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Studied psychology from University of Paris (Sorbonne), received MD from Duke University. Inducted into Natural Health magazine's Hall of Fame in 2001 as a "Torch Bearer" who has brought enlightenment and inspiration to the field of natural healing. In 2002, the American Holistic Medical Association bestowed its Pioneer Award upon him. Trained as a doctor, psychiatrist, homeopath, Ayurvedic practitioner, herbalist, and teacher, he opened his first holistic health clining in 1974. In his book Radical Healing, he uses homeopathy as the prototype for all holistic healing methods. President of the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA, for 12 years.
Diet and Nutrition: A Holistic Approach
Radical Healing: Integrating the World's Great Therapeutic Traditions to Create a New Transformative Medicine
Deepak Chopra, MD has become so popular that the Los Angeles Public Television station KCET used him for its 1995 fund-raising campaign. Chopra lectured on his metaphysical views and was interviewed and praised by the moderator as the phones rang and the pledges poured in. The scene resembled religious TV shows that preach and raise money.
Those who have followed Chopra from his days promoting the Maharishi, through his success as a writer of wishful thinking books and association with the NIH Office of Alternative Medicine, to his rise and fall at Sharp Hospital in southern California will find Elise Pettus's article in New York magazine (8/14/95) a fact-filled journey from his birth to his future plans as a guru. -- NCAHF Newsletter, Volume 18, Number 5 (September-October 1995)
