Barry Kerzin

Biography

Ven. Dr. Barry Kerzin is an American trained physician and Buddhist monk who is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Pittsburgh and the Centre for Buddhist Studies, HKU, as well as an Honorary Professor at the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences. He is the founder and president of the Altruism in Medicine Institute (AIMI) and founder and chairman of the Human Values Institute (HVI) in Japan. For 32 years he has been providing free medical care to the poor up to high lamas. He is training compassion for 18,000 nurses at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and for Google employees in Japan, London, Singapore and USA in 2021, as well as other big international companies. Barry has been a speaker in 2 TEDx talks, presented medical grand rounds at Stanford Medical School and lectured around the world including Oxford and Cambridge Universities. His brain has been studied at Princeton University and the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He has authored four books.