The Neuroscience of Hypnosis

About Dr. Spiegel

Dr. David Spiegel:

• Willson Professor and Associate Chair of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Director of the Center on Stress and Health
• Medical Director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine

Dr. Spiegel has more than 40 years of experience studying psycho-oncology, stress and health, pain control, psychoneuroendocrinology, sleep, hypnosis, and conducting randomized trials involving psychotherapy for cancer patients. He has published thirteen books, 170 book chapters on hypnosis..., and psychotherapy. 

Dr. Spiegel is the Past President of the American College of Psychiatrists and the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and is a Member of the National Academy of Medicine. 

Dr. Spiegel was invited to speak on hypnosis at the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2018.