Wayne Jonas, MD
President, Healing Works Foundation

Wayne Jonas, MD, is a board-certified, practicing family physician, an expert in integrative health
and whole person care delivery, and a widely published scientific investigator. Additionally, Dr.
Jonas is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Medical Corps of the United States Army. His newest
book, Healing and Cancer: A Guide to Whole Person Care, co-authored with Alyssa
McManamon, MD, will be released April 23, 2024 by Rodin Books.
Dr. Jonas was the Director of the Office of Alternative Medicine at the National Institutes of
Health from 1995-1999, and prior to that served as the Director of the Medical Research
Fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research. He is a Fellow of the American
Academy of Family Physicians.

His research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the American Medical
Association, Nature Medicine, the Journal of Family Practice, the Annals of Internal Medicine,
and The Lancet. Dr. Jonas received the 2015 Pioneer Award from the Integrative Healthcare
Symposium, the 2007 America’s Top Family Doctors Award, the 2003 Pioneer Award from the
American Holistic Medical Association, the 2002 Physician Recognition Award of the American
Medical Association, and the 2002 Meritorious Activity Prize from the International Society of
Life Information Science in Chiba, Japan.

Dr. Jonas has led and participated in hundreds of research studies beginning with his time as
Director of the National Institutes of Health Office of Alternative Medicine. While serving as
CEO and President of the non-profit research organization Samueli Institute, his work set the bar
for evidence-based research in the areas of pain, stress and human performance.
Dr. Jonas currently serves as the President of Healing Works Foundation, a not for profit
organization dedicated to the integration of healing and curing in routine health care delivery.