New Book to be Released in March - On Sale Now

Allan Hamilton's first book, an anthology of stories from throughout his career called The Scalpel andthe Soul, Encounters with Surgery, the Supernatural, and the Healing Power of Hope is being published by the Tarcher division of Penguin Publishing, USA. The book has already been picked as a Family Circle Book of the Month Selection and is featured by One Spirit Book Club as a top pick. Watch for book tour events and signings. Read More.

Arizona Dailey Star - Patients teach doc lesson in spirit life
By Carla McClain - Published 03.30.2008

He is a doctor in love with his patients.

It is to them he gives thanks for the unexpected, life-changing journey that took him beyond this world of scientific fact to the otherworldly realm of the spirit and the soul. Read Article

Tucson Citizen - UA Brain Surgeon Writes Book About Medicine's Spiritual 'Miracles'
by HEIDI ROWLEY - Published: 03.20.2008
Early in Dr. Allan Hamilton's career a young boy who had spent months in a coma after suffering severe burns claimed to see his recently dead father standing at his bed.
"I whipped around to look, not seeing anything," Hamilton said. Read Article

Arizona Daily Wildcat - Surgeon Writes About the Spiritual Side of Medicine
By Aly Van Dyke - published 03.26.08
excerpt: "Stories range from inexplicable encounters with individual patients to a story from his humanitarian trip to Africa, in which an African native waited more than 24 hours by a river because the man saw in a dream that he was supposed to help Hamilton and his crew find their way to the community the group was supposed to immunize." Read Article

TV Interviews

Watch Video fro Dr Hamilton's interviews with Fox 25 Boston and WCVB TV Boston (ABC)

Watch for Arizona Illustrated's (PBS) interview with Dr. Hamilton on April 16th. The show airs at 6:30 pm.

Spirituality & Health, a magazine that reports on the people, practices, and the ideas of the current spiritual renaissance will be featuring an article by Dr. Hamilton in the March 2008 issue. Visit Spirituality & Health

The Scalpel and the Soul Endorsed by Top Doctors
Integrative Medicine expert Dr.Andrew Weil, former US Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona and world-renowned physician and author Dr. Bernie Siegel have reviewed and endorsed The Scalpel and the Soul. Take a look at what they said.

One Spirit Book Club
The One Spirit Book Club announced that they will be carrying The Scalpel and the Soul in their line up. This mind body spirit book club offers a diverse collection of titles, ranging from engaging psychology books to instructive feng shui books. Members to the club enjoy savings on a vast selection of the latest titles covering health and wellness, self-help books and psychology books, religion and inspirational books, and more. Visit One Spirit Book Club

We are all pilgrims on the same road. Let’s walk and share our magic together.

News, Press and Media Coverage

Equine-Assisted Learning, Horsemanship and Non-Verbal Communication

• Kip Mistral: “Horses Training Doctors—Future Physicians Explore Non-verbal Language, Horse Connection, Vol. 6, June 2007, PDF
• Mary Hufford: "Retreat helps cancer survivors become thrivers," Cincinnati Community Press & Recorder, October 11, 2006
• Niamh O'Donoghue: "Horseplay to help battle delinquency,"Kildare Post, May 30, 2007
• Video Link - "Horse Whisperer," Arizona Highways TV, 2005.
• Allan and Jane Hamilton: "Horses Teach Bedside Manners," Eagala News, Fall 2005—PDF
• Kristen Spinning: Healing Partners, Arizona Horse Connection, March 2004
• Marie Buckley: “What Med Students Learn from Horses” in Alternative & Complementary Therapy, Vol. 8 (2), April 2002, PDF
• Anne Denogean: "Horse sense for docs," Tucson Citizen, December 17, 2001
• Ayse Guner: Learning from a 'friendly game,' Arizona Daily Wildcat, April 17, 2001
• Carla McClain: Med students apply 'horse whispering,' Arizona Daily Star, October 26, 2002
• Damon Adams: Patients repond to good bedside manners, American Medical News, April 16, 2001
• Robert Preidt: Straight from the Horses's Mouth, HealthScout, August 5, 2001
• Fran Devereux Smith: Horses and People, Western Horseman, April 2002
• Dennis Way: Horses Teach Better Bedside Manners, Practical Horseman, December 2001
  

Medical Simulation

• Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center overview
• “Medical Simulation Hailed as Turning Point in Radiology Training, Radiology Society of North America News, Vol. 17 (4), April 2007
• Lakshimi Sandhana: “Pass the Virtual Scalpel, Nurse,” Wired, August 6, 2006-PDF
• Office of Public Affairs: “Simulation Helps Train UA Medical Students,” University of Arizona Health Sciences Newsletter, Vol. 21 (5), June-July 2005—PDF
• Steve Holstein” “Telepresence in the Operating Room,” Telepresence World, March/April 2007, page 6-7—PDF
• Renee Bracamonte “Whoops. Baby Simulates That, Too” Tucson Citizen, May 6, 2006—PDF

Prayer and Healing

• Associated Press: “Doctors to Study Healing Power of Prayer.” The BostonChannel.com, May 9,2003-PDF
  
• Barbara Grijalva: “Does Prayer Have Power to Heal?” KOLD TV, Tucson, May 21, 2003-PDF
  
• Capital News 9—Health Team 9: “Power of Prayer,” May 9, 2003
  
• Anne T. Denogean: “Power of Prayer,” Tucson Citizen, May 8, 2003
  
• Carla McClain: “UMC to Test Power of Prayer to Heal,” Arizona Daily Star, May 8, 2003