Biography daniel g amen

American celebrity doctor

Daniel Gregory Amen (born July 19, )^[1] is an American celebrity doctor^[1] who practices as a psychiatrist and brain disorder specialist.^[2] He is the founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Amen Clinics.^[3] He is also the founder of Change Your Brain Foundation, BrainMD, and Amen University.^[4][5]Discover Magazine recognized Amen's research on PTSD and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as one of the top science stories of He is a twelve-time New York Times best-selling author as of ^[7][8]

Amen has built a profitable business around the use of SPECT (single-photon emission computed tomography) imaging for diagnostic purposes.^[9] His marketing of SPECT scans and much of what he says about the brain and health in his books, media appearances, and marketing of his clinics has been condemned by scientists and doctors as lacking scientific validit