faculty & directors

Who We Are

Joseph Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Cornell University

Miles Neale, Psy.D, LMHC
Contemplative Psychotherapist

Bill Bushell, Ph.D.
Director of East-West Research, Tibet House US

John Campbell, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Religion, Saint John’s University

Ingrid Kemperman, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Cornell University

Edward Kenny, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center

Michael McDermott
Executive Coach and founder, Arcadia Group

Erin Olivo, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Clinical Professor of Medical Psychology,
Columbia University

Mary Reilly Nichols
Yoga Instructor, Life in Motion Yoga

Elizabeth Rovere, Psy.D.
Staff Psychologist, Student Health Services, The New School

Neil Theise, M.D.
Professor of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Leslie Blackhall, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, University of Virginia

Yeshi Donden
Former Personal Physician to His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Pablo Farias, M.D.
Vice President, The Ford Foundation

Paul Fulton, Ph.D.
President, Institute for Meditation and Psychotherapy

Phillip Glass
Composer and Vice-President, Tibet House US

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.
Health Psychologist and Writer

Edward Kenny, M.D.
Professor, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Institute

Vasant Lad, B.S.
Founder and Director, The Ayurveda Institute

Kenneth Porter, M.D.
Director, The New York Institute for Spirituality & Psychotherapy

Robert Rosenthal, M.D.
Psychotherapist and Writer

David Sloss, J.D.
Professor of Law, George Washington University

Robert Thurman, Ph.D.
Je Tsong Khapa Professor of Tibetan Studies, Columbia University and President, Tibet House US

Sander Tideman, Ph.D.
Co-CEO, The Global Leaders Academy

Rich Kennedy, Project Director
Yuria Celidwen
Laura Pintchik
Maria Perez
Emily Wolf

Assistant Director Miles Neale with Paul Fulton, member of the Advisory Board and panelist at Nalanda's first benefit.