Dr. Amen is a renowned physician, psychiatrist, teacher, and multiple New York Times best-selling author, widely regarded as one of the world's foremost experts on applying brain imaging science to clinical psychiatric practice. He is a board-certified child and adult psychiatrist and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. As the medical director of Amen Clinics, Inc., Dr. Amen oversees a global network of clinics in California, Washington, Virginia, Georgia, and New York, with the world's largest database of functional brain scans, totaling nearly 90,000 scans on patients from 93 countries.
Dr. Amen is a gifted teacher, capable of making complex concepts in neuropsychiatry, neuroimaging, and brain health accessible to both professionals and the general public. He is the lead researcher on the world's largest brain imaging/brain rehabilitation study on professional football players, which revealed significant brain damage in a high percentage of retired players and demonstrated the possibility for rehabilitation using his principles.
Under the direction of Pastor Rick Warren, Dr. Amen is one of the chief architects of Saddleback Church's "Daniel Plan", a 52-week program aimed at promoting physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being in churches. Dr. Amen has authored 55 professional articles, co-authored the chapter on Functional Imaging in Clinical Practice in the Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry, and written 30 books, including "Change Your Brain, Change Your Life", "Magnificent Mind At Any Age", "Change Your Brain, Change Your Body", "Use Your Brain to Change Your Age", and "Unleash the Power of the Female Brain".
He is also the author of "Making A Good Brain Great", "Healing the Hardware of the Soul", and "Unchain Your Brain", as well as co-author of "Healing Anxiety and Depression" and "Preventing Alzheimer's". Dr. Amen has produced 8 highly popular shows about the brain, which have raised over 50 million dollars for public television. His work has been featured in prominent publications, including Newsweek, Parade Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Time, Washington Post, Men's Health, and Cosmopolitan.
Dr. Amen is married to Tana Amen and is the father of four children and grandfather to six grandchildren. In his free time, he enjoys playing table tennis.
