Dr. Amen is a physician, double board certified psychiatrist,
teacher and five time New York Times bestselling author. He is widely
regarded as one of the world’s foremost experts on applying brain
imaging science to everyday clinical practice. Dr. Amen is the Founder
of Amen Clinics in Newport Beach and San Francisco, California,
Bellevue, Washington, Reston, Virginia, Atlanta and New York City. The
Atlanta and New York locations will be opening later this year.
Amen Clinics have the world’s largest database of functional brain scans
relating to behavior, totaling 73,000 scans on patients from 90
countries.
Dr. Amen is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric
Association and he is the lead researcher on the world’s largest brain
imaging and rehabilitation study on professional football players. His
research has not only demonstrated high levels of brain damage in
players, he also showed the possibility of significant recovery for many
with the principles that underlie his work.
Together with Pastor Rick Warren and Drs. Mark Hyman and Mehmet Oz, Dr.
Amen is also one of the chief architects on Saddleback Church’s “Daniel
Plan,” a 52 week program to get the world healthy through religious
organizations. After the first year the church lost 260,000 pounds, but
weight loss was only one of the stunning side effects of getting truly
healthy. Other common effects of The Daniel Plan were increased energy,
better focus and mood, and a reduction of many medications for the
participants. The Daniel Plan is now being exported around the world to
help churches, synagogues and all religious people get healthy.
Dr. Amen is also the host of 6 popular shows about the brain, which have
raised more than 40 million dollars for public television.
Dr. Amen is the author of 51 professional articles, five book chapters,
and over 30 books, including five New York Times bestsellers, including
Change Your Brain, Change Your Life, Magnificent Mind At Any Age, Change
Your Brain, Change Your Body, and Use Your Brain to Change Your Age.
In February 2013, Crown will publish Dr. Amen’s upcoming book, Unleash
the Power of the Female Brain.
