Deepak Chopra, M.D., F.A.C.P., founder of the Chopra Foundation and cofounder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing, is a world-renowned pioneer in integrative medicine and personal transformation. He is the author of more than 85 books translated into over 43 languages, including numerous New York Times bestsellers. Two of his books, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind (1993) and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success (1995), have been recognized on The Books of the Century “Bestsellers List.” He serves as an Adjunct Professor at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; Adjunct Professor at Columbia Business School, Columbia University; Assistant Clinical Professor in the Family and Preventive Medicine Department at the University of California, San Diego; on the Health Sciences faculty at Walt Disney Imagineering; and as Senior Scientist with the Gallup Organization. Time magazine has described Dr. Chopra as “one of the top 100 heroes and icons of the century” and credits him as “the poet-prophet of alternative medicine.” The WorldPost and The Huffington Post global Internet survey ranked Dr. Chopra #40 of the most influential thinkers in the world and “#1 in medicine.”
Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., is a professor of neurology and holder of the Joseph P. and Rose F. Kennedy Endowed Chair in Neurology at Harvard University. He serves as the vice-chair of neurology and director of the Genetics and Aging Research Unit at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Tanzi is a pioneer in studies aimed at identifying genes for neurological disease. He co-discovered all three genes that cause early onset familial Alzheimer’s disease (AD), including the first AD gene, and currently spearheads the Alzheimer’s Genome Project. He is also developing new therapies for treating and preventing AD based on his genetic discoveries. Dr. Tanzi was named to Time magazine’s “100 Most Influential People” for 2015 and to the list of Harvard “100 Most Influential Harvard Alumni.” He has also received the highly prestigious Smithsonian American Ingenuity Award for his pioneering studies of Alzheimer’s disease. He is the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Super Brain with Dr. Deepak Chopra, has professionally played keyboards with Joe Perry and Aerosmith, and is the host of Super Brain on public television.