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Joseph Pierce Farrell

Joseph (JP) Pierce Farrell is an American pioneer in healthcare, and he is the recipient of the nation's first endowed chair in the field of Consciousness studies: The Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies. He is the Director of the Global Health Institute (New York), and he is best known for his controversial work pioneering the exploration of Consciousness and healthcare. He has lectured domestically and internationally on the subject of consciousness and healthcare, and he is a major advocate of the emerging healthcare paradigm that is embracing the interconnected relationship of mind-body-spirit. He is the Author 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. The charter for the Global Health Institute was conceived in 2003 by an interdisciplinary team of physicians, scientists, and theologians. 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, until he chose to focus his efforts on being Project Director of Consciousness Studies. , ,

In addition to his administrative duties, he is the Project Director in Consciousness Studies at Global Health Institute, spearheading research on the potential of human consciousness to affect tangible change and Consciousness-Based Healthcare. 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 medical doctors and research scientists, from 2003-2008, conducting case studies to evaluate the efficacy of Consciousness-Based modalities in clinical practice across a broad spectrum of health concerns. His work has been evaluated by multiple healthcare organizations and institutions including Harvard, and featured in books and exhibits. ,

From 2003-2004, Farrell served as lead clinician on a wide spectrum of case studies under the medical oversight of John E. Mack M.D., to explore the efficacy of Consciousness-Based healthcare in a collaborative effort between the Global Health Institute and the John E. Mack Institute (formerly the Center for Psychology and Social Change). John E. Mack, M.D., was a professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, the founder of the Department of Psychology at the Cambridge Hospital, and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. 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 positive benefits to recipients were featured in the documentary "Pioneering Studies of Integrative Medicine: Exploring the Relationship of Consciousness & Healthcare", which premiered publicly at the Aspen Health and Wellness Forum in 2008. ,

Presentations
Presentations featuring Farrell's work conducted at The Global Health Institute have been presented live or in documentaries in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom at the following institutions (partial list):, ,


 * The Center for Psychology and Social ChangeCambridge 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's initial exposure to western medical care was while he was serving as a student Medical Corpsman during his four years as a Cadet Midshipman in the US Maritime Administration while attending the State University of New York Maritime College (1978-1982).

In 1988, while Farrell contemplated enrolling in medical school, he was invited to trail Paul S. Burgeson, M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology at NYU Medical School. Farrell learned from observing surgeries, post-op visits, and attending Grand Rounds.

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."

Farrell developed professional relationships at the Global Health Institute with leaders in various fields of integrative healthcare.

Joseph worked with John Edward Mack, M.D., 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." John Edward Mack, M.D. oversaw the initial case studies to gauge the efficacy of Consciousness-Based modalities to achieve a benevolent impact on recipients across a broad spectrum of health concerns at the Global Health Institute.

Farrell worked at the Hale Clinic, was established in 1987 by Teresa Hale and officially opened by H.R.H. The Prince of Wales in 1988. Farrell was influenced by the Hale Clinic's cutting edge philosophy on complementary health care. Hale is a major proponent for complementary medicine, and 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, strengthening Farrell's understanding of the process of shifting paradigms within science, 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.

Mind-Body Medicine Influences
Farrell was also influenced by the ideas of one of his colleagues at the Global Health Institute, 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 1991, Farrell began studying meditation with the founder of Clinically Standardized Meditation, Patricia Carrington, Ph.D., a meditation teacher,  lecturer and former Faculty Member at Princeton University.

Farrell collaborated with 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 with Ron Nevar in 1996, 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 pursued the study of theology, belief systems, and sacred texts(primarily the Judeo-Christian texts),to gain a better understanding of the mechanism behind how tangible healings could manifest as a result of a spiritual intervention. He pursued theological sources because modern-day scientific and medical understanding could not explain how this was possible.

After studying at One Spirit Interfaith Seminary, Farrell 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 of 2006.

For the past decade, he has traveled extensively as 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).

Two of Farrell's theological influences, particularly in his work at GHI have been 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.

In addition to seminary and the academic exploration of world religions, he has spent significant time working side by side with master healers, mystics, shamans. He has worked with the lineage Holders of the Maori Healing indigenous peoples of New Zealand, and noted Christian scholar Malachi Martin, a professor at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute. He has studied with Masters from China (inner-Taoist healing), with Native American medicine men and with South American and Peruvian shamans & mystics.

Higher Education
Joseph Pierce Farrell attended high school at at Bayport Bluepoint High School in Bayport, New York(1973-1977).

Farrell was educated at the State University of New York Maritime College (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 which expanded his worldview on healthcare.

Choosing to forgo a career in the maritime industry, he went on to study Real Estate Investment Management at Pace University, Manhattan campus (1985-1986). After fourteen years working as a Real Estate Investment Consultant on Madison Avenue in Manhattan, he left business to pursue his long term interest in healthcare as a full-time vocation.

Recognition & Awards

 * Recipient of the endowed Ambassador's Chair in Consciousness Studies at the Global Health Institute (2008)
 * Appointed Special Advisor 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)
 * Appointed as Company Commander United States Maritime Association, Midshipman at Maritime College (1981)

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 University (2002-present)
 * Member of the National Association of American College and University Chaplains (2006-present)

Global Service
In 2005, Farrell was appointed Special Advisor 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 Advisor 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 addition, he sits on 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. Reel Potential Media is comprised of a team of award-winning entertainment industry professionals.

Author
Farrell is the Author of "Manifesting Michelangelo: The Story of Modern-day Miracle—That May Make All Change Possible", (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."