Dr. Prof. Alex Rhema Zachariah, MBBS, MD, MS, FCAMS
CEO, Compassion Now Network for All (CNN4All), Urbana, Illinois, USA
Education
- M.B.B.S. and M.D. in Internal Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana (affiliated with Punjab University)
- Master’s in Pharmacology, Indiana University
- Training in palliative care, Oxford, UK
- Special clinical fellow in Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Lilly Laboratories for Clinical Research, Indianapolis
Career
- Principal/Dean and Professor of Medicine, Christian Medical College, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, where he was involved in training 1,700 medical graduates over 35 years of teaching.
- Chief Administrator, Madras Medical Mission, Chennai, India, a 200-bed specialty hospital.
- Chief Medical Officer, Provena United Samaritans Medical Center (PUSMC), Danville, Illinois, appointed January 2008.
- Safety Officer/Adviser to Directors of the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA (Grant No: R01AG044364).
- CEO, Compassion Now Network for All (CNN4All), Urbana, Illinois.
Honors
- Served as India’s representative for the World Health Organization on Initiatives in Medical Education.
- Awarded the B.C. Roy Silver Jubilee Research Award in 1988 by the President of India, Shri R. Venkataraman, for his initiatives and innovations in medical education.
Books
Author of Let’s Breathe Mindfully, in which the word ‘Rhemercise’ was coined, and Let’s Move Mindfully (2015).
