra’s books have been published in more than 35 languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers in both the fiction and nonfiction categories. His latest book, The Third Jesus: The Christ We Cannot Ignore, was released on February 19, 2008. New York Times bestsellers, Peace is the Way won the Quill Awards and The Book of Secrets was awarded the grand prize at the 2005 Nautilus Book Awards.

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. Esquire Magazine designated him as one of the top 10 motivational speakers in the country, and he is also the recipient of the Toastmasters International Top Five Outstanding Speakers award. He participates annually as a lecturer at the Update in Internal Medicine course sponsored by Harvard Medical School, Department of Continuing Education and the Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Chopra has been a keynote speaker at several academic institutions including Harvard’s Divinity and Business Schools, Stanford, and Kellogg School of Management. He is the recipient of the Einstein Award through Albert Einstein College of Medicine in collaboration with the American Journal of Psychotherapy.

Dr. Chopra is a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a member of the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management, and Senior Scientist with The Gallup Organization.

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