Andrew Newberg, M.D.
Andrew Newberg, MD, is Director of Clinical Nuclear Medicine, Director of NeuroPET Research, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Upon graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1993, Dr. Newberg trained in Internal Medicine at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia—serving as Chief Resident in his final year—and subsequently completed a Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine in the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Radiology, at the University of Pennsylvania. He is Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, and Nuclear Cardiology.
In collaboration with the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry, Dr. Newberg has actively pursued neuroimaging research projects, including the study of aging and dementia, epilepsy, and other neurological and psychiatric disorders. Additionally, he has researched the neurophysiological correlates of acupuncture, meditation, and other types of complementary therapies.
Dr. Newberg has presented his research at national and international scientific and religious meetings; his numerous published articles and chapters cover the topics of brain function, brain imaging, and the study of religious and mystical experiences. In addition to the extensive press he has received, he has appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight and is co-author, along with Eugene G. d’Aquili, MD, of the book The Mystical Mind: Probing the Biology of Belief (Fortress Press).
Recently Dr. Newberg received a Science and Religion Course Award from the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences, to teach the course entitled “The Biology of Spirituality” in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania (Spring, 2000).
