Dr Peter Fenwick MB BChir FRPsych
Peace Mala Endorsement
Consultant Neuropsychiatrist emeritus to the Epilepsy Unit at the Maudsley Hospital
Dr Peter Fenwick is Consultant Neuropsychiatrist emeritus to the Epilepsy Unit at the Maudsley Hospital which he ran for 20 years. His current appointments include Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry Kings College London, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist at the Radcliffe Infirmary Oxford and Honorary Consultant Clinical Neurophysiologist at Broadmoor Hospital. He holds a visiting professorship in Japan, where he spends three months of the year in advanced neuropsychiatric research.
Dr Fenwick has had a longstanding interest in brain function, the relationship of the mind and the brain, and the problem of consciousness. He has an extensive research record and has published over 200 papers in medical and scientific journals on brain function and also several papers on meditation and altered states of consciousness.
He is widely regarded as the main clinical authority in the UK on the subject of 'Near Death Experiences' and is highly regarded by both medical colleagues and the media for his knowledge of this subject.
He is co-author (with Elizabeth Fenwick) of 'The Truth in the Light', an examination of near-death experiences, and, 'Living with Epilepsy : A guide to taking control'.
He is a former Chairman of the Scientific and Medical Network, a group of doctors and scientists seeking to deepen understanding in science and medicine by fostering intuitive as well as rational insights. He has specialist expertise in psychiatric syndromes resulting from head injury and brain damage, and automatism and automatic behaviour resulting from brain dysfunction, natural sleep, disorders of sleep and other medical conditions which may lead to automatic behaviour.
Dr Fenwick's areas of expertise include:
Peace Mala HQ, summer 2006
Pam Evans has long been an admirer of Dr Fenwick's work, especially his research into near death experiences and his views on science and spirituality in the 21st Century.
When Dr Penny Sartori, a keen supporter of Peace Mala, informed Pam that she would be joining Dr Fenwick at a conference on near death experiences in Houston Texas, she asked Penny to kindly take a letter and information about Peace Mala to him.
On 13th December 2006 a letter written by Dr Fenwick arrived from Japan. This was Dr Fenwick's response to Pam's letter:
Dear Pam,
I'm so sorry not to have replied earlier to your letter, which was given to me by Penny when we were both attending a conference in Houston in October. Thank you very much for your invitation to endorse the Peace Mala project. It sounds an enormously exciting and innovative initiative and I would be more than happy to endorse it and have my name included on your website.
I wish you every success in the venture and will follow its progress with interest.
With best wishes,
Yours sincerely,
Peter Fenwick
Dr Peter Fenwick MB B Chir FRCPsych
