The Mindful Awareness Institute is founded by Frank W.J. Anderson MD, MPH, a seasoned meditation teacher, academic physician, former Professor at both Johns Hopkins University, and Professor Emeritus at The University of Michigan.
He is also certified as a meditation teacher through Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach’s Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program (MMTCP).
Dr. Anderson incorporates mindfulness and mindful awareness concepts into medical student and physician education, co-founded the Open Mindfulness Meditation community, and is the creator and co-host of the Exploring Awareness podcast.
He is currently a professor and the former chair of the Department of Humanities, Health, & Society at Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine.
