7th - 8th

Dr. Andrew Powell trained in psychiatry and psychotherapy at the Maudsley Hospital, London. He was Consultant and Senior Lecturer at St. George.

Dr. Alan Sanderson trained in psychiatry at the Maudsley Hospital, London. He subsequently worked in personality research and in general psychiatry in the National Health Service, where he also practiced spirit release. He retired from the NHS in 1997, but is active in private practice and in 1999 founded the Spirit Release Foundation of which he is President.
His publications can be found at www.spiritrelease.com

Dr. Alexander Moreira-Almeida trained in psychiatry and cognitive-behavioural therapy at Institute of Psychiatry of the University of São Paulo, Brazil, where he also obtained his PhD in Health Sciences investigating the mental health of Spiritist mediums. Formerly a postdoctoral fellow in religion and health at Duke University (US), he is now Professor of Psychiatry at the Federal University of Juiz de Fora School of Medicine and Founder and Director of the Research Center in Spirituality and Health, Brazil (www.ufjf.br/nupes). His publications are available at www.hoje.org.br/elsh , please visit this website for further reading.

Dr. Marlene Nobre is the President of the International Medical Spiritist Association and the Brazilian Medical Spiritist Association. She formerly practiced gynecology, with specialization in cancer prevention after fellowships with Professor Raoul Palmer at the Hospital Broca and Professor Jean De Brux at the Hospital Boucicault in Paris. She trained in Psychotherapy at the Institute of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy of the Child and Adolescent, Sao Paulo, Brazil with Dr. Amelia Vasconcellos.

Dr. Peter Fenwick was formerly Consultant in charge of the neuropsychiatric and epilepsy unit at the Maudsley Hospital. He is Co-Director of research at the Department of Neurophysiology, Broadmoor Hospital and Consultant neuropsychiatrist at the London Sleep Centre, running a clinical and forensic practice. For the last nine years he has been studying magnetic field tomography at the RIKEN Neuroscience Institute, Japan. In the UK, he is researching near death experiences in coronary care units and surveying approaching death experiences in hospices and nursing homes in southern England.

Dr. Sérgio Felipe de Oliveira graduated in Medicine at the University of Sao Paulo and holds a Masters Degree in Neuroscience from the same university. He is the Clinical Director of the Pineal-Mind Health Institute in Sao Paulo and the Founder and Director of the Unispirit Project. He is also the Coordinator and Post-Graduation Professor at the Course in Medicine and Spirituality at the Medical School at the University of Sao Paulo.

Dr. Júlio Peres is a clinical Psychologist specialized in Regression Therapy and in Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He has a PhD in Neuroscience and Behaviour from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Sao Paulo. He is the author of several scientific papers published in renowned mainstream medical journal such as Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice (2005: 78, 431-437); Psychological Medicine; International Journal of Psychology and Journal of Religion and Health.

Dr. Sérgio Lopes is a psychiatrist and a psychotherapist with specialization in Psychoanalytical and Transpersonal Therapy. A former Clinical Director of the Spiritist Hospital in Pelotas, RS, Brazil, he is also the founder and President of the Medical Spiritist Association in Pelotas. He is now the Director of the Human Solidarity Department of the Medical Spiritist Association Brazil (AME-BR). He is the author of the book.

Dr. Fábio Nasri has a medical degree and an MSc degree in Clinical Endocrinology from the Federal University of Sao Paulo and is specialized in Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. He is the Coordinator of the Gerontology and Geriatrics Program of the Albert Einstein Hospital in Sao Paulo. He is a Fellow of the European Academy for the Medicine of Aging (EAMA) in Switzerland.