Joseph Loizzo

Joseph Loizzo, M.D., Ph.D. is a contemplative psychotherapist, clinical researcher, and Buddhist scholar-teacher who integrates ancient contemplative science and technology with current breakthroughs in neuroscience and optimal health. After training in psychiatry at Harvard and completing a Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies at Columbia, he founded Nalanda Institute for Contemplative Science.

He is on the faculty at the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies. He also teaches at the Nalanda Institute in New York and other locations, and at Tibet House US.

He studied with Gelek Rimpoche for many years.

Selected publications

• Nagarjuna's Reason Sixty with Chandrakirti's Reason Sixty Commentary, American Institute of Buddhist Studies, 2006
• Sustainable Happiness: The Mind Science of Well-Being, Altruism, and Inspiration
• Advances in Contemplative Psychotherapy: Accelerating Healing and Transformation
• The Guru Question: The Crisis of Western Buddhism and the Global Future of the Nalanda Tradition

Sources

• The Guru Question: The Crisis of Western Buddhism and the Global Future of the Nalanda Tradition