Barry Kerzin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Barry Kerzin

American physician and Buddhist monk

Date of Birth: 01-Nov-1947

Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession: physician, bhikkhu

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Barry Michael Kerzin(born November 1, 1947) is an American physician and Buddhist monk.
He has lived in Dharamshala since 1988, and serves as a personal physician to the 14th Dalai Lama, along with treating people in the local community, free of charge.
Following his ordination as a monk by HH Dalai Lama in January 2003, he has travelled widely, teaching and offering workshops in which he blends Buddhist teaching and his medical training, emphasizing the spiritual and health benefits of meditation and compassion.
He has served as a research participant in neuroscience research into the effects of meditation on the brain. Kerzin is an Affiliate Professor at the University of Washington Tacoma, a Visiting Professor at the Central Institute of Tibetan Studies, India, an Honorary Professor at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), an Honorary Professor at the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (from October 2019), and a former Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington.
He is a fellow at the Mind and Life Institute and consults for the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig on compassion training. He is founder and president of the Altruism in Medicine Institute (AIMI) and founder and chairman of the Human Values Institute (HVI) in Japan,