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 and Comprehensive Cancer Care. Read more about Dr. Gordon

Course Faculty

Afrim Blyta, MD, PhD, Neuropsychiatrist, Head of Department of Neurology, University Clinical Center of Kosova; Faculty member, University School of Prishtina; Co-founder of Institute for Mental Health and Recovery of Kosova; Country co-director of national project of Mind-Body Medicine; National faculty of CMBM since 2001; International faculty of CMBM Washington DC since June 2005; Private Practice in Prishtina, Kosovo

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

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

Jerrol Kimmel, RN, MA, Integrative Medicine Practitioner and Mind-Body Skills Group Facilitator; Massage Therapist; Private practice services in counseling and bodywork; Faculty, Center for Mind-Body Medicine’s trainings nationally and internationally

Susan B. Lord, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, and Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Georgetown University School of Medicine; Associate Director of Professional Education and Director of Nutrition Programs for 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

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

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

Jusuf Ulaj, MD, Neuropsychiatrist, Head of Department of Psychiatry, University Clinical Center of Kosova; Faculty member, University School of Prishtina; Co-founder, Institute for Mental Health and Recovery of Kosova; National faculty of CMBM since 2001; International faculty of CMBM-Washington DC since June 2005; Co-owner, private practice in Prishtina, Kosovo