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Joseph Pierce Farrell
Joseph (JP) Pierce Farrell is a leading American
pioneer in the field of integrative and consciousness-based healthcare
. He is the director of the Global Health Institute (New York) and is known for his work pioneering the exploration of consciousness
and healthcare. He is the recipient of the endowed chair in the field of consciousness
studies: The Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies at the Global Health Institute. He has lectured internationally on the subject of the relevance of spirituality in a technological age and is a major advocate of the emerging healthcare paradigm that is embracing the interconnected relationship of mind, body, and spirit. He is the author
of "Manifesting Michelangelo" (Simon and Schuster, Atria, 2011).
He is currently the director of Consciousness Studies at Global Health Institute, spearheading research on the potential of human consciousness
to beneficially affect an array of healthcare concerns. In 2008, he received the nation's first endowed chair in the field of consciousness studies for his pioneering work: The Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies.
From 2003-2004, Farrell served as lead clinician on a wide breadth of case studies on health concerns from quality of life to life and death issues under the medical oversight of John E. Mack M.D., to explore the efficacy of Consciousness-Based healthcare. John E. Mack, M.D., was a professor of Psychiatry
at Harvard Medical School
, the founder of the Department of Psychiatry
at the Cambridge Hospital, and a Pulitzer Prize
-winning biographer. Joseph P. Farrell conducted these initial case studies in a clinical setting at the Bristol Medical Building facility, New York, NY.
From 2004-2008, he continued to explore the efficacy of treatment benefit of consciousness-based modalities under the supervision of the Medical Advisory Board of the Global Health Institute.
Case studies that demonstrated benefits to recipients were featured in the educational short film "Pioneering Studies of Integrative Medicine: Exploring the Relationship of Consciousness & Healthcare", which premiered publicly at the Aspen Health and Wellness Forum in 2008.,
In 1988, while Joseph P. Farrell contemplated enrolling in medical school, he was invited to trail Dr. Paul S. Burgeson, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology at NYU Medical School. Farrell observed surgeries and attended Grand Rounds and post-op visits.
Farrell has cited in interviews that primary influences have been Dr. Larry Dossey's book "Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing" and James Samuel Gordon
, M.D.'s book, "Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies."
Joseph P. Farrell worked with Dr. John Edward Mack
, Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and founder of the John E. Mack Institute whose mission is to "explore the frontiers of human experience, to serve the transformation of individual consciousness, and to further the evolution of the paradigms by which we understand human identity."
Farrell worked at the Hale Clinic, which was established in 1987 by Teresa Hale and officially opened by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in 1988. Joseph P. Farrell was influenced by the Hale Clinic's cutting edge philosophy on complementary health care. Hale is a major proponent for complementary medicine, catering to a star studded clientele. The Clinic's aim as "to attract the highest caliber of practitioner to help further the acceptance of complementary medicine throughout the community and to offer the public a different approach to health care."
In 2006, Dean Radin
, Ph.D. advised the Global Health Institute Medical Advisory Board on the peer-review process, particularly the necessity of evidence in the form of empirical data. Called the "Einstein of Consciousness Research" by Larry Dossey, M.D., Dean Radin
, Ph.D. is a senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and founder of the Consciousness Research Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Patricia Muehsam, M.D., who started the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine's first curriculum in alternative and complementary medicine and founded the Association of American Medical Colleges' first initiative in curriculum development in alternative and complementary medicine. She is a major proponent for the mind as a mediator of physical change, and has stated that "Consciousness is the most potent mediator of change in the world.”
In 1988, Farrell began studying meditation with the founder of Clinically Standardized Meditation, Patricia Carrington, Ph.D., a former Faculty Member at Princeton University
.
Joseph P. Farrell collaborated with Dr. Beverly Rubik, Ph.D. to develop research proposals for the Global Health Institute. Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., a biophysicist, is president and founder of the Institute for Frontier Sciences, "a nonprofit institute for scientific research and education on the mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine." She also served on the Program Advisory Council to the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and led a team that coined the term "biofield" to describe the "vital force that really is the key to healing within all of us".
He also studied Taoist Meditation and Taoist Energy Cultivating exercises with Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, M.S.O.M., L.Ac, the founder and director of the Healing Tao Institute.
He was initiated into seminary during a ceremony at the Passionist Spiritual Center at Riverdale at Cardinal Spellman Retreat House, NY, by Reverend Duey, Anglican Reverend. Farrell was ordained as an interfaith clergy-person March 17, 2001, and was registered as a clergy-person by the City of New York in December 2006.
For the past decade, he has been a visiting hospital chaplain, visiting patients in hospitals throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, becoming a member of the Spiritual Healing Faculty at Fordham University
(2002) and a Member of the National Association of American College and University Chaplains (2006).
At the Global Health Institute, Farrell lists as his theological advisers Peter Roche de Coppens, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies and Psychology, and Frederic A. Brussat, who is the author of "Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life" and the Founder of Spirituality and Practice.
(1978–1982), where he Majored in Marine Transportation. During his four years as a cadet midshipman in the US Maritime Administration, he served as a medical corpsman. His senior year as a midshipman, he achieved the rank of company commander. During his summer sea terms on the training ship the Empire State IV, he sailed around much of the world, visiting foreign ports and experiencing cultures and paradigms that expanded his worldview on healthcare.
Farrell studied Investment Management and Real Estate at Pace University
, Manhattan campus (1985–1986). In 2000, he left business to pursue his long term interest in healthcare as a full-time vocation.
of "Manifesting Michelangelo", (published by Simon & Schuster
with Atria in 2011), which "Booklist" magazine described as "A revelation in several senses of the word, this astounding book will strike chords with many seekers."
Joseph (JP) Pierce Farrell is a leading American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
pioneer in the field of integrative and consciousness-based healthcare
Consciousness-based healthcare
Consciousness-Based Healthcare , an emerging field of complementary and alternative medicine, is the application of consciousness-based interventions to achieve tangible, beneficial outcomes across a wide range of health concerns including physical and emotional issues.CBH is a complementary and...
. He is the director of the Global Health Institute (New York) and is known for his work pioneering the exploration of consciousness
Consciousness
Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind...
and healthcare. He is the recipient of the endowed chair in the field of consciousness
Consciousness
Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind...
studies: The Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies at the Global Health Institute. He has lectured internationally on the subject of the relevance of spirituality in a technological age and is a major advocate of the emerging healthcare paradigm that is embracing the interconnected relationship of mind, body, and spirit. He is the author
Author
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of "Manifesting Michelangelo" (Simon and Schuster, Atria, 2011).
Healthcare
Farrell is a founding board member and the current director of the Global Health Institute (GHI), a 501(c)3 nonprofit educational and research foundation dedicated to advancing the integration of healthcare. GHI's stated mission is "to educate health professionals, students and the media community on the discoveries, cutting edge therapies and emerging knowledge that is shaping the integration of healthcare." GHI furthers its mission through three initiatives: Education, Research, and Archiving. Farrell has served as the administrative Director since 2003. He served as chairman of the Board of Trustees from 2004-2007.,,He is currently the director of Consciousness Studies at Global Health Institute, spearheading research on the potential of human consciousness
Consciousness
Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts. It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind...
to beneficially affect an array of healthcare concerns. In 2008, he received the nation's first endowed chair in the field of consciousness studies for his pioneering work: The Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies.
Pioneering Research in the Relationship of Consciousness and Healthcare
As the Project Director of Consciousness Studies at the Global Health Institute (GHI), Farrell collaborated with an interdisciplinary team of medical doctors and research scientists, from 2003–2008, conducting case studies to evaluate the efficacy of Consciousness-Based modalities in clinical practice across a spectrum of health concerns. His work has been featured in books and exhibits.,From 2003-2004, Farrell served as lead clinician on a wide breadth of case studies on health concerns from quality of life to life and death issues under the medical oversight of John E. Mack M.D., to explore the efficacy of Consciousness-Based healthcare. John E. Mack, M.D., was a professor of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
at Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
, the founder of the Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry
Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study and treatment of mental disorders. These mental disorders include various affective, behavioural, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities...
at the Cambridge Hospital, and a Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning biographer. Joseph P. Farrell conducted these initial case studies in a clinical setting at the Bristol Medical Building facility, New York, NY.
From 2004-2008, he continued to explore the efficacy of treatment benefit of consciousness-based modalities under the supervision of the Medical Advisory Board of the Global Health Institute.
Case studies that demonstrated benefits to recipients were featured in the educational short film "Pioneering Studies of Integrative Medicine: Exploring the Relationship of Consciousness & Healthcare", which premiered publicly at the Aspen Health and Wellness Forum in 2008.,
Presentations
Farrell's work in consciousness based healthcare at The Global Health Institute has been presented live or in short films at the following universities and institutions (partial list):,,- The Center for Psychology and Social Change Cambridge Mass. (now the John E. Mack Institute)
- Fordham University, New York , NY
- The Aspen Health and Wellness Forum
- Spring Haven Center, Pennsylvania
- Yale Club of New York
- The Hale Clinic, London, UK
- American Conference Center, New York
- East Stroudsburg University, Pennsylvania.
Medical Influences
Farrell was exposed to western medical care while serving as a student Medical Corpsman during his four years as a Midshipman in the US Maritime Administration at the State University of New York Maritime College (1978–1982).In 1988, while Joseph P. Farrell contemplated enrolling in medical school, he was invited to trail Dr. Paul S. Burgeson, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology at NYU Medical School. Farrell observed surgeries and attended Grand Rounds and post-op visits.
Farrell has cited in interviews that primary influences have been Dr. Larry Dossey's book "Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing" and James Samuel Gordon
James Samuel Gordon
James Samuel Gordon is an American author and Harvard-educated psychiatrist, and a world-renowned expert in using mind-body medicine to heal depression, anxiety, and psychological trauma. In 1991, he became Founder and Director of The Center for Mind-Body Medicine , a 501 nonprofit educational...
, M.D.'s book, "Manifesto for a New Medicine: Your Guide to Healing Partnerships and the Wise Use of Alternative Therapies."
Joseph P. Farrell worked with Dr. John Edward Mack
John Edward Mack
John Edward Mack, M.D. was an American psychiatrist, writer, and professor at Harvard Medical School...
, Professor of Psychiatry at the Harvard Medical School, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, and founder of the John E. Mack Institute whose mission is to "explore the frontiers of human experience, to serve the transformation of individual consciousness, and to further the evolution of the paradigms by which we understand human identity."
Farrell worked at the Hale Clinic, which was established in 1987 by Teresa Hale and officially opened by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in 1988. Joseph P. Farrell was influenced by the Hale Clinic's cutting edge philosophy on complementary health care. Hale is a major proponent for complementary medicine, catering to a star studded clientele. The Clinic's aim as "to attract the highest caliber of practitioner to help further the acceptance of complementary medicine throughout the community and to offer the public a different approach to health care."
In 2006, Dean Radin
Dean Radin
Dean Radin is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. He has been Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences , in Petaluma, California, USA, since 2001, and is on the Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Sonoma State University, on the Distinguished...
, Ph.D. advised the Global Health Institute Medical Advisory Board on the peer-review process, particularly the necessity of evidence in the form of empirical data. Called the "Einstein of Consciousness Research" by Larry Dossey, M.D., Dean Radin
Dean Radin
Dean Radin is a researcher and author in the field of parapsychology. He has been Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences , in Petaluma, California, USA, since 2001, and is on the Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Psychology at Sonoma State University, on the Distinguished...
, Ph.D. is a senior scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) and founder of the Consciousness Research Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Mind-Body Medicine Influences
One of Farrell's mentors wasPatricia Muehsam, M.D., who started the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine's first curriculum in alternative and complementary medicine and founded the Association of American Medical Colleges' first initiative in curriculum development in alternative and complementary medicine. She is a major proponent for the mind as a mediator of physical change, and has stated that "Consciousness is the most potent mediator of change in the world.”
In 1988, Farrell began studying meditation with the founder of Clinically Standardized Meditation, Patricia Carrington, Ph.D., a former Faculty Member at Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
.
Joseph P. Farrell collaborated with Dr. Beverly Rubik, Ph.D. to develop research proposals for the Global Health Institute. Beverly Rubik, Ph.D., a biophysicist, is president and founder of the Institute for Frontier Sciences, "a nonprofit institute for scientific research and education on the mind-body, subtle energies, and complementary medicine." She also served on the Program Advisory Council to the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and led a team that coined the term "biofield" to describe the "vital force that really is the key to healing within all of us".
Asian Influences
In 1993, Farrell studied Kung-Fu Wu-Su with Grandmaster Alan Lee, at the Chinese Kung-Fu Wu-Su Association, New York, NY. He studied Nei Kung, a form of ancient Chinese internal energy cultivation, with Master C.K. Chu, author of “The Book of Nei Kung” at the Tai Chi Chuan Center (New York) in 1994.He also studied Taoist Meditation and Taoist Energy Cultivating exercises with Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, M.S.O.M., L.Ac, the founder and director of the Healing Tao Institute.
Spiritual Influences
Farrell began the formal study of theology, belief systems, and sacred texts (primarily the Judeo-Christian texts) as a student at the One Spirit Interfaith Seminary.He was initiated into seminary during a ceremony at the Passionist Spiritual Center at Riverdale at Cardinal Spellman Retreat House, NY, by Reverend Duey, Anglican Reverend. Farrell was ordained as an interfaith clergy-person March 17, 2001, and was registered as a clergy-person by the City of New York in December 2006.
For the past decade, he has been a visiting hospital chaplain, visiting patients in hospitals throughout the United States and the United Kingdom, becoming a member of the Spiritual Healing Faculty at Fordham University
Fordham University
Fordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
(2002) and a Member of the National Association of American College and University Chaplains (2006).
At the Global Health Institute, Farrell lists as his theological advisers Peter Roche de Coppens, Ph.D., Professor of Sociology, Religious Studies and Psychology, and Frederic A. Brussat, who is the author of "Spiritual Literacy: Reading the Sacred in Everyday Life" and the Founder of Spirituality and Practice.
Higher Education
Farrell was educated at the State University of New York Maritime CollegeState University of New York Maritime College
SUNY Maritime College is a maritime college located in the Bronx, New York City in historic Fort Schuyler on the Throggs Neck peninsula where the East River meets Long Island Sound...
(1978–1982), where he Majored in Marine Transportation. During his four years as a cadet midshipman in the US Maritime Administration, he served as a medical corpsman. His senior year as a midshipman, he achieved the rank of company commander. During his summer sea terms on the training ship the Empire State IV, he sailed around much of the world, visiting foreign ports and experiencing cultures and paradigms that expanded his worldview on healthcare.
Farrell studied Investment Management and Real Estate at Pace University
Pace University
Pace University is an American private, co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York.-Programs:...
, Manhattan campus (1985–1986). In 2000, he left business to pursue his long term interest in healthcare as a full-time vocation.
Recognition & Awards
- Recipient of the Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies at the Global Health Institute (2008)
- Appointed Special Adviser to the United Nations NGO Committee for Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns-NY (GSVGC)(2005–present)
- Serves on the Working Group Health, Transformation & Spirituality at CSVGC (2008–present)
- Served on the Working Group Spiritual Dimensions of Science and Consciousness at CSVGC(2004–2008)
- Visiting Practitioner at the Hale Clinic in London (2004–2005)
- Appointed to Board of Directors of Association of Trauma and Outreach Prevention (ATOP) (2010)
- Served as Vice-Chairman, Jr. Advisory Board, Sailors, Soldiers & Airmen’s Club of New York, NY (1988–1990)
Professional Affiliations
Member of the following organizations:- Board of Trustees, Global Health Institute (New York)
- United Nations NGO Committee for Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns-NY (2005–present)
- Registered Member of The Healing Foundation, United Kingdom (2004–2005)
- Spiritual Healing Faculty at Fordham UniversityFordham UniversityFordham University is a private, nonprofit, coeducational research university in the United States, with three campuses in and around New York City. It was founded by the Roman Catholic Diocese of New York in 1841 as St...
(2002–present) - Member of the National Association of American College and University Chaplains (2006–present)
Global Service
In 2005, Farrell was appointed Special Adviser to the United Nations NGO Committee on Spirituality, Values, and Global Concerns (New York), which seeks to find spiritual solutions to the world’s issues., Since his appointment, he has served on two working groups. First he served as a Special Adviser to the Spiritual Dimensions of Science and Consciousness working group. He currently serves as an adviser on the Health, Transformation and Spirituality working group. In 2010 he was appointed to the Board at the Association for Trauma Outreach and Prevention (ATOP).Media
Farrell is a Founding Board Member of Reel Potential Media, a media development company that was established in 2008 to develop media content that inspires and enlightens.Author
Farrell is the AuthorAuthor
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of "Manifesting Michelangelo", (published by Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
with Atria in 2011), which "Booklist" magazine described as "A revelation in several senses of the word, this astounding book will strike chords with many seekers."