Peter Michael Wayne PhD

Dr. Peter Wayne is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Director of the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. The primary focus of his research is evaluating how mind-body and related complementary and alternative medicine practices clinically impact chronic health conditions and understanding the physiological and psychological mechanisms underlying observed therapeutic effects. Dr. Wayne is actively involved in the teaching and training of students and fellows in integrative medicine research.

Peter has been trained and certified to teach by numerous internal arts masters including Robert Morningstar, Arthur Goodridge, Mantak Chia, and Michael Winn. In 2000 he studied in China and received certification from the World Academic Society of Medical Qigong. He has also completed a three-year training course in Gesture of Awareness with Charles Genoud. An internationally recognized practitioner and teacher with more than 40 years of experience, Peter enjoys sharing his knowledge of the internal arts with all interested students. He particularly enjoys drawing on the principles of Western Science to help elucidate the ancient principles of traditional Asian healing arts.

Peter's current research at Harvard Medical School includes clinical and basic research evaluating the effectiveness of tai chi and related complementary and integrative medical therapies for numerous medical conditions including balance disorders, Parkinson's disease, cardiovascular health, osteoporosis, chronic pain, cancer, depression, and pulmonary disease. Peter has played a leading or collaborative role in more than 25 studies funded by the National Institutes of Health, and his research has been published in a number of leading medical journals.