Jeffrey Rediger MD, MDiv, is a best-selling author, a licensed physician and psychiatrist, and on the faculty of Harvard Medical School. He was the medical director of McLean SE and Community Affairs at McLean Hospital in Boston for 22 years, and concurrently for many years also the Chief of Behavioural Medicine at Good Samaritan Medical Center. In addition to his medical and psychiatric training, he has a Master of Divinity in theology and philosophy of science from Princeton Theological Seminary. His investigations into remarkable recoveries from incurable or fatal illnesses have been featured on the Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Oz, and Anderson Cooper 360 shows, among others. He has been nominated for the National Bravewell Leadership Award and has received many awards for leadership and patient care. His best-selling book, Cured: Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life, has been published in 26 languages so far and is available at both local bookstores and online.

For 19 years, Dr. Rediger went deep into the lives of those remarkable individuals who have medical evidence for recovery from incurable illness. These, the true Olympians of health and wellbeing, have enormous lessons for all of us, as we seek to understand what will allow each of us to create our own lives of dramatic health, wellbeing, and vitality. In this talk, Dr. Rediger will bring us the results of his research and demonstrate that spontaneous healing this is not just for the privileged few, but for everyone. We now know for example that 85-90 percent of all illnesses are mostly lifestyle-related, including the major killers such as cancer, heart disease, lung disease, diabetes and autoimmune illnesses. Together, we will explore the stories, science, and solution associated with these remarkable recoveries and chart a path for the future of a very different kind of medicine.