Author Info | - Dr Tony Nader, MD, PhD, MARR, received his MD degree from the American University of Beirut, where he also studied internal medicine and psychiatry. He received his PhD in Brain and Cognitive Science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he also was a visiting physician and Assistant Director of the Clinical Research Center. He completed his postdoctoral work as a Clinical and Research Fellow in Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School. Dr Nader has conducted research on neurochemistry; neuroendocrinology; the relationships among diet, age, behaviour, mood, seasonal influences, and neurotransmitter and hormonal activity; and on the role of neurotransmitter precursors in medicine.
Dr Nader's interest in natural health care led him to the study of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology of Consciousness® under the guidance of His Holiness Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. While at MIT, he conducted research on Maharishi Ayurveda® herbal and mineral preparations for their safety, their effects on memory and behaviour, and their ability to prevent ageing and disease, including cancer. He has also conducted original research on the effects of the Transcendental Meditation® and TM-Sidhi® programmes in solving social and international problems and has organised courses and lectured widely on Maharishi Ayurveda in more than fifty countries.
Dr Nader's research has been published in many peer-reviewed scholarly journals, including Neurology, the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, the Journal of Gerontology, Progress in Brain Research, and the International Journal of Mathematics and Consciousness, and he has presented his findings at governmental and academic institutions throughout the world, including Stanford University, the Harvard Business School, and as the keynote speaker for a conference at the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Dr Nader has held many positions leading the programmes of Maharishi Vedic Science and Technology of Consciousness throughout the world. At present, he is president of Maharishi International University, Fairfield, Iowa, U.S.A.
|