
Dr. Marc Halpern is the founder and President of the California College of Ayurveda and the author of three ayurvedic textbooks used at colleges in the United States. He is a Western pioneer of this ancient tradition and has been a pillar in the development of the profession in the United States. A Doctor of Chiropractic and a Doctor of Ayurveda (hon.), he holds a post-graduate certification in Holistic Medicine. Dr. Halpern is on the advisory boards of multiple organizations related to Ayurveda, Yoga, and research internationally. He has also been a keynote speaker at numerous conferences and universities and had the honor of being invited to speak at Banaras University and to give a keynote speech at Harvard University’s conference on Integrative Medicine and Cancer.