About Us

James S. Gordon, MD, Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine. Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Family Medicine; Georgetown University School of Medicine; former Chairman of the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine Policy; author of Manifesto for a New Medicine, Comprehensive Cancer Care, and the soon-to-be-released Unstuck: Your Guide to the Seven Stage Journey out of Depression (Penguin, June 2008). Read more about Dr. Gordon

CancerGuides^® Course Faculty

Timothy C. Birdsall, ND, Vice President Integrative Medicine, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA); Department of Naturopathic Medicine at Midwestern Regional Medical Center; Founding editor-in-chief; Alternative Medicine Review; Recipient of the President’s Award of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (2000); Co-author of How To Prevent and treat Cancer With Natural Medicine

Keith Block, MD, Co-founder and Medical/Scientific Director of Block Center for Integrative Cancer Treatment, Evanston, IL; Director of Integrative Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago

Susan Blum, MD, MPH, Board Certified, Preventive Medicine; Faculty, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; Facilitator, Mind-Body Skills Groups in Westchester and Connecticut. Private Practice, White Plains, NY

Bob Buckley, LCSW, Consultant in Stress Management, Coping with Change in the Workplace, and The Aftermath of Violence; Critical Incidence Stress Debriefer, giving sessions for Police, Fire and Rescue personnel, private corporations, and the general public; Senior Faculty member, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s national and international trainings. Supervisor for candidates enrolled in the Center’s Certification program

Monique Class, MS, APRN, BC, Clinical Nurse in Holistic Health; Certified Family Nurse Practitioner; Director of Nursing, the Center for Women’s Health, Stamford, CT; Certified by the Psychosynthesis Institute in Imagery and Visualization. Faculty member, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; Facilitator, Mind-Body Skills Groups, CMBM’s annual professional and advanced training programs

Joel M. Evans, MD, Founder and Director of the Center for Women's Health, Stamford, Connecticut; Assistant Professor, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women's Heath; author of The Whole Pregnancy Handbook

Debra Lewis Kaplan, LCSW, LMFT, Psychotherapist, Dallas, TX; Faculty member, the Center from Mind-Body Medicine; Diplomat, American Psychotherapy Association

Rebecca Katz, Chef; Founder of The Inner Cook; Senior Chef, Commonweal Cancer Help Program; Author of One Bite at a Time: Nourishing Recipes for People with Cancer, Survivors, and Their Caregivers

Lora Matz, MS, LICSW, Psychotherapist; Faculty member at the Center for Spirituality and Healing; University of MN; Course Advisor, CancerGuides^® Program offered by The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Kelsey Menehan, LCSW-C, Psychotherapist; Senior Faculty, Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s work both nationally and internationally in Kosovo, Gaza, and Israel; Writer, health and mental health topics; Faculty, Crossings: A Center for The Healing Traditions

Ralph W. Moss, PhD, Director, The Moss Reports; President, Cancer Communications, Inc; Former writer and Assistant Director of Public Affairs, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

John A. Patterson, MD, MSPH, Family physician, Irvine, KY; Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice and Community Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine. Past president, the Kentucky Academy of Family Physicians

Beverly Pierce, MLS, MA, RN, CHTP, Research Library Director, The Advisory Board Company, Washington, DC; Certified Healing Touch Practitioner; interest and research in the use of complementary/integrative approaches in oncology and childbirth education

Stephen M. Sagar, BSc (Hons), MB, BS, MRCP, FRCR, FRCPC, Associate Professor, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario; A founding director, Complementary Medicine Section of the Ontario Medical Association; Author, Restored harmony: An Evidence-Based Approach for Integrating Traditional Chinese Medicine into Complementary Cancer Care

Susan Sencer, MD, Medical director, the Integrative Cancer Care program at Children’s Hospitals and Clinics; Faculty, Center for Spirituality and Healing & Department of Pediatrics, and is an adjunct member of the cancer center at the University of Minnesota

Amy Shinal, LCSW, Private psychotherapy practice; Senior Faculty, Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s trainings nationally and internationally; Director of Clinical Services, The Center for Mind-Body Medicine

Tina Staley, MSW, Clinical social worker. Leads and co-leads support groups for cancer patients and their caregivers

Richard Steinberg, MD, Board certified in Emergency Medicine; Licensed Medical Acupuncturist; Certified yoga instructor; Teaching Faculty at Seven Bowls School of Nutrition and at The Center for Mind-Body Medicine; Consultant for several National Cancer Institute (NCI) educational grants on prostate cancer, breast cancer, and complementary medicine

Debu Tripathy, MD, Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Komen/UT Southwestern Breast Cancer Program, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas; Oncology clinical practice primarily in breast cancer; Principal investigator on several regional and national clinical trials as well as laboratory-based projects. Researcher; Author; President of the Society of Integrative Medicine