It feels very un-humble writing about myself in the first person but that's what I was advised to do! (LOL)
People often refer to me as a “Renaissance Man”, because I'm involved in so many things. I'm a doctor, lecturer, and motivational speaker, but I'm also a comedy writer, performer, director, author, producer, and radio personality, and not always in that order.
I'm a former Cosmetic Dentist and Clinical Professor at New York University in the Oral Medicine/Oro-Facial Pain Department, as well as a 20 year Board member of The Assoc. for Spirituality and Psychotherapy.
My specialty was treating headaches and the physical symptoms of stress, often with a TMJ causation caused by clenching and grinding the teeth, using only “Energy Healing” to do so. (Bruxism) I often speak on that because so many people suffer with headaches.
As one of the very few doctors with a long-standing career in comedy, I know and have worked with just about every big star in comedy and had a documentary premiere about my life in the summer of 2020 which you can see on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7tSiROK60A
As a comedy writer I wrote for legends like Rodney Dangerfield, Joan Rivers, George Wallace, Andrew "Dice" Clay, Richard Belzer, Gilbert Gottfried, and even Jerry Lewis, plus many more as well as being the main writer for the famed Friars Roasts for 12 years.
I was the first to be pranked with "Too Much Tuna" on Comedy Central by comedy superstars Nick Kroll and John Mulaney who had me open their hit Broadway show for them called "Oh, Hello!"
I have a Comedy Matters TV You Tube channel with over 2.2 million views with video interviews I've done with everyone in comedy from Jimmy Fallon on down including Kevin Hart, Amy Schumer, Jim Carrey, D.L. Hughley, Tiffany Haddish and more!
I'm also an author with seven books, the last two in what I call my “Happiness Series”, both best sellers on Amazon. The first is called “Healing Your Heart, By Changing Your Mind – A Spiritual and Humorous Approach To Achieving Happiness” which has over 200 mostly 5 star reviews on Amazon :
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692982515
and my latest book “Fight The Fear-Overcoming Obstacles That Stand In Your Way,” was a #1 Release in several categories including “Medicine & Psychology”, and “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.”
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1735442607
I also developed a cure for stuttering which I used to cure myself of a severe stutter and now as an avocation I work with stutterers all over the world to teach them how NOT to stutter. I speak a lot on learning to control your mind and change your thoughts.
www.stopstutteringnowgurian.com
I've been profiled in the NY Times, been a regular on Sirius XM and been a guest on many radio and TV shows and often lecture on how to change your thinking, and how to overcome obstacles in your life in order to achieve Happiness. Both a heart attack and Covid Double Pneumonia survivor!