Deepak Chopra was educated as a medical doctor, specializing in endocrinology. He became Chief of Staff at the New England Memorial Hospital in Stoneham, Massachusetts, and he has taught at Tufts and Boston University Medical Schools. He is widely regarded as the man who has done more than any other to bring traditional Eastern meditation to the West. Chopra recognized limitations in the ways that his medical education approached treatment of individuals. Introduced to the ancient methods of Hindu healing, known as Ayurveda, by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, he saw a way to add a spiritual dimension to treatment of illness. Chopra's thinking led him to develop a theory that he called Quantum Healing, which combines Western and Hindu medical practice. In 1984, Chopra brought Ayurvedic medicine to the United States, and within a year he established the Ayurvedic Health Centre of Stress Management and Behavioral Medicine in Lancaster, Massachusetts. He is also the founding President of the American Association of Ayurvedic Medicine. Chopra's book, Ageless Body, Timeless Mind: The Quantum Alternative to Growing Old (1993), is an expression of his mind/body medical philosophy. Other books include Boundless Energy: The Complete Mind/Body Program for Overcoming Chronic Fatigue (1995); Creating Health: How to Wake Up the Body's Intelligence (1991); Creating Affluence: The A-to-Z Steps to a Richer Life (1993); and The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams (1995). Deepak Chopra has also publicized his ideas in a public television show, Body Mind and Soul: The Magic and the Mystery, and has written a novel, The Return of Merlin (1995). His works have been translated into twenty-five languages.