BRIEF BIOGRAPHY
OF DR. TENZIN CHOEDRAK
Dr.
Tenzin Choedrak was born in 1924 at Ringpung Dzong, Shigatse,
Tibet, and is one of the most eminent masters of the Tibetan
medical tradition. After the Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1959
he was imprisoned by the Communist Chinese for nearly 22 years.
He managed to flee and arrived in Dharamsala in 1980. Dr. Choedrak
is presently the Senior Personal Physician to His Holiness the
Dalai Lama as well as the Chief Doctor and Director of Men-Tsee-Khang's
Pharmaceutical Department. Dr. Choedrak first visited the West
in 1984 to attend an international conference on Tibetan medicine
held in Venice, Italy, followed by a visit to the United States.
In 1987, he visited New York, Washington, D.C., Phoenix and San
Francisco to investigate the possibility of creating a scientific
research program to test the effectiveness of Tibetan medicine
in treating various diseases such as cancer, hepatitis, arthritis
and AIDS. In the following years, he visited France, Germany,
Switzerland, Russia, Mongolia, Japan, and Mexico for medical
consultations, lectures, seminars and exhibitions on Tibetan
medicine. A medical team headed by Dr. Choedrak conducted the
first Men-Tsee-Khang exhibition of Tibetan medicine, astronomy
and astrology in 12 cities in 8 European countries in 1995 and
later, in 1997, repeated this exhibition in 8 cities in the United
States. In 1998 Dr. Choedrak visited France, Canada and the United
States for medical consultations and lectures.
BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF DR. (MRS.) DAWA DOLMA
Dr. Dawa Dolma was born in Rong Liwang, Central Tibet, in 1950. She is one of the first Tibetan women in exile to graduate with honors from Men-Tsee-Khang, the Tibetan Medical and Astrological Institute of His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in Dharamsala in 1975. In 1987 she was awarded the Menrampa Chungwa degree in Tibetan medicine and in 1991 was elected a member of the Committee of Scholars of Men-Tsee-Khang. From the time of her graduation until June 1998 she worked as a resident doctor of the Men-Tsee-Khang Branch Clinic at Mcleod Gunj, Dharamsala. In July of 1998 she was appointed the Director of the Research & Development Department of Men-Tsee-Khang. She has traveled to many of the larger cities in India, the United States and Europe. While in Russia she treated President Boris Yeltsin for head injuries he sustained in an accident in September of 1990.