of the Foundation
Dr Craig Brown, MB, ChB, MRCGP
Mr Arnold Desser, BA (Hons), CAc (China), MBAcC
Dr Sarah Eagger, MBBS, FRCPsych
Dr Peter Fenwick, MB, Bchir (Cantab), DPM, FRCPsych
Dr Ashok Mehta, MS, FRCS, FICS
Dr David Peters, MB, ChB, DRCOG, MFHom, MRO
Dr Andrew Powell MA, MB.BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych
Dr Hansa Raval, MD
Dr Craig Brown, MB, ChB, MRCGP
A full time NHS general practitioner in Rustington, West Sussex for 25 years with a longstanding interest in holistic medicine. Trained as a spiritual healer, Dr Brown was President of the National Federation of Spiritual healers from 1997 - 2001. He is author of 'Optimum Healing' which outlines a spiritual approach for patients. Dr Brown has been a proactive key member of the core group writing and editing the Values in Healthcare: a spiritual approach training programme.
Mr Arnold Desser, BA (Hons), CAc (China), MBAcC
Arnold Desser is a senior lecturer at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster. He practices traditional Chinese medicine in the NHS and trains acupuncture students in primary health care settings. He teaches consultation skills to GP registrars and is a course leader on the 'Training the Trainers' course for the London Deanery of Postgraduate Medical Education. He also has a background in systemic family therapy that he integrates into his teaching and clinical work. Arnold is a member of the original core team that developed and produced Values in Healthcare: a spiritual approach.
Dr Sarah Eagger, MBBS, FRCPsych
Dr Eagger is honorary lecturer and consultant psychiatrist for the elderly at the Division of Neuroscience and Psychological Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine. She pioneered research on the first licensed treatment for Alzheimer's disease at the Maudsley Hospital, London. Dr Eagger has a longstanding involvement in holistic health and was chairperson of the British Holistic Medical Association for many years. She is concerned with the application of holistic principles and their implications in the education and training of doctors. She is on the executive committee of the Spirituality and Psychiatry special interest group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and is a key member of the core team working on the Janki Foundation for Global Healthcare training material Values in Healthcare: a spiritual approach.
Dr Peter Fenwick, MB, Bchir (Cantab), DPM, FRCPsych
Dr Fenwick is an honorary senior lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, London, Honorary Senior Lecturer in the academic department of psychiatry Southampton University and honorary consultant in neurophysiology to Broadmoor Special Hospital. He has published numerous scientific papers on brain function and also several papers on meditation and altered states of consciousness. He currently researches in Japan on the neuroscience of magnetic brain activity. His most recent book is 'The Truth in the Light'. Dr Fenwick is also President of the Scientific and Medical Network, a group of doctors and scientists seeking to deepen understanding in science and medicine by spiritual understanding which goes beyond our current materialistic paradigm.
Dr Ashok Mehta, MS, FRCS, FICS
Head of Department of Cancer at Nanavati Hospital, Consultant Cancer Surgeon at Lilavati Hospital and also Medical Director, BSES MG Hospital managed by the Brahma Kumaris’ Global Hospital & Research Centre. In addition to being a Fellow and Member of many international surgical societies, he was elected fellow qua surgeon of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (FRCS) (1995). He was awarded the Dr. B. C. Roy National Award (1996) in the category of Development of Specialities. He was President of Association of Surgeons of India, and Indian Society of Oncology, President of the Oncology Section of ASI. He is currently President of the Indian Society of Head and Neck Oncology. He is a former Chief of Surgery & Chief of Head and Neck Service at the Tata Memorial Hospital.
Dr David Peters, MB, ChB, DRCOG, MFHom, MRO
Dr Peters is a registered medical practitioner and Osteopath and member of the Faculty of Homeopathy. For the last 10 years he has been directing the Complementary Therapies’ service delivery and research unit at Marylebone Health Centre and Inner City General Practice set up with the aim of developing approaches in primary care. He is Director of Complementary Therapy Studies in the Centre of Community Care and Primary Health at the University of Westminster and inter-disciplinary unit, whose programmes include four undergraduate degrees and two post graduate programmes. He is the co-author of the new Encyclopaedia of Complementary Medicine. His team at Marylebone Health Centre are involved in a four-year project on the impact of complementary therapies on NHS General Practice.
Dr Andrew Powell MA, MB.BChir, MRCP, FRCPsych
Dr Andrew Powell is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist. He was previously Consultant and Senior Lecturer at St. George's Hospital and Medical School, London, before moving to Oxford where he continued to work in the National Health Service until 2000. He is an Associate of the College of Healing and Founder Chair of the Spirituality and Psychiatry Special Interest Group of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, UK.
Dr Hansa Raval, MD
Retired Colonel from the USA Army after 26 years of service. Dr Raval is a pathologist with three sub-specialities: clinical pathology, cytopathology and oncology. An expert in nutrition with degrees in Nutrition and Social and Preventative Medicine from the World Health Organization (WHO). Dr Raval was one Chief of the Departments of Pathology and Cytopathology of the USA Army’s largest medical centres. Dr Raval is currently a consultant for the USA Army Medical Centre.
Jan Alcoe, BSSc
Jan Alcoe has a background in psychology and social services. She co-founded Pavilion Publishing in 1986 and was Director for many years. Pavilion is a leading UK publisher of training materials and journals in health and social care and provider of conferences, exhibitions and training services. Jan is now a freelance writer and facilitator in health and social care, in addition to being a publishing and training consultant. She has written and edited many training and learning resources, videos, multi-media and e learning programmes. She was involved in editing, co-writing and producing ‘Values in Healthcare: a spiritual approach’, a modular development programme for healthcare practitioners published by the Janki Foundation for Global Health Care.
Having recently recovered from cancer, she has developed a new guide, Lifting Your Spirits – seven tools for coping with illness, a practical guide with 2 CDs, for patients coping with serious illness, with others in the Janki Foundation, which was published in July 2008. She is an advisory board member of the British Holistic Medical Association and former trustee. She has a strong interest in holistic health care, spirituality and values-based training.
