Larry DosseY MD
The author of thirteen books and numerous articles, Dr. Dossey is the former Executive Editor of both the peer-reviewed journals Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine and Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing. This distinguished Texas physician, deeply rooted in the scientific world, has become an internationally influential advocate of the role of the mind in health and the role of spirituality in healthcare. Bringing the experience of a practicing internist and the soul of a poet to the discourse, Dr. Larry Dossey offers panoramic insight into the nature and the future of medicine.
Upon graduating with honors from the University of Texas at Austin, Dr. Dossey worked as a pharmacist while earning his MD degree from Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, 1967. Before completing his residency in internal medicine, he served as a battalion surgeon in Vietnam, where he was decorated for valor. Dr. Dossey helped establish the Dallas Diagnostic Association, the largest group of internal medicine practitioners in that city, and was Chief of Staff of Medical City Dallas Hospital in 1982.
An education steeped in traditional Western medicine did not prepare Dr. Dossey for patients who were blessed with "miracle cures," remissions that clinical medicine could not explain. "Almost all physicians possess a lavish list of strange happenings unexplainable by normal science," says Dr. Dossey. "A tally of these events would demonstrate, I am convinced, that medical science not only has not had the last word, it has hardly had the first word on how the world works, especially when the mind is involved."
"I used to believe that we must choose between science and reason on one hand, and spirituality on the other, in how we lead our lives. Now I consider this a false choice. We can recover the sense of sacredness, not just in science, but in perhaps every area of life."
~ Larry Dossey, MD
from Reinventing Medicine
The primary quality of all of Dr. Dossey's work is scientific legitimacy, with an insistent focus on "what the data show." As a result, his colleagues in medical schools and hospitals all over the country trust him, honor his message, and continually invite him to share his insights with them. He has lectured all over the world, including major medical schools and hospitals in the United States --Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Cornell, the Universities of Pennsylvania, California, Washington, Texas, Florida, Minnesota, and the Mayo Clinic.
The impact of Dr. Dossey's work has been remarkable. Before his book Healing Words was published in 1993, only three U.S. medical schools had courses devoted to exploring the role of religious practice and prayer in health; currently, nearly 80 medical schools have instituted such courses, many of which utilize Dr. Dossey's works as textbooks. In his 1989 book Recovering the Soul, he introduced the concept of "nonlocal mind" -- mind unconfined to the brain and body, mind spread infinitely throughout space and time. Since then, "nonlocal mind" has been adopted by many leading scientists as an emerging image of consciousness. Dr. Dossey's ever-deepening explication of nonlocal mind provides a legitimate foundation for the merging of spirit and medicine. The ramifications of such a union are radical and call for no less than the reinvention of medicine.
In 2013, Larry Dossey received the prestigious Visionary Award that honors a pioneer whose visionary ideas have shaped integrative healthcare and the medical profession.
Awards
Larry Dossey
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Pioneer of Integrative Medicine Award, Aspen Center for Integrative Health (2004).
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J. G. Gallimore Award for Excellence in Alternative Health Education, U. S. Psychotronics Association (2001)
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Alyce & Elmer Green Award for Innovation, Institute for the Study of Subtle Energies and Energy Medicine (2001)
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Hall of Fame Award for Outstanding Contributions for 30 years, Natural Health Magazine (2001)
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Annual 49th Maggie Award, Best Signed Editorial, “War: A Vietnam Memoir,” Western Publications Association(2000)
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Art, Soul, and Science of Healing Award, California Pacific Medical Center Institute for Health and Healing (2000)
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Visionary Award, Utne Reader (1997)
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Gardner Murphy Prize, American Society for Psychical Research (1995)
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Health Professional of the Year Award, Texas Nurses’ Association (1984)
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Pioneer of Integrative Medicine Award, The Bravewell Collaborative, New York City, New York (2007), Aspen (2004)
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Air Medal. U.S. Army. Vietnam, 1968-69
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Bronze Star, Second Oak Leaf Cluster. U.S. Army. Vietnam, 1968-69.
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Army Commendation Medal for Valor. U. S. Army Vietnam, 1968-69
"I propose an inspiring view of consciousness that may reshape our destiny. I believe that all individual minds are part of an infinite, collective dimension of consciousness that I call the One Mind. This state—which we can all access—explains phenomena as diverse as epiphanies, creative breakthroughs, premonitions of danger or disaster, near-death experiences, communication with other species and with the dead, reincarnation, the movement of herds, flocks, and schools, and remote healing."
~ Larry Dossey, MD
From One Mind
Larry Dossey • Videos
One Mind, One Consciousness - when spirituality meets science - Dr Larry Dossey
Dr Larry Dossey, The One Mind - New Mexico
Paradigm Explorer asked Barbara to interview Larry about his book chapter he wrote that was posted on their site.
Above: David Lorimer, UK Scientific and Medical Network Programme Director and Editor, Paradigm Explorer asked Barbara to interview Larry about his book chapter he wrote that was posted on their site. The interview shares a bit about their precious, shared journey.